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Caption: Host Martha Burk
January 22 marks the 51st anniversary of the Supreme Court’s landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, when the court ruled abortion was legal under U.S....

  • Added: Jan 19, 2024
  • Length: 03:00
Caption: Timely, In-Depth Progressive Analysis
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: If Re-Elected, Trump Vows Fascist Regime from Day One; Although Federal Ag...

Bought by WFHB and WETS


  • Added: Jan 17, 2024
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Host Martha Burk
Many great women snagged honors this year, from athletics to movies, science and more, and we lost a few great ones too.  But one gets our personal...

  • Added: Dec 14, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
Caption: Shekinah Jackson and friends.
Girls in the U.S. are in the midst of a growing mental health crisis, and schools are on the front line of finding solutions. But will Black and La...

  • Added: Sep 15, 2023
  • Length: 20:47
Caption: Timely, In Depth Progressive Analysis Since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: A Nation Transformed: One Year After the Demise of Roe v. Wade; Israel’s F...

Bought by WFHB and WETS


  • Added: Jun 28, 2023
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
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One year after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, 15 states have effectively banned abortion. Dozens of clinics in those states have shut th...

  • Added: Jun 26, 2023
  • Length: 15:52
Caption: David Mivasair canoes Cootes Paradise, Credit: David Kattenburg
The roots of the US anti-abortion movement — misogyny, racism and hatred of immigrants. On the edge of a big Canadian city, an oasis of calm where ...

  • Added: May 21, 2023
  • Length: 58:33
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A congressional ban on removing anyone from Medicaid will expire early next year. What will happen to people who lose their coverage, and how are s...

  • Added: Jan 23, 2023
  • Length: 18:50
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Were grassroots activists able to defend democracy in 2022? For this post-election roundtable, Laura convenes organizers to discuss some of the cri...

Bought by KWMR, RadioFreePalmer, KMUN, KDNK, and WNYE


  • Added: Nov 16, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 5
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The leader of a landmark abortion study shares what research and her own family experience suggests will happen to people who are denied abortions ...

  • Added: Jun 30, 2022
  • Length: 17:37
Caption: Timely, In-Depth Progressive Analysis Since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Trump & GOP Planning to Use the Constitution’s 12th Amendment to Steal the...

Bought by WETS


  • Added: Jan 12, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Timely, In-Depth Progressive Analysis Since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Supreme Court Appears Ready to Overturn Roe v. Wade, Women’s Right to Abor...

Bought by WKPW


  • Added: Dec 08, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Megan and Scarlett coming home from the hospital, Credit: The Swarners
Washington State law around opioid prescribing has recently changed. Reporter Eilís O’Neill follows a couple, Megan and Ben, through the birth of t...

  • Added: Jan 19, 2020
  • Length: 19:04
Caption: Timely, in-depth, progressive analysis since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Democrats' Failure to Address Economic Insecurity Gave Trump Election Adva...

Bought by WRIR, WMUU-LP, and 91.7 WHUS Storrs


  • Added: Nov 16, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Timely, in-depth, progressive analysis since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Next President Will Have the Power to Shift Direction of Supreme Court; Wo...

Bought by WRIR and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Oct 26, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Government Policy Produces Record Levels of Economic Inequality in U.S.; A...

Bought by KMUD


  • Added: Jan 01, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Lynn Sweet, Washington Bureau Chief for the Chicago Sun Times talks with series host Martha Burk on what it's like to cover the presidential campai...

  • Added: Nov 14, 2012
  • Length: 28:30
Caption: Women's Health Today guests August 24, 2012, Credit: Giovanna Rossi
Which services are covered under health insurance plans? Does Medicaid and Medicare provide the same benefits? How will the law be implemented so t...

  • Added: Oct 08, 2012
  • Length: 28:03
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Every president, regardless of party, designates August 26 as Women's Equality Day, to commemorate women getting the vote in 1920. But do we reall...

  • Added: Aug 25, 2012
  • Length: 28:17
Caption: Bangledeshi woman and child, Credit: Flickr user: nomanson
Shrinking the world’s population is one way to curb global warming, according to some environmentalists. To make that happen, women need more contr...

  • Added: Jun 12, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
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Despite the anti-discrimination laws, many pregnant workers are being legally fired for being pregnant.

  • Added: Feb 09, 2012
  • Length: 04:42
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It may seem highly unlikely, but it's true: a woman may unseat Jimmy Hoffa Jr. as president of the huge, corruption-ridden Teamsters Union.

  • Added: Jun 16, 2011
  • Length: 03:34
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It's way past time that we updated the law that supposedly guarantees women workers pay equal to that of men.

  • Added: Sep 23, 2010
  • Length: 03:16