Tag Archives: Human Rights

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 6:30 — 9.0MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreAn Indiana University sports media scholar weighs in on the diplomatic boycott against China in the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. The United States will not send officials to the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing as a protest to China’s “ongoing genocide and crimes against humanity in Xinjiang and …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 10:05 — 13.9MB)Subscribe: RSSAccording to a recently completed study of incarceration and the local criminal justice system, Monroe County has uncovered a number of “critical issues” that “require urgent attention and remediation.”  Initiated in 2019, the “cornerstone-purpose of this study was twofold: 1) gain a clearer understanding of jail conditions and court related …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 9:47 — 13.5MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreMore than 200 members of the Bloomington community gathered at the Monroe County Courthouse this past Saturday evening in response to the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Palestine. Organized by “Jews Against Israeli Apartheid,” the “Free Palestine” rally featured passionate statements from local community members, live music and …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 26:38 — 28.4MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreWelcome to our 42st episode of 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.  Today’s episode is an interview with Shruti Rana and Seri Lee, members of the …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 10:30 — 14.5MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreAt 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, the Bloomington City Council committee-of-the-whole will discuss Ordinance 21-06, which would add protections for community members experiencing homelessness.  Highlights of the bill include at least a 15-day notice and sufficient housing requirements before the city can evict a person living in a …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 59:00 — 81.0MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreOnce again we’re joined by Kimberley Brownlee to talk about the necessity of Social Rights being a rock-bottom human right. We need each other and we need to be needed so that we might become fully human. Last week we discussed how Social Rights should have priority …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 59:00 — 36.8MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThis is the first of two conversations I had with Kimberley Brownlee about her recent book Being Sure of Each Other: An Essay on Social Rights and Freedoms. Brownlee writes that our social needs are so fundamental, basic, and universal, that they lead us necessarily into the …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 58:59 — 81.0MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreOur opening song is “Brother Malcolm” by Archie Shepp, from his 1999 release Conversations. Archie Shepp, surely one of the great political philosophers of so-called Jazz, accompanies us throughout. While preparing for this conversation another Black man, Jacob Blake, was shot in the back by police, this …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 59:00 — 135.0MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreWith President Donald Trump’s threats of “shutting down the government” due to his defiant stance over the construction of a border wall, we dedicate tonight’s broadcast to the plight and common misunderstandings of undocumented Latinx immigrants. Hosts Jim Sims and Amrita Myers, Ph.D. are joined by Texas …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:08 — 1.0MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreFour Indiana cities are continuing to challenge a lawsuit by conservative groups seeking to have the cities’ human rights ordinances overturned. The lawsuit, filed by the Indiana Family Institute and several other affiliated groups, names Indianapolis, Columbus, Carmel, and Bloomington as defendants. Officials from the four cities …