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December 23, 2022: It was a Normal Day for Us, and He Just Disappeared

This week, we speak again with Isaiah Willoughby. Last time he was on the show, he reflected on being incarcerated due to the 2020 George Floyd Uprising. He was released from prison last March, but he’s now housed once again in SeaTac Federal Detention Center on a parole violation. It took three separate calls to complete this interview: calls in …

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Eco Report – July 7, 2022

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HEADLINES Indiana’s state insect is a lightning bug.  In 2018, after years of campaigning by Hoosier elementary students, the Indiana legislature and Gov. Eric Holcomb proclaimed the Say’s firefly as the state’s bug. Not only is this species of firefly native to Indiana, it also is named after a Hoosier who discovered it: Thomas Say. —Norm Holy The Republic in …

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WFHB Local News – June 22nd, 2022

This is the WFHB Local News for Wednesday, June 22nd, 2022. Later in the program, WFHB Correspondent Cynthia Roberts reported on a rally in Washington, D.C. over the weekend organized by the Poor People’s Campaign. More in today’s feature report. Also coming up in the next half hour, we have the third installment of Cutting the Cost of Gas on …

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June 17, 2022: A Great Moment to Push Further

Interview with Maru Moro Villalpando of La Resistencia, a project that organizes against the Northwest Detention Center. In this conversation, Maru passes a kite along on behalf of immigrants housed in the facility. As they point out, facilities like this are “black boxes” where extra effort must be taken to shed light on conditions inside. Maru discusses some of the …

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March 25, 2022: Words from an Incarcerated BLM Demonstrator

This week, we share Isaiah Willoughby’s story. He’s been on the show before, talking about his incarceration due to actions on behalf on the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020. Today, he walks us through the events leading up to and after his arrest, including the police murder of his neighbor in Seattle and his participation in the Capitol Hill …

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March 12, 2021: First Steps

This week, we are trying something new so that we can cover the full range of increased prisoner struggles. We will be teaming up with Perilous Chronicle at the beginning of each month to give you headlines tracking disturbances in prisons, jails, and detention centers. Perilous is a project seeking to gather and track information on prison uprisings, riots, protests, …

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May 15, 2020: Barriers to Higher Education

This core of this week’s Kite Line is a conversation between Anastazia Schmid and Jennifer Fleming about trying to get an education before, during, and after incarceration. You’ve likely heard Anastazia before on Kite Line, both while she was inside at the Indiana Women’s Prison, and since she was released last year. We will be sharing more of these conversations …

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April 5, 2019: Communication is a Human Right- More Reflections from Mark Cook

This week, Kite Line welcomes the continued contributions of Mark Cook, who we recorded in conversation with Alejo Stark.  Mark is a former prison rebel, dating back to ambitious organizing on the inside in the 1960s.  Following his release from prison, he co-founded the Seattle chapter of the Black Panther Party and later went underground with the George Jackson Brigade.  …

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March 29, 2019: If You Care, Grow Your Hair- Prison Rebellion Strategies from the 1960s

  This week, Kite Line welcomes the contributions of Mark Cook for a second time.  Mark is a former prison rebel, dating back to ambitious organizing on the inside in the 1960s.  Following his release from prison, he co-founded the Seattle chapter of the Black Panther Party and later went underground with the George Jackson Brigade.  Due to his guerrilla …

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Planned Parenthood Consolidates

Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky is consolidating with Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest and the Hawaiian Islands. Lynne Bunch is the Vice President for Patient Services for Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky. Bunch said the partnership will allow PPINK better access to funding, expertise and services. In a press release on February 1, PPINK stated they’ve been …

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