Tag Archives: COVID-19

This week, we are trying something new so that we can cover the full range of increased prisoner struggles. We will be teaming up with Perilous Chronicle at the beginning of each month to give you headlines tracking disturbances in prisons, jails, and detention centers. Perilous is a project seeking to gather and track information on prison uprisings, riots, protests, …

Bring It On! concludes the second of its two-part series about the impact of COVID-19 on the black community and the response of the black community to the COVID-19 vaccines. Last week’s show focused on the effect of COVID-19 on black women. Today’s show focuses on COVID-19’s impact on black men. Today’s hosts, William Hosea and Robert Good Evening speak …

In honor of March as National Women’s History Month, Bring It On! is spot-lighting how the COIVD-19 has affected black women, in the first of a two-part series about the impact of COVID-19 on the black community and the response of the black community to the COVID-19 vaccines. Today hosts, Liz Mitchell and William Hosea speak with three African American …

A round-up of some of the latest, and not so good, ways that scammers are trying to get the best of you.

This week, we brought together three segments that focus on ways the system attempts to repress participants in collective struggles and those who fight for a better world. In a segment that originally aired on KPFA, we hear about the punitive measures Malik Washington is facing after speaking out about the COVID-19 outbreak in a Geo Group run halfway house. …

COVID-19 cases continue to trend down, with 717 new cases of COVID-19 reported in Indiana on Monday. According to the Indiana State Department of Health, Brown, Lawrence, and Monroe counties all reported single-digit positive cases yesterday. As of this morning, Hoosiers ages 60 to 64 are now eligible to sign up and receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Hoosiers who are first …

Mwalimu Shakur, who spoke in last week’s episode about COVID-19 protocols in his facility, returns this week to share more reflections. He shares first-hand experiences of gladiator fights and organizing against the SHU (Secure Housing Unit) from the inside. Corcoran State Prison was the first prison to develop the ultra-repressive SHU.  He also talks about using his time inside to …

The rumors and outright lies about the Covid-19 vaccines are getting completely insane, but they’re spreading like wildfire. Here’s a look at some of the weirdest, and a serious warning about believing or spreading them.

Welcome to the latest edition of our podcast, Prescription for Healthcare, produced by Dr. Rob Stone and Karen Green Stone. Our guest today is T.R. Reid – a longtime correspondent for the Washington Post, a best-selling author, chairman of the Colorado Foundation for Universal Healthcare and chairman on the board of the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless.  Reid discusses a …

This week, we share audio in support of Dan Baker and Loren Reed, and from Panagioti Tsolkas, who tells us about the important #CagingCOVID campaign and their upcoming February 1st day of action. As we’ve previously documented on Kite Line, facilities across the country have systematically failed to protect prisoners from COVID-19 and its uncontrolled spread.  We are sharing two …