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It's Hispanic Heritage Month, so let's recognize their leaders, and raise a glass to the founder of the United Farm Workers. If you’re thinking Ces...
- Added: Sep 21, 2023
- Length: 03:01
“THE GREAT ESCAPE: A True Story of Forced Labor and Immigrant Dreams in America” tells the story of one of the largest human trafficking schemes in...
Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KWMR, RadioFreePalmer, RadioStPete Florida, KDNK and more
- Added: Feb 08, 2023
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 6
Is the American Dream dead? When Abigail Disney, the granddaughter of one of the founders of Disney, received a message from a worker at Disney’s f...
Bought by KWMR, RadioFreePalmer, KDNK, and WNYE
- Added: Jan 18, 2023
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 4
What if judges could know a person more completely before sentencing them to prison? An organization called Complete Picture uses the power of film...
Bought by KWMR, WNYE, RadioFreePalmer, and KMUN
- Added: Dec 17, 2021
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 4
Thousands of Americans recently received direct payments from their government as part of the Biden Administrations American Rescue Plan to address...
Bought by KMUN, RadioFreePalmer, and KDNK
- Added: Aug 02, 2021
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 3
What motivates the activists? Grassroots activism can take many forms, from protests to letter-writing to citizen science to community organizing. ...
- Added: May 13, 2021
- Length: 59:00
Equipped with a facemask and a selfie stick, Laura Flanders reports in this episode (from a responsible distance) on the impact of Covid-19 on one ...
Bought by KDNK and RadioFreePalmer
- Added: Sep 30, 2020
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 2
Working on a dairy--especially a small dairy--is one of the most dangerous jobs in the country, more dangerous even than construction. Over the pas...
- Added: Sep 15, 2016
- Length: 20:18
Universities are paternalistic and infantilizing and municipalities enable them. This translates loosely into "If you're father says it's okay..." ...
- Added: Apr 05, 2016
- Length: 57:25
In car-choked LA, riding the bus is a sign that you can’t afford your own wheels. But Joshua Salazar's overnight routes are often full of people be...
- Added: Jul 29, 2014
- Length: 03:58
Big-rig driver Boyd Applegate tells his sister, Rhonda Dixon, about volunteering at the polls nearly every Election Day for 20 years.
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WEZU, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WEZU
- Added: Nov 09, 2012
- Length: 02:03
- Purchases: 4
Occupy Wall Street has changed the conversation about the distribution of wealth. So what now? What policy changes and initiatives should the mov...
- Added: Jan 30, 2012
- Length: 29:00
Activists gathered in Sacramento Monday as part of a weeklong demonstration against budget cuts to schools. Sixty-five protesters were arrested for...
- Added: May 16, 2011
- Length: 06:53
Find out " Why America's 20-30 Somethings Can't Get Ahead" with Tamara Draut author of Strapped mixed with music
- Added: Mar 29, 2006
- Length: 07:11
A commentary on unionizing pizza delivery drivers.
- Added: Jan 28, 2005
- Length: 03:32