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#Cut 50...Fighting to Reduce the Prison Population

Airs at: Mon, 07/24/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  More Talk Radio
  Jessica Jackson Sloan is the national director and co-founder of #cut50, a bipartisan effort to cut the U.S. prison population in half. Jessica is a human rights attorney who began her career representing California death row inmates in their appeals. Her first marriage ... Read more

Motown summer 2017: Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell

Airs at: Fri, 07/21/2017 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Produced for:  From the Grassroots
From the Grassroots –where we agitate for social change with music and commentary,will focus on the musical blend  of  Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell . We will celebrate  Marvin Gaye's What Going On album and play the entire album uninterrupted . Released in the Spring of ... Read more

Policing the Black Man: Arrest, Prosecution, and Imprisonment

Airs at: Thu, 07/20/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
  Policing the Black Man explores and critiques the many ways the criminal justice system impacts the lives of African American boys and men at every stage of the criminal process, from arrest through sentencing.  Essays range from an explication of the historical roots of... Read more

Breaking News

Airs at: Sun, 07/16/2017 at 4:30pm - Sun, 07/23/2017 at 4:30pm
Produced for:  This Is How We See It
NC Governor Roy Cooper signs "brunch bill" into law allowing restaurants to serve alcohol at 10:00am on Sundays.  Scandal at the NC Register of Deeds office.  California father is led to believe his son is dead but buries someone else instead.  Join us as we discuss these t... Read more

Hands Up and Kevin Jones

Airs at: Tue, 07/18/2017 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Stage and Studio
  Dmae features Kevin Jones, artistic director of the August Wilson Red Door Project and actor Alonzo Chadwick and their ground-breaking touring production of Hands Up: 7 Playwrights, 7 Testaments. The seven autobiographical monologues of this remarkable production were wr... Read more

The Spin: reImagining RESISTANCE in the world of FILM & TV

Airs at: Fri, 07/14/2017 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Bread and Roses
From the pages of history to the small and big screen, why do Black women continue to get a raw deal when they led and participated in revolution & movements, but get erased when that story hits the small and big screen? Guerilla - a new show about the UK's Black Power Mov... Read more

Hot Topics

Airs at: Tue, 07/11/2017 at 6:30pm - Mon, 07/17/2017 at 6:30pm
Produced for:  This Is How We See It
Listen in as we run down what happened at the BET Awards, was Remy Ma throwing shade at Nicki Minaj?  Has Beyonce and Jay-Z named their twins?  Cosby juror said there was no concrete evidence to convict Bill Cosby in his trial.  Join us as we discuss these topics and more. Read more

Cornel West: The Radical Democratic Tradition

Airs at: Tue, 07/11/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Alternative Radio
  Recorded in Portland, OR on October 27, 1995. Throughout history there have been individuals who have challenged conventional wisdom and have stretched societal limits. Collectively they constitute the radical democratic tradition. A sterling example of this lineage is ... Read more

Hot News

Airs at: Tue, 07/04/2017 at 8:00pm - Mon, 07/10/2017 at 8:00pm
Produced for:  This Is How We See It
The NC State House passes a bill lowering the age requirement to carry a concealed gun.  Officer that killed Philando Castile is found not guilty on all charges.  Lone gunman opens fire on Republican members of Congress on a baseball field.  Join us as we discuss these topi... Read more

Always With Us? What Jesus really said about the poor

Airs at: Mon, 07/03/2017 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Progressive Spirit
Politicians like to misquote Jesus to slash programs for the poor. Republican congressman, Roger Marshall of Kansas misused a quote from Jesus to support his program to reduce healthcare benefits for the poor. This is from the article on Stat from March 3rd, 2017: “Just li... Read more