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With summer beckoning, amusement park attendance is sure to rise, with the latest data collected from the Global Attractions Attendance Report finding a total of 140.5 Million visitors to North American Theme Parks in 2022. One of the primary concerns that has impacted and continues to impact the disability community regarding theme park access is a lack of access, even with …

This week, we continue sharing Haymarket Press’s panel, “the Abolitionist Struggle against Cop City.”  In this segment, Stuart Schrader and Micah Herskind fill in the past  40 years of historical context for why the Cop City project is being pushed through specifically in Atlanta.  Schrader teaches at Johns Hopkins University and wrote Badges without Borders: How Global Counterinsurgency Transformed American Policing.  …

The whole country is in upheaval as a vast Movement for Black Lives continues to challenge white supremacy and the institutions of policing and prison. As monuments fall and precincts are seized in Minneapolis to Seattle, the lies and hidden truths of American society are being revealed. We’ve been reminded of James Baldwin’s line that “Not everything that is faced …

This week, catch your regular news update including discussion about a judge who previously ruled that Obamacare was unconstitutional has overturned health protections for transgender patients. We also talk a little about Pete Buttigieg. After that, we have a new episode from the Just Married podcast and an interview in the studio with Rob and Tom from the episode. Events: LGBT Aging …

This week, we hear from two people- Faith, who talks to us about the practice of inmate lending- and Jason Renard Walker, who speaks on the retaliation he is facing inside. We spoke to Faith at the Fight Toxic Prisons convergence recently, and she told us about the practice of inmate lending, where prisons bid for labor in the form …

This week, we share an interview with Julie, a researcher who studies the effects of climate change on prisoners.  The conversation was held at last month’s Fight Toxic Prisons conference, and focused on her work on how intensifying extremes of heat and cold impacts prisoners’ health. As this interview is broadcast, a hurricane is bearing down on Louisiana, threatening severe …

Locutores,  Carlos B., Luis H., Luis F.R., hablan sobre las noticias, leyes y politica. Hosts, Carlos B., Luis H., Luis F.R., talk about news, law, and politics.

With President Donald Trump’s threats of “shutting down the government” due to his defiant stance over the construction of a border wall, we dedicate tonight’s broadcast to the plight and common misunderstandings of undocumented Latinx immigrants. Hosts Jim Sims and Amrita Myers, Ph.D. are joined by Texas A&M Associate Professor of History Felipe Hinojosa, who speaks about the border and …

PART ONE William Hosea and Clarence Boone speak with Gallery Mortgage Group and Griffin Realty about home ownership and Bloomington’s home buying and renter’s markets. PART TWO In today’s news and events calendar, Hosea and Boone speak about series of bombings in Austin, TX; and Black Panther’s success at the box office. CREDITS Hosts: William Hosea and Clarence Boone. Bring …

This week is the first episode of several about the intersection between the media and prison struggles. In January of 2015, journalist Barrett Brown was sentenced to 63 months in prison for his role reporting on Anonymous’ hack of Stratfor, a private security and espionage company. Today, we are sharing a talk he gave at the Fight Toxic Prisons conference …