Tag Archives: Reform

This week on Kite Line we air a discussion from 2021, in which we speak with prison abolitionist journalists Maya Schenwar and Victoria Law. We share the first part of our discussion on their recent book, Prison by Any Other Name: Harmful Consequences of Popular Reforms. The book is an in-depth look at the various “alternatives to prison” that are …

How can one expect the revolutionary struggles in Qing China at the turn of the 20th century to matter to humans in the United States? In the wake of celebrating the outcome of the American Revolution in 1776 we might turn our attention to revolutionary parallels. The great globe has been settled, divided, conquered, and ruled by humans for thousands …

A staff photographer at The Herald-Times is dismissed, as newspapers are sold to GateHouse Media; Indiana legislators support a ‘tax amnesty’ program; Supporters of redistricting reform push legislators to act; Sen. (R-Lawrenceberg) Chip Perfect withdraws bill eliminating child labor laws, after conflict of interest scandal; EPA re-schedules a public comment period for East Chicago Superfund site. FEATURE The Monroe County …

With school walkouts and students rallying in Washington D.C., Voices asks your neighbors how they feel about the current push towards gun reform. Voices in the Street is produced by Anthony Gomez at the studios of WFHB in Bloomington, Indiana.

We cover a range of news in this week’s episode- from a brief history of Black August and the upcoming August 19th prison demonstrations, to current prison conditions in regards to education, visitation, and forced sterilization. We then read a letter from prisoner Keith Malik Washington about the continued suffering from extreme heat in Texas prisons. The rest of the …

On Tuesday November 5th a forum on the drug-war was held in the City Council Chambers in Bloomington . The NAACP is the primary sponsor of a forum which examined the effects of the War on Drugs and alternatives to it. IU Professor Audrey McCluskey served as moderator, and discussed the racial injustice of the drug war using the book …

 On Saturday November 23rd The Brown County Democratic Party invited the public to join a brown bag lunch session with Superintendent of Public Instruction Glenda Ritz and the Director and Founder of Hoosiers for a Commonsense Health Plan Rob Stone, M.D. The event was free to the public, and included a question and answer period. Part 1 focuses on Education …

This week on Interchange, host Doug Storm speaks with investigative blogger Doug Martin who posts articles regularly on the website Schools Matter (found at schoolsmatter.info).  Martin is a native Hoosier who has been investigating Indiana’s “for profit” Education Politics for several years and will soon publish a book detailing these investigations called “Hoosier School Heist.” Martin’s articles at Schools Matter …