A half-hour radio show providing critical coverage of disability issues and bringing the insight of the grassroots disability movement to the general public. The show alternates weekly and airs on even weeks Friday 2:30pm.
Long Description: This week on Making Contact, we bring you a story of urban planning and how race has shaped American cities. In a new book, Hella Town: Oakland’s History of Development and Disruption, Author Mitchell Schwarzer explores the origins and the lasting impacts of transportation improvements, systemic racism, and regional competition on Oakland’s built … Continued
To open the program, Mickey and former Project Censored intern Reagan Haynie speak with writer Alan MacLeod. He’s just written about a new phenomenon in U.S. military recruitment: social media posts from “e-girls,” designed to catch the eyes of young males. Also joining the segment is military veteran Rosa del Duca. Then Eleanor Goldfield interviews … Continued
The cultural, the intellectual, the political, the spiritual — and the silly. Life as we know it, fear it, love it, question it, live it. Hosted by Kris Welch.
One of California’s primary emissions reduction strategies — manure digester projects that capture methane from dairy and hog farms and refine it into “renewable natural gas.” — could not only be prolonging the state’s dependence on natural gas, tying it with the state’s Low Carbon Fuel Standards and offsets programs could also be promoting the … Continued
This week’s show brings updates on the real US unemployment problem, discusses how the US Congress betrays students on the student debt crisis. It also details how huge majorities polled support US teachers with increased teachers pay, teachers’ freedoms to teach about race, and teachers’ power vs boards of education and state governors, as well … Continued
On Today’s Show: Big Win for Tribal Sovereignty: Indian Child Welfare Act Upheld by Supreme Court in Surprise Ruling Sen. Chris Van Hollen: State Dept. Must Release Report on Shireen Abu Akleh Death, Hold Killers Accountable Was Mika Westwolf Killed by White Nationalist? Indigenous Woman’s Parents & Community Demand Justice “Unacceptable”: Olympic Track Star Tori … Continued
An in-depth look at community affairs on a local, national and international level, with interviews and commentary. Hosted by Sabrina Jacobs.
0:08 — Manijeh Moradian is Assistant Professor in the Department of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Barnard College, Columbia University. Her latest book is This Flame Within: Iranian Revolutionaries in the United States.
On Today’s Show: Big Win for Tribal Sovereignty: Indian Child Welfare Act Upheld by Supreme Court in Surprise Ruling Sen. Chris Van Hollen: State Dept. Must Release Report on Shireen Abu Akleh Death, Hold Killers Accountable Was Mika Westwolf Killed by White Nationalist? Indigenous Woman’s Parents & Community Demand Justice “Unacceptable”: Olympic Track Star Tori … Continued
