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The 1980’s farm crisis defined an entire generation of farmers and the rural communities that surrounded and relied on them. Interest rates soared. Farm land value dropped. A decade of record-breaking production in farm commodities led to a glut, a surplus, that depressed prices. Exports declined as the U.S. imposed an embargo on the Soviet Union. Farmers went bankrupt, foreclosed …

This week, Bella Bravo speaks to Zhandarka Kurti and Jarrod Shanahan. Kurti is an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Tennesee in Knoxville, and also works with Face to Face Knox, a campaign to restore in-person visitation to Knox County detention centers.  Shanahan is an assistant professor of criminal justice at Governors State University. They have collaborated on …

Hosts William Hosea and Beverly Calender-Anderson spend the hour with guests, Rev. Forrest Gilmore, Executive Director of Shalom Community Center, Ms. Amber Skoby, Executive Director of the Bloomington Housing Authority, and Nicole Johnson, a community activist living the Crestmont area of Bloomington, IN. They talk about Bloomington’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic and how the city’s agencies and community leaders …

Today hosts Clarence Boone and William Hosea welcome Rv. Forrest Gilmore, Executive Director of Shalom Community Center, Ms. Amber Skoby, Executive Director of the Bloomington Housing Authority, and Nicole Johnson, a Crestmont resident and community advocate. They discuss how Bloomington is trying to meet the challenge of serving the city’s homeless who are now having to deal with health precautions …

In Ralph Waldo Emerson’s central and influential essay “Self-Reliance” (a document that might be said to lie at the heart of liberalism the United States of American) he writes: “do not tell me, as a good man did to-day, of my obligation to put all poor men in good situations. Are they my poor?” No, perhaps they are not specifically …

Welcome to the Part One of our Civil Rights Episode of Hearabouts: Asian American Midwest Radio! Hearabouts is produced by WFHB and Indiana University’s Asian Culture Center. We ask critical questions about identity, culture, community and shared assumptions. On today’s episode, we have Carwina Weng, Indiana University’s Maurer School of Law Professor, where she teaches her Disability Law Clinic course; …

Congress is currently reconciling the Senate and House of representatives respective Farm Bills, both of which won largely partisan support. Among the proposed changes are increases in requirements for Hoosiers to qualify for SNAP benefits – formerly called food stamps. In today’s Feature Report, WFHB Correspondent Jonah Chester takes us through how the proposed changes could effect Hoosiers, particularly when it …

In this episode of the Bicentennial Journal, Monroe County Parks and Recreation’s Cathy Meyer conclude there discussion on the Karst Farm Park. Support for The Bicentennial Journal and WFHB comes from Monroe County and Visit Bloomington. More information about Monroe County’s Bicentennial is available on their website.

In this episode of the Bicentennial Journal, Monroe County Parks and Recreation’s Cathy Meyer talks about Karst Farm Park, which started as a ‘poor farm.’ Support for The Bicentennial Journal and WFHB comes from Monroe County and Visit Bloomington. More information about Monroe County’s Bicentennial is available on their website.

Clarence Boone and Cornelius Wright welcome Katie Thompson and Aja Jester. PART ONE Clarence and Cornelius are joined by Katie Thompson and Aja Jester, a coach & captain respectively for “Thriving Connections”, the Indiana South Central Community Action Program designed to provide the framework needed to increase the emotional and financial stability of participating families and reduce their use of …