Tag Archives: PBS

This week we continue to talk to our guests about prison phone industry giant Global Tel Link and its attempt to whitewash its image by donating money to Sesame Street. Recent grassroots activism from incarcerated people and advocates have led to a wave of legislation mandating reduced costs or even free phone calls in some cities and states. Unfortunately, Tennessee …

In the late 60s, one man imagined creating a place that would radically undermine the societal values of his time—an alternative space that subverted color lines, gender norms, and war. That man was Fred Rogers and that place was Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood. Our opening song is, of course, “Won’t you be my neighbor?” Composed by Fred Rogers and performed by …

The Bloomington Chapter of Black Lives Matter are expected to screen a documentary about police militarization tonight; The city of Bloomington is holding three public meetings this week about the planned purchase of an armored vehicle for the city’s police department; Nearly 5,000 acres of Indiana forest are slotted for controlled burns over the next few weeks; Indiana is set to start selling …