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Covid in the Country

AboutThe coronavirus crisis has been acutely felt in urban areas, but the virus also spread disastrously, and in some ways differently, in rural America. Equipped with a facemask and a selfie stick, Laura Flanders...

Reporting on Economic Hardship

Nearly 40 million Americans live in poverty, making less than $26,200 a year for a family of four. Their stories and their struggles, however, are rarely represented in the mainstream media. If we want...
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Mourn Justice Ginsburg, Keep Fighting

“Ruth Bader Ginsburg changed the way the law sees gender... She changed the course of American law... She touched the lives of generations of men and women... She pushed for a full and inclusive...

Public Safety in Public Hands

In the face of on-going police brutality against African Americans and the disproportionate impact of the Covid-19 epidemic on people of color, the United States has reached a tipping point in relation to racism,...
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Resisting Authoritarianism One Co-op at a Time

Spain's history reminds us that elections aren't guarantees. They're expressions of popular will, and what follows them is just as important.

We Treasure What We Measure

We Treasure What We Measure – F Word   To download, please subscribe. To download a single episode, click share in the podcast player above.  A special thanks to our Patreon community for supporting us through this...

Institutional Racism Endemic in Higher Education

A special thanks to our Patreon community for supporting us through this difficult time and making it possible to keep this content free for everyone.The Black and Latinx Student Caucus at Columbia University's Mailman...

Minneapolis Model to Abolish Police

The Minneapolis City Council’s forthcoming proposal to disband its police department was built on years of activism and resistance to systemic police violence and racism. But while calls to defund the police have only...

Juneteenth: What Lies Ahead? – F Word

Juneteenth: What Lies Ahead—Tulsa 1921 or Something We Haven't Built Yet?   To download, please subscribe. To download a single episode, click share in the podcast player above.   Every Juneteenth has me thinking about life and the...

Public Safety in Public Hands

A special thanks to our Patreon community for supporting us through this difficult time and making it possible to keep this content free for everyone.Over the last 50 years, nearly every public service in...

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