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Bring It On! – June 20, 2022: The Play, “Democracy Hypocrisy: The Red, White, and Blues of Freedom”

Today’s hosts of Bring It On!, Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell, celebrate Juneteenth by welcoming Vernon Williams, Rain Williams, and Ms. Latrice. They are here to discuss their play, “Democracy Hypocrisy: The Red, White, and Blues of Freedom”. The production comes between two iconic national celebrations of “liberation”, Juneteenth and Independence Day, offering an exhilarating and authentic portrayal of the …

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July 1, 2022: No Reforming Them- Jarrod Shanahan on Rikers Island

This week, we share the final part of a conversation about Rikers Island between Bella Bravo and Jarrod Shanahan. Shanahan is a writer, activist, and professor of Criminal Justice based in Chicago. He has previously appeared on Kite Line to discuss mass incarceration and the George Floyd rebellion. We are speaking again today about his new book Captives: How Rikers …

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IU Cinema Director Alicia Kozma

She begins her second year leading one of the nation’s premier repositories of film and video. Alicia Kozma has studied, researched, written, and taught about films and other media since she was a teenager. She has focused on labor in media — who works in movies and TV and what their working conditions are — as well as gender both …

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Eco Report – June 30, 2022

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HEADLINES According to research by the Environmental Resilience Institute, average temperatures in Indiana will rise by 5-6 degrees Fahrenheit by 2050. The research also concluded that between 2004 and 2018, an average of 702 deaths occurred per year from extreme heat in the U-S. —Linda Greene Ships traversing the Saint Mary’s River at the Ontario, Canada–Michigan border between Lake Superior …

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June 2022: Learning From Bioregionalism

This month, we begin sharing an ambitious two-part interview with Doug, a life-long deserter, commune-dweller, and bioregionalist organizer currently living in western Canada.  Doug is interviewed by his nephew, a contributor to a militant network of communes in the region. Doug shares invaluable recollections on the experience of living underground and in exile in Canada and Sweden, while refusing US …

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June 24, 2022: Captives with Jarrod Shanahan, Part One

This week, Bella Bravo speaks with Jarrod Shanahan, a writer, activist, and professor of Criminal Justice based in Chicago. Shanahan has been on previous episodes, discussing mass incarceration and the George Floyd rebellion. We are speaking today about his new book Captives: How Rikers Island Took New York City Hostage. Captives recounts the last seventy years of New York politics …

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Save the Hoosier National Forest

On Friday June 10th, concerned Southern Indiana residents met to discuss how to protect the Hoosier National Forest from a logging and burning project the Forest Service announced back in October 2021. The group, Save the Hoosier National Forest, opposes the Buffalo Springs Restoration Project, and wants to make sure the forest is protected for future generations and to help …

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Eco Report – June 23, 2022

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HEADLINES  Members of the Morgan County Soil and Water Conservation District board received an update from chairman Doug Peine about the closure of a Duke Energy coal ash pond in southern Indiana. Peine said the Hoosier Environmental Council filed a lawsuit over the closure of the ash pits at the Gallagher Power Plant in New Albany, along the Ohio River. …

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50 Years of Title IX: IU’s Mission to Support Women’s Sports

It has been 50 years since Title IX, the federal civil rights law prohibiting sex-based discrimination from schools and educational programs receiving federal funding, was passed. Now that the landmark legislation has been around for half a century, it begs the question: where are things now? In the year 2022, women’s collegiate athletics are still looking for equal funding and …

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Hola Bloomington – June 17, 2022

Josefa Madrigal y Grecia, entrevistan a Mariana Martínez, Marco Bravo y Yamil Adrián Álvarez,  primera generación estudiantes de Indiana Univeristy y hablan sobre sus experiencias en la universidad al igual que sus experiencias en la Indiana University Police Academy.  ¡Escucha el progama completo! Josefa Madrigal and Grecia interview Mariana Martinez, Marco Bravo and Yamil Adrian Alvarez, first generation Indiana University …

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