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 – The Costs of War: A Reflection on 8 Years in Iraq
Almost 4,500 American soldiers and more than 100,000 Iraqis have died since the beginning of the Iraq War in 2003. Although President Obama officially declared the end of U.S. combat in August 2010, 50,000 U.S. troops still occupy Iraqi soil and financially it’s estimated to cost $750 billion dollars thus far. Eight years after the … Continued
Making Contact – April 22, 2011
We are witnessing a pivotal time in history. People are unifying in ways never before seen – from the uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia to Madison, Wisconsin – solidarity is evident. But solidarity is shifting both in our understanding and the mediums of which it is expressed. On this edition, we go to … Continued
Making Contact – April 15, 2011
2011 marks the year for redistricting – the once-in-a-decade process to draw boundaries that determine your elected officials from local school boards and city councils to state and congressional representatives. As all 50 states begin drawing lines, battles will ensue among political parties, racial and other interest groups. On this edition, we examine … Continued
Making Contact – The Light Inside: Giving Birth Behind Bars
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 – Broken, Not Broke: The Economy According to Richard Wolff
As the ‘great recession’ continues, Economist Richard Wolff says failed ‘trickle down economics’ theories are being recycled under a different name. Now state and local governments are enacting even more cuts to the people who can afford them the least. On this edition, Making Contact’s Lisa Rudman conducts an exclusive interview with economist and educator, … Continued
Making Contact – “Presumed Guilty: American Muslims and Arabs”
American Arabs and Muslims are under the microscope, from capital hill, to your local shopping mall. Almost every week, there’s more news about the bust of another terrorist cell. The effect on those communities-living in fear of demonization, or arrest– has been devastating. On this edition: 10 years of America’s homeland war on Muslims and … Continued
Making Contact – Egyptian Women on the Frontlines of Change
Youth and their use of social media have been cited as leading factors for Egypt’s January 25th revolution. But women also came out in force to protest Hosni Mubarak’s 30 years of dictatorial power. On this edition, we look at the role women played in the 2011 revolution that successfully brought down a regime. What’s … Continued
Making Contact – No ‘Fracking’ Way: The Perils of Natural Gas Drilling (ENCORE)
We’ll hear excerpts from the Oscar-nominated movie Gasland, including stories from residents who say their drinking water catches on fire—one of the toxic affects of hydraulic-fracking a natural gas drilling method that uses hundreds of chemicals. While the BP oil spill has increased calls to use natural gas as a so-called ‘clean energy’ alternative, activists … Continued