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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 36.0MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThis month, we are commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Attica prison uprising, a high point of the cycle of prisoners’ struggle of the 1960s and 1970s. We share experiences from former Attica prisoners Joseph Hayden and Carlos Roche, and attorney Elizabeth Fink, who all describe the …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:06 — 31.7MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThis week we are honoring the anniversary of the Attica Prison Uprising of 1971. The current National Prison Strike began on August 21st, the anniversary of George Jackson’s assassination, and is slated to end in two days, on September 9th. We have updates on the prison facilities …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 31:30 — 22.9MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreKassandra Botts talks about her volunteer work with the Shalom Community Center; The Indiana Department of Education released last year’s ISTEP+ results; The Indiana Recovery Alliance and the Shalom Community Center handed out Hepatitis A vaccinations; Hoosiers for A Common Sense Health Plan met with Indiana Attorney General Curtis; Indiana State …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 10:19 — 6.7MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThursday marks the 73rd anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb on Nagasaki. The Bloomington Peace Action Coalition is holding a remembrance vigil on the Monroe County Courthouse Square, from 8-9 p.m. Bloomington Peace Action Coalition member David Keppel talks about the planned vigil, and the role …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:58 — 22.1MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe Bloomington Police Department is gearing up for ‘America’s largest college weekend; Members of Bloomington’s Black Lives Matter Chapter are expected to show up at a city council meeting again this evening; The Bloomington Board of Public Works approved an agreement yesterday that could expedite a Monroe County bridge …