Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 39.9MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreIn this week’s episode, we air the second part of a conversation between Jok Huerta from Focus Initiatives and Rodney Jones, known as Big R. Big R was a witness to the beating that sparked the the 1985 Pendleton prison uprising here in Indiana. This conversation is …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:07 — 3.8MB)Subscribe: RSS | More The City of Bloomington may be shoring up diversity programming at its Saturday Farmers Market to create a sense of inclusion and safety. That comes at the recommendation of a Farmer Market Advisory Council subcommittee, which met last night. Farmer Market Coordinator Marcia Veldman says the …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 12:32 — 7.6MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreMembers of Bloomington’s Farmers Market Advisory Board heard two hours of emotional public comment, last night. Many community members are asking the city to ban the proprietors of Schooner Creek Farm from the city’s farmers market. Schooner Creek Farm proprietors Sarah Dye and Doug Mackey are alleged …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:10 — 1.1MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe Bloomington Farmer’s Market is facing a public petition, demanding the expulsion of two individuals who operate as vendors for Schooner Creek Farm. The petition alleges the individuals are connected to the White supremacist movement, Identity Evropa, and encourages both the Bloomington Farmer’s Market and the Nashville …
Read More »Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28:08 — 25.8MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThis retrospective edition of the Daily Local News highlights some of our best reporting from 2017. We’ll hear from IU Foundation President Dan Smith about the Foundation’s offshoring of millions of dollars in the Cayman Islands; we’ll listen to IU students, as they protest the visitation of …
Read More »Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 26:55 — 24.6MB)Subscribe: RSS | More12/7/16 A story published in the Herald Times about local white nationalists provoked varied community responses this week; Monroe County Officials are discussing streamlining the county’s zoning code as it applies to the urbanizing area just outside Bloomington city limits; Project Porchlight— an effort designed to engage …
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