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Election 2020 Special: More Than a Vote

Voting in one of the most momentous presidential elections in the nation’s history is over. The...

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Fighting for the Ballot: Race and Voter Suppression in the 2020 Election

Voter suppression and its target’s aren’t new phenomena. People of color and the poor have always...

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Unblock the Vote 2020

On this episode, we'll explore felon disenfranchisement and the battle to restore the voting...

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70 Million: Voting from Jail is a Right, and Now a Reality in Chicago

A year ago, Illinois passed a law requiring all jails to ensure that pre-trial detainees have an...

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Women Rising Radio: Women Challenge Capitalism

Water is critical to maintaining the balance of life. Some corporations claim ownership of fresh...

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Women Rising Radio: Election Protection and Democracy (Encore)

Election protection is increasingly seen as a critical issue in the US. From gerrymandering and...

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Wolves at the Well: The Corporate Grab of Public Water

Water is critical to maintaining the balance of life. Some corporations claim ownership of fresh...

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Essential: Gig Workers and COVID-19 (ENCORE)

Gig Workers, driver's for app companies such as Lyft and Uber, are struggling during COVID-19....

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Frontline East LA: The Chicano Moratorium 50 Years Later

Fifty years ago, 30,000 people peacefully protested the disproportionate number of Latinos dying...

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Activism and The Fight for Black Trans Lives

This week look at transgender activism and the call for inclusion in the movement for Black...

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Re:Work: [No] Child Left Behind, the School to Prison Pipeline

We often see children as innocents who need love, support, and stability. But not all young...

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Self Care as Selfless Act: Mental Health at the Root of Activism

Activists in the Latinx immigrant community of Los Angeles share what they do to take care of...

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A Thin Black Line: Press Freedom, Repression, and Surveillance

Journalists have been violently targeted by police and arrested alongside demonstrators at Black...

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The Deep: Rising Sea Levels and Corporate Control of Water

On this episode of Making Contact, we will look at the privatization of our earth’s most precious...

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The Bombing of MOVE, 35 Years Later (Updated)

Our radio adaptation of the film, Let the Fire Burn. Directed by Jason Osder, examines the...

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The End of Policing, Alex Vitale (Encore)

Producer Robert Raymond interviews Alex Vitale, author of The End of Policing--a critical...

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The End of Student Debt: Free College and Debt Strikes

44 million Americans hold over 1.6 trillion dollars of student debt and the cost of higher...

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Kimberle Crenshaw: Intersectionality

Law Professor Kimberlé Crenshaw defined the concept of intersectionality 30 years ago. She...

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