On Monday, the Bloomington Faculty Council passed two resolutions calling on the IU Board of Trustees to provide a pathway to unionization for the Indiana Graduate Workers Coalition-United Electrical Workers. The first resolution passed with nearly 84 percent of the faculty council vote, and it insists that graduate students would not face retaliation by the university for striking. The second …
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Compost Up, Downtown was brought to Bloomington in April to combat food waste. Restaurants are one of the largest sources of food waste, which lead the City of Bloomington to partner with a local composting company to create a new composting program, according to Andrea Conway, CEO and owner of EarthKeepers, a Bloomington Compost Corporation. “Helping restaurants reduce food waste …
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This is the WFHB Local News for Wednesday, May 18th, 2022. Later in the program, WFHB News Director Kade Young speaks with Phil Schuman, Executive Director of Financial Wellness and Education at Indiana University, about the student debt crisis in the United States. More in today’s feature report. Also coming up in the next half hour, Teach Your Children on …
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On Saturday, an armed 18-year-old white man killed 10 people and injured three others at a Buffalo, New York grocery store. Almost all of the victims were Black. A manifesto written by the shooter who traveled more than three hours to commit these egregious acts, reveals the attack was racially motivated. Police are now investigating the shooting as a hate …
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This is the WFHB Local News for Thursday, May 5th, 2022. Later in the program, we have an excerpt from Interchange – The Knowledge of Power: Graduate Worker Exploitation at Indiana University. More in the bottom half of our program. Also coming up in the next half hour, the Bloomington Board of Zoning Appeals met late last month to discuss …
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On Sunday, April 10th, a 97.8 percent affirmative vote by IU graduate workers set into motion the largest indefinite strike Bloomington has seen in decades. Everyday that we can, WFHB’s Strike Mic will bring you to the frontlines of this movement, allowing you to understand the issues and the action through the voices of the participants themselves. WFHB will continue …
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Welcome to the March edition of Civic Conversations – a monthly podcast collaboration with the League of Women Voters of Bloomington and Monroe County . In today’s segment, host Jim Allison speaks with Lisa Marie Napoli, director of the Political and Civic Engagement or PACE, at Indiana University. Napoli also founded Voices for Democracy and Civility. The topic for this …
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This is the WFHB Local News for Monday, March 14th, 2022. Later in the program, WFHB Correspondent Zyro Roze continues his conversation with Emily Hamilton, senior research fellow and Director of the Urbanity Project at George Mason University. Stay tuned to hear Part Four of the conversation in today’s feature report. Also coming up in the next half hour, we …
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This is the WFHB Local News for Wednesday, March 9th, 2022. Later in the program, we revisit a report from WFHB Correspondent Sade Ajishegiri on local protests over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. More in today’s feature report. Also coming up in the next half hour, “Increasing Gas Mileage” on Better Beware – your weekly consumer-watchdog segment on WFHB. More following …
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This is the WFHB Local News for Monday, March 7th, 2022. Later in the program, WFHB Correspondent Zyro Roze continues his conversation with Emily Hamilton, senior research fellow and Director of the Urbanity Project at George Mason University. Stay tuned to hear Part II of the conversation in today’s feature report. Also coming up in the next half hour, we …
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