Civil Rights/Human Rights

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Death Row Visitation Perspectives and Discussion

Airs at: Mon, 02/04/2019 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Prison Pipeline

David Earl Miller was a prisoner on death row for 34 years until he was executed on December 16th. Mary Nordkvelle and Jean Richardson are sisters who had a uniquie 25 year relationship as Death Row visitors to Miller who served more time on Death Row than he did in yea... Read more

Norman Shamas updates on FOSTA and digital harm reduction

Airs at: Mon, 01/28/2019 at 4:00pm - Fri, 02/01/2019 at 5:00pm

Produced for: The Final Straw Radio

This week, we continue our look at sex, work and the state with guest, Norman Shamas. Norman Shamas is an activist and educator whose work focuses on human-centered information and digital security and privacy. Now, Norman is not a lawyer but shares their insights about the... Read more

015 Doctors Gone Bad: Physicians, Dictatorships, and Warrior Cultures

Airs at: Mon, 05/06/2019 at 7:00am - 7:30am

Produced for: Prescription for Justice

This episode reviews the history of unethical human subject experimentation from World War II to the present, focusing on physicians who compromised their professional ethics and facilitated the rise of demagogues and the perpetuation of militarism. I discuss how the coo... Read more

014 Teaching Social Justice (Part 2)

Airs at: Mon, 04/29/2019 at 7:00am - 7:30am

Produced for: Prescription for Justice

This and the previous episode cover the topic, Teaching Social Justice. Brazilian educator Paulo Freire wrote, “Education either functions as an instrument which is used to facilitate integration of the younger generation into the logic of the present system and bring ab... Read more

013 Teaching Social Justice (Part 1)

Airs at: Mon, 04/22/2019 at 7:00am - 7:30am

Produced for: Prescription for Justice

Episodes 13 and 14 cover the topic, Teaching Social Justice. Brazilian educator Paulo Freire wrote, “Education either functions as an instrument which is used to facilitate integration of the younger generation into the logic of the present system and bring about conform... Read more

012 Howl: Ecological Destruction, Endangered Species, and Wolves

Airs at: Mon, 04/15/2019 at 7:00am - 7:30am

Produced for: Prescription for Justice

This episode of Prescription for Justice, is entitled “Howl: Ecological Destruction, Endangered Species, and Wolves.” This episode provides an overview of ecological destruction and endangered species, including up to date statistics, from our current mass extinction, al... Read more

011 Immigration: Ethics and Philosophy

Airs at: Mon, 04/08/2019 at 7:00am - 7:30am

Produced for: Prescription for Justice

America is a nation founded by immigrants, exiles escaping religious persecution and fleeing violence and poverty. This episode covers the nature of humans as migratory species; the history of immigration and nation states; and US immigration, especially myths about immi... Read more

010 Women In Science

Airs at: Mon, 04/01/2019 at 7:00am - 7:30am

Produced for: Prescription for Justice

Throughout history women have been marginalized and had limited opportunities for formal academic learning and achievement in science. Today, women hold less than ¼ of the jobs in science, technology, engineering, and math. They often are paid less than men of similar ac... Read more

009 Corporate Personhood

Airs at: Mon, 03/25/2019 at 7:00am - 7:30am

Produced for: Prescription for Justice

This episode begins with a primer on the nature and scope of corporations including corporate profits/taxation/political influence/crime. My guest David Delk (Chair of the Oregon Progressive Party and national Co-Chair of the Alliance for Democracy) and I discuss the his... Read more

008 Complicit

Airs at: Mon, 03/18/2019 at 7:00am - 7:30am

Produced for: Prescription for Justice

This episode calls out those who are complicit in the disastrous presidency of Donald Trump, from evangelical Christians (comparing Trump’s actions to Christ’s words in the Bible), to members of the two main political parties, to the press, to uninvolved citizens. It dis... Read more