Most of us are aware that the 2016 presidential election process was tainted by the proliferation of social media pranksters, vandals, and outright liars. Foreign countries and domestic political entities gamed social media like Facebook and Twitter to create misinformation campaigns. With the 2020 primary season about to begin next week, are we any safer from being manipulated again? Indiana …

Once upon a time, there was a saying most people had heard of, and everyone believed. It went, “pictures don’t lie” and it referred to photographs, which were accepted as evidence in a court of law. People did create fake photographs, starting very early on, but it was always possible to tell that a photograph had been tampered with or …

Indiana Environmental Reporter’s Enrique Saenz reports on how suspension of clean water regulations will affect local Waters of America areas and areas downstream of them.

 The iconic Doomsday Clock, symbolizing the gravest perils facing humankind, is now closer to midnight than at any point since its creation in nineteen forty-seven. Madagascar has embarked on its most ambitious tree-planting drive yet, aiming to plant sixty million trees in the coming months. The mounting climate emergency may spur the next global financial crisis, and the world’s central …

The state of Indiana has a bad reputation for pollution. It may lead some to wonder: Why? One of the largest reasons came from the man-made material called PCB, short for Polychlorinated Biphenyl. PCBs are made from 209 individual chlorinated compounds called congeners. They range from light oily fluids to heavy oils, greases and waxes. The use of PCBs began …

BLOOMINGTON – Hoosier Energy announced last Tuesday their plans to close The Merom Generating Station in Sullivan County in 2023, affecting nearly 200 utility workers. Founded in 1949, Hoosier Energy is a non-profit generation and transmission cooperative. It serves 18 member electric cooperatives in central and southern Indiana, as well as southeastern Illinois. The cooperative’s mission is to provide members …

In today’s feature report, WFHB Correspondent Katrine Bruner provides the history of PCBs in Monroe County. But first, your local headlines. Planning Director Kevin Tolloty proposed a tax abatement for Richland Senior Citizen Housing to the Ellettsville Town Council. Hoosier Energy plans to close a Sullivan County power plant due to a switch to more environmentally sustainable sources of energy. …

Welcome to our Lunar New Year episode on 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. In this week’s episode our producers talk about the culture and history of Lunar New Year traditions. Kimber Garland, Elise Lee, and Monica Lu discuss …

Throughout 2019, an unprecedented amount of massive protests, marches, and strikes occurred in various countries throughout Latin America and the Caribbean, all commonly giving voice to the sharp inequality throughout these societies that has been produced by the increasing austerity of economic policy modeled on neoliberalism. While similar to these examples, Colombia nevertheless offers a unique case, being the country …

PART ONE: Today, hosts Clarence Boone and William Hosea speak with representatives from the Hannah Center about the hidden, but prevalent, problem of human trafficking.  Tina Lampke, Executive Director of the Hannah Center, Liz Franklin, Hannah House Coordinator, and Brigitt Nasby, Shelter Outreach and Safe Place Coordinator for the Youth Services Bureau of Monroe County, are here to provide their …