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July 31, 2020: Our Cries Are Falling on Deaf Ears- Prisoners in Florida Speak Out

This week, we share the voices of three prisoners in Florida. Choosing to speak anonymously due to repression, they told us about horrible conditions inside the Florida prison system. They explain the racial injustice in the prison system, the importance of letting lifers out, the prevalence of moldy, rancid food, poor hygiene in the face of COVID-19, rats and cockroaches …

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Monroe County vs. The Huffs

    This story was edited for clarity on August 10th. According to court documents from last year, the charge asked that the court “mandates the Huffs to immediately restore and stabilize the land and vegetation they disturbed or removed, or caused to be disturbed or removed from portions of the Huff property that exceed 12 percent slope.” The county …

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BloomingOUT w/ The Ultimate Diss Track (episode) – July 30th, 2020

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In this (extended) episode, we all got together to: Complain about Trump Talk about New York (where Ireland is) Listen to the new Taylor Swift Hear Melanie tell a story about seeing Courtney Love Complain/talk trash about Morals of America Diss Madonna for being a Covid conspiracy theorist …And more Bonus convo not featured in our 59 minute radio cut!!! …

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Protest Medic Jake Benoit-Wylie

As the hot summer drags on and protests continue in cities throughout the nation, tempers are flaring and the risk of violence becomes greater. Even in Bloomington, protests have been marred by isolated violent acts and a few volunteer security people carrying semi-automatic weapons have been seen attending several street demonstrations. A group has been meeting on a weekly basis, …

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Eco Report – July 30, 2020

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As reported in the Los Angeles Times, the Trump administration has lifted a major hurdle for development of the Pebble Mine, a massive gold and copper mine in the wilds of Alaska despite fears that it will poison the world’s largest sockeye salmon run. Even after the world’s largest economies adopted the landmark Paris Agreement to tackle the climate crisis …

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Bring It On! – July 27, 2020: America in Color

Hosts Roberta Radovich and Cornelius Wright spend the hour with Charlie Nelms, Vice President Emeritus of Indiana University, and George Middleton, founder of The Black Institute and member of the Indianapolis Black Chamber of Commerce. The hour is divided into two halves. First, the hosts and guests examine the State of Race Relations in the United States in light of …

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Bring It On! – July 24, 2020: Federal Officers on U.S. City Streets (Special Edition)

Today on a special segment of Bring It On! hosts Clarence Boone and William Hosea welcome special guests Major General Craig Q. Timberlake (USMC, Retired) and  Joseph Hoffman, Harry Pratter Professor of Law at the Maurer School of Law at Indiana University Bloomington, to discuss primarily the unprecedented use of federal force taken by Donald Trump in recent weeks in …

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Better Beware – TriFacta

Phone scammers who threaten you are now insisting you don’t hang up until you send the money; people have been getting mysterious packets of seeds in the mail, and phone apps from Presidential campaigns have big differences. Three things to watch out for!

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Interchange – John Lewis and Necessary Trouble

Civil-rights leader John Lewis died Friday, July 17th, at the age of 80. Today we’ll pay tribute to the life-work of Lewis by revisiting our September 2015 program “ “Necessary Trouble: A Graphic Example from John Lewis.” This is an edited version. Host and Producer Doug Storm interviews Nate Powell and Andrew Aydin about their work on the graphic novel …

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