Making Contact
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Covering the movements, the issues, and the people fighting for some of the most important social justice issues of our time. Hosted by Amy Gastelum, Salima Hamirani, Anita Jonhson, and Lucy Kang.
Making Contact – Bees: The Threatened Link in Food Security (Encore)
Honey bees help pollinate 1 in every 3 bites that we eat….They are vital in our agricultural industry and essential for the survival of the almost 7 billion people who inhabit this planet. And, as the world’s population continues to grow so does our reliance on honey bees. But most pollinating insects throughout the world … Continued
Making Contact – Cities Underwater: Venice and New Orleans Seek Solutions
We’ve all seen how high water devastated New Orleans. But another historic Jewel, Venice, Italy, is struggling to plan for sea level rise, in a city that already routinely floods because of questionable urban planning. On this edition, Producer Zoe Sullivan takes us to both Venice and New Orleans, to look at some creative solutions … Continued
Making Contact – Justice For Sale: Glenn Greenwald on the Rule of Law
Americans claim to live under the rule of law; that no one is above our system of justice. But as we witness more exceptions to that rule, there are growing doubts that fairness is a value we as a nation, still hold dear. On this edition, author Glenn Greenwald talks about his book, ‘With Liberty … Continued
Making Contact – Ban the Box! The Campaign for Post-Prison Employment
It’s not even the crime that counts sometimes. Or the time in prison. It’s that little box on an application that asks you to reveal if you have a criminal history. Checking that box can mean the difference between failure and success. On this edition, the nationwide movement to ‘ban-the-box’, and make criminal histories less … Continued
Making Contact – The Light Inside: Giving Birth Behind Bars (encore)
What’s it like to give birth or raise an infant, inside the walls of a prison? Or even worse, have to give up your child the day it’s born? On this edition, a look at pregnancy, and motherhood, inside Americas jails and prisons. What does the huge number of incarcerated women in prison foretell for … Continued
Making Contact – Drips of Change: Preserving Our Freshwater
It’s been 40 years since the clean water act was signed into law. The goal was to assure safe water quality for the environment, humans and wildlife. But with new contaminants, population growth, and climate change, the landscape of our water supply has been transformed. Meanwhile, regulation is being framed by some as an enemy … Continued
Making Contact – How to Occupy the Economy: According to Richard Wolff
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Occupy Wall Street has changed the conversation about the distribution of wealth, and an economic framework which for decades, has been taken for granted. So what now? What policy changes and initiatives should the movement be pushing for? On this edition, University of Massachusetts at Amherst emeritus economics professor Richard Wolff speaks about some of … Continued
Making Contact – Tariq Ali on the Rise of the “Extreme Center”
It’s 2012, the world is calling for change, and in the U.S, another presidential election is looming. But journalist Tariq Ali says the American public’s so-called ‘choices’ don’t present much in the way of options. On this edition, Ali speaks about the ‘extreme center’ and how Occupy and other emerging social movements are challenging the … Continued