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Ninth Congressional District Candidate Forum: Canon, Chatlos, Watson

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Democratic candidates for Indiana’s 9th Congressional District met at the Indiana University Memorial Union, last night. Liz Watson, Dan Canon and Rob Chatlos spoke to a crowded and diverse audience in the Union’s Whittenberger Auditorium. The candidate forum was put together by Campus Action for Democracy, a leftist student organization affiliated with Hoosier Action. Campus Action for Democracy also reportedly …

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Better Beware – Outsmarting Your TV

The new “smart TVs” are so new they aren’t entirely safe…yet, anyway. They can be hacked, and they can tell the world exactly what you like to watch.

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Voices in the Street: International Women’s Day

March 8th is International Women’s Day. A tradition that has been observed in the US since 1909, first known as “National Women’s Day” This week we ask; How do you celebrate? What do you think of the current state of women’s affairs? and who are the women that inspire you the most?

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The Hijabi Diaries – Abi

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Patriarchy, Religion, and Culture In this first episode of 2018, Abi weaves the tale of her long journey to converting to Islam, which started shortly after the events of September 11, 2001. Later in the episode, we here from Filizen Cicek, and Anna Maidi, about their experiences with gender inequality – both inside and outside the religious, cultural, and even …

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Bloomington Breaks Ground on 65 Acre Tech Park

This afternoon, city officials and leaders from Bloomington’s business community gathered under a tent in the grass field next to city hall in downtown. Buffeted by heavy winds, officials from Bloomington’s Economic Development Commission, Redevelopment Commission, and consultants with Black Line Studio spoke about their aspirations for the city’s 65 acre tech park. Bloomington Mayor John Hamilton says the city …

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Interchange – Exceptions Aren’t the Rule: When Grit Isn’t Enough

Our guest is the founding headmaster of The Boston Arts Academy, Boston’s first public high school for the visual and performing arts, Linda Nathan. Nathan has written When Grit Isn’t Enough, a strong critique of the concept of inculcating “grit” in education as well as of its proselytizers and proponents. It’s published by Beacon Press. Our music throughout also comes …

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Indiana House Approves School Safety Amendments

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The Indiana legislature approved a bill over school safety yesterday. Three amendments by the House of Representatives to Senate Bill 303 were added to the legislation, after the February 14th mass shooting which left 17 death in Parkland, Florida. The Indiana House of Representatives voted unanimously to include amendments meant to increase student safety in the event of a school …

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Daily Local News – March 6, 2018

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The Indiana legislature approved a bill over school safety yesterday; The Indiana House approved legislation yesterday which would guarantee DACA recipients the right to seek professional licenses for scores of occupations; Indiana conservatives are launching a new organization to advocate for renewable energy; A sleek and modern condominium project is set to rise out of an aging parking lot at …

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BloomingOUT – Spike Wray-Kirk – May 3, 2018

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News discussion includes the controversy surrounding an art teacher at The Mansfield School district, male vultures from the Artis Amsterdam Royal Zoo in Holland who gained attention upon adopting a chick to raise, and the forthcoming protest by drag queens against Donald Trump in London this July. During the second part of the show, Spike Wray-Kirk shares how her company …

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Bring It On! – March 5, 2018

Cornelius Wright and William Hosea welcome Nicole Griffin, Beverly Calender-Anderson, Nicole Browne, Geoff Bradley, Al Manns and Byron Turner. PART ONE On tonight’s show, William and Cornelius welcome Nicole Griffin, the 2018 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Legacy Award recipient and Beverly Calender-Anderson, the City of Bloomington Bicentennial recognition award recipient. They join us to help kick-off Women’s History Month. …

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