Tag Archives: COVID-19

Today’s show is a repeat from June 2, 2020. In the introduction we state that Louisiana had the highest rate of mortality from COVID-19 in the United States. That is no longer the case. Louisiana is now 7th on that list with the following states now having higher rates of mortality (deaths per 100,000): New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts, Rhode …

This week, we speak with a group of grassroots labor organizers formerly employed at No Evil Foods, a socialist-themed vegan foods company.  They describe their efforts to organize a union at the company’s Asheville manufacturing plant, and No Evil’s subsequent efforts to bust the union – leveraging the COVID crisis – and eventually outsource their work in order to close …

This week, amid a spate of prisoners’ strikes, we share our monthly round up of prison disturbances for June 2021, compiled by Perilous Chronicle.  Prisoners are hunger striking across the continent, agitating for safer conditions, and pushing back against labor exploitation.  We share an excerpt of the story entitled Prisoners Strike Against Racism and Colonialism in Canada’s “New Residential Schools” …

On today’s episode, we share two perspectives on the role of study, as practiced in the face of repression and directly against repression.  First, we complete our interview with Garrett Felber, with a focus on his termination by the University of Mississippi in retaliation for his outspoken criticism of its white supremacist structure and how he and others have worked …

This week, we share the second part of a conversation between Garrett Felber and Micol Seigel. Felber has been on the show before, discussing the Nation of Islam and its relationship to the origins of the modern prisoners’ movement. His new book, Those Who Know Don’t Say: The Nation of Islam, the Black Freedom Movement, and the Carceral State, is …

The City of Bloomington announced the construction of a new apartment complex beside Switchyard Park which will include forty-eight units reserved for people earning 30-80% of the Area Median Income. The apartments will be called Retreat @ Switchyard. They are a collaboration between the City’s Redevelopment Commission and RealAmerica Companies, which was contracted to do the build. The press release …

This is the WFHB Local News for Tuesday, March 30th 2021. This week, we present a four-part WFHB News Special where we revisit the stories we covered over the last year. We selected four areas of reporting, which include: Homelessness in Bloomington, the Coronavirus Pandemic, Social Justice Reporting and the Environmental Edition. In our second installment of this series, we …

Today on Bring It On!, hosts, Clarence Boone and William Hosea talk with Dr. Jeff Hauswald, the newly appointed Superintendent for the Monroe County Community School Corporation (MCCSC). Joining them are  MCCSC Trustee Board Members, April Hennessey (District 1) and Jacinda Townsend Gides (District 6).  On February 3, 2021, the Monroe County Community School Corporation Board of Trustees approved a …

The global pandemic has exacerbated an already-simmering crisis of food insecurity, itself rooted in growing populations pushed outside of formal labor markets.  This exclusion, often implemented along racial lines, leads to precarity and a struggle for survival, which has only grown more bleak with the pressures of COVID-19.  The economy simply cannot produce enough jobs, and even those existing jobs …

Indiana’s vaccine eligibility has been expanded twice so far this week. On Monday, pre-K through high school teachers and staff, Hoosiers who work at childcare centers, in Head Start and Early Start programs, licensed childcare providers, classroom aides, bus drivers, janitors, counselors, administration staff, cafeteria workers, and substitute teachers became eligible to schedule their COVID-19 vaccination. This morning, sign-ups opened …