Reports from inside Fluvanna Correctional Center for Women (FCCW) – a women’s jail in Virginia – show that the food prisoners are receiving is spoiled and moldy, leading to calls from elected officials for a deeper investigation and change. We are joined by Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg, senior reporter for The Appeal, a worker-led nonprofit news organization. … Continued
On September 26, 2014, students from a rural teachers college in Ayotzinapa, a town in the Mexican state of Guerrero, were disappeared by state actors and police. Forty-three students completely vanished, igniting years of national protest. Now, the country’s former Attorney General – long thought complicit in the coverup – has been arrested, reopening wounds … Continued
Salman Rushdie discussing his memoir of his years in hiding from the fatwa, “Joseph Anton” with host Richard Wolinsky, recorded September 25, 2012. The recent attack on the famed author brought back memories of the fatwa issued by the Ayatollah Khomeini regarding the publication of the novel “The Satanic Verses.” The death threat forced Salman Rushdie into hiding for a decade, out of which he emerged and eventually resumed a normal life.
Jasson Minadakis, Artistic Director of Marin Theatre Company discusses three of the four plays of the upcoming 2022-23 season with host Richard Wolinsky.
A grassroots movement has pushed to the surface that law enforcement should not be the first or primary response to mental health crisis — and the movement is winning the public debate. On this episode, a dive into Oakland’s Mobile Assistance Community Responders of Oakland (MACRO) Program — a community response program for non-violent, non-emergency … Continued
The mission of law & disorder is to expose, agitate and build a new world where all of us can thrive. But how do we get there? How do we build a world many of us have only seen in our dreams? That’s where we believe the artists come in. So, each week we feature … Continued
We encourage our brothers and sisters on the other side of the wall to write in to our show. Occasionally we read those letters on the air. This is our first segment of Letters from the Inside. This letter comes from Corcoran State Prison. This episode features music by Michael Louis: https://www.instagram.com/tigers_view —- Subscribe to … Continued
John Albers of Overland Park Kansas was just 17 years old when he announced on social media that he was suicidal. Concerned friends called the police. But instead of receiving help, Albers was shot 17 times by Officer Clayton Jenison. The Washington Post conducted a deep dive investigation of his murder and provided it to … Continued
Law Enforcement in this country kills approximately 1200 people every single year and yet the names of many are never said or known except to their families and friends. What’s more, law enforcement agencies and other state actors harm our community in a myriad of ways that also go unnoticed like profiling, sexually assaulting and … Continued
We continue our ongoing conversation exploring how all violence is state violence, in conversation with Sikander Iqbal, Deputy Director of Urban Peace Movement, an Oakland-based organization that builds youth leadership to transform the culture and social conditions that lead to community violence and mass incarceration in communities of color. Urban Peace Movement: https://urbanpeacemovement.org/ Follow UPM … Continued
