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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 15:18 — 21.1MB)Subscribe: RSSThis week, we continue our discussion of the Supreme Court case heard last Wednesday, Perez V Sturgis school district. The case concerns two laws: the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act or IDEA, which requires children with disabilities be provided a “free appropriate public education” or (FAPE) and the Americans …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 12:38 — 17.4MB)Subscribe: RSSThe Supreme Court met today to hear a case regarding a deaf student Miguel Luna Perez of Sturgis Michigan, who was denied access to a professional sign language interpreter and whose parents were falsely told over the course of 12 years that their son was on his way to …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 58:44 — 80.7MB)Subscribe: RSS WFHB Correspondent Zyro Roze speaks with Dr. Joel Fuhrman, best selling author and renowned physician specializing in preventative nutrition and natural healing, on his popular book ‘Fast Food Genocide.’ They touch upon matters of mental health, chronic disease, poverty, environmental issues, food deserts, regenerative agriculture, the industrial food …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 9:50 — 13.6MB)Subscribe: RSSReproductive health care resources are still available in the right places for Hoosiers in need, despite the current instability as Indiana Legislature became the first in the nation to pass an abortion ban responsive to the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v Wade this past June.   Symone Bailey, …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 13:56 — 19.2MB)Subscribe: RSSLilian Lau, a student at Indiana University, discusses a film that will screen at the IU Radio and Television Theater titled “Eternal Spring” from December 2-4. The film is about a state TV channel in China that gets hacked by members of the spiritual group, Falun Gong. The group …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:08 — 5.7MB)Subscribe: RSSThe complex issues with Monroe County’s current jail, and the task of building a new jail has been looming over county officials’ heads for several years now. A criminal justice and incarceration study was commissioned by Monroe County in 2019 which detailed the problems with the current jail, notes …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 7:39 — 10.6MB)Subscribe: RSSWFHB Correspondent Abe Shapiro reported on the highlights of last week’s oral arguments of the Indiana-based Supreme Court case Talevski V Marion HHC, which involves an Indiana nursing home and its treatment of one of its residents. This week, we look at the final oral arguments put forth by …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 8:42 — 12.0MB)Subscribe: RSS | More“Stop the steal,” “Hang Mike Pence,” “Fight for Trump,” his loyal followers chanted as the world watched the events unfold in Washington, D.C. The attempted insurrection occurred on the afternoon of January 6, 2021, following a “March to Save America” Rally hosted by the right-wing group Women …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 10:23 — 14.3MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreOn September 25th, the Indiana Graduate Workers Coalition voted ‘no’ on strike authorization with a 91 percent majority. The union voted ‘yes’ on setting a future strike date if negotiations with the university fail.  To provide insight into the graduate workers union, WFHB News spoke with Anne …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 17:25 — 24.0MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe Biden Administration and the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced a 1.5 billion dollar investment to fund emergency food assistance. Feeding Indiana’s Hungry, the statewide association of Feeding America affiliated food banks, applauded the investment. According to the Map the Meal Gap study conducted by Feeding America, …