Civil Rights/Human Rights

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Toward the Abolition of Incarceration

Airs at: Tue, 06/25/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Alternative Radio
  The U.S. is Number One. America is first in the world in having 2.3 million people behind bars. They are held in state prisons, federal prisons, county jails, juvenile correctional facilities and other lockups. The prison industrial complex costs state and federal govern... Read more

Up With Riders!

Airs at: Mon, 06/24/2019 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
OPAL Enviromental Justice Oregon has a new campaign to stop fare hikes and win expansion of fareless, decriminalized public transportation. This campaign no longer accepts that transportation must be a private, for-profit system that excludes and criminalizes our communitie... Read more

Detention in Fort Sill, Oklahoma

Airs at: Fri, 06/21/2019 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Pacific Underground
On this episode of Pacific Underground, Producer Sara is joined by fellow Japanese-Americans Jenna Yokoyama and Chisao Hata for an intergenerational discussion on the recent decision from the Trump Administration to incarcerate migrant children at the Fort Sill base in Okla... Read more

Education In and Outside of Prison

Airs at: Mon, 06/17/2019 at 1:00am - 2:00am
  Suzanne LaGrande interviews Chris Wilson, author of The Master Plan, an inspiring memoir of a man sentenced to life in prison, who decided to create a new future for himself.   Growing up in a tough Washington, D.C., neighborhood, Chris Wilson was so afraid for his life ... Read more

Juneteenth Special

Airs at: Wed, 06/19/2019 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Free Culture Radio
June 19 is Juneteenth. Forty-five states and the District of Columbia recognize Juneteenth as a holiday or a holiday observance. Since this edition of Free Culture Radio is being recorded on and will be broadcast on June 19, we make a technical departure from our usual cove... Read more

Hari Jones on Juneteenth

Airs at: Wed, 06/19/2019 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century, historian and author Hari Jones speaks about Juneteenth, and the California State Assembly approves a measure to allow San Francisco to set up a supervised consumption facility. Read more

Separation, Dysfunction and the Catholic Church

Airs at: Tue, 06/18/2019 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Is It You Or Is It Me
Please join me tonight as Maisie MacKinnon and I discuss the ramifications of the recent educational directive released by the Vatician. More than just a weak attempt at gender control, the Pope is encouraging the essence of hatred and separation to be taught by Catholic an... Read more

Vancouver NAACP's Juneteenth Celebration 2019

Airs at: Fri, 06/14/2019 at 10:00am - 10:30am
Produced for:  Radiozine
Patricia Welch talks to the Vancouver NAACP about this their 2019 Juneteenth Celebration. Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration commemorating the ending of slavery in the United States. We need your sponsorship to make Juneteenth 2019 the most successful one yet. The c... Read more

"Keepers of the Pass"; Anne White Hat and the Bayou Bridge Pipeline

Airs at: Mon, 06/17/2019 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  First Voices Radio
  In the first half-hour, FVR has an exclusive audio premiere of a new documentary, titled: "Keepers of the Pass." The documentary covers the two-year saga of the ordeal brought by the Ramapough Lenape of New Jersey and their right to pray on land they own across the road ... Read more

W.I..N.G.S.: Refugees on the US Border

Airs at: Wed, 06/12/2019 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Radiozine
Today on Radiozine, we feature an episode from the Women's International News Gathering Service (WINGS). Producer Melinda Tuhus travelled to Arizona, Mexico, and the desert between to interview refugees and good Samaritans about what asylum seekers are fleeing from, what th... Read more