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Labor Day has been a national holiday since 1894, when President Grover Cleveland signed the law making the first Monday in September a day off for...

Added: Aug 31, 2023
Length: 03:00

Who's Dorothy Day?

From: Jennifer Szweda Jordan

Caption: Dorothy Day, 1934, Credit: New York World-Telegram & Sun Collection

Do you know who Dorothy Day is? This week in speaking to the U.S. Congress, Pope Francis heralded Dorothy Day alongside other better known American...

Added: Sep 28, 2015
Length: 14:16

Campaign 2016: Post Convention, Pre-Labor Day ( Told Through Narration, Music and Soundbites)

From: Paul Fischer
Series: What's the Frequency, Kenneth? a newsical series

Trump..with the knowledge and consent of the RNC...wants changes in the presidential debates.. That's for starters. But it's practically a non stor...

Added: Aug 02, 2016
Length: 59:00

Tax Day: Who Gets the Gold Mine, Who Gets the Shaft?

From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk

Taxes are necessary for a civilized society, and most ordinary people pay their fair share. But there's one group that pays nothing at all, while ...

Added: Apr 10, 2024
Length: 03:00

Equal Time Minute - Did You Lose Out on Tax Day?

From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk

Two and one-half minute commentary by Equal Time host Martha Burk on who won, who lost on Tax Day.

Added: Apr 18, 2013
Length: 02:30

Underground Trade Part 7: Modern Day Slavery in America

From: WGBH Radio Boston
Series: Underground Trade: From Boston to Bangkok

Caption: Chinatown, Manhattan, Credit: Meredith Nierman, WGBH

If you think slavery ended in 1865, think again. Human traffickers have picked up where Jim Crow left off.

Bought by KUER, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, WRST-FM Oshkosh, KUOW, and WRPI

Added: May 20, 2013
Length: 07:53
Purchases: 5

"After Labor Day" UPDATED WED SEP 9 2020 ( Told Through Narration, Music and Soundbites)

From: Paul Fischer
Series: What's the Frequency, Kenneth? a newsical series

THIS VERSION ADDS: Woodward has a new book. And TAPES!!! Harris and Pence in Wisconsin. Trump and Biden And The Two Wilmingtons ( North Car...

Bought by Royalton Community Radio, KMUN, and WYAP

Added: Sep 09, 2020
Length: 58:58
Purchases: 3

Between Civil War and Civil Rights -6: Rosewood Reborn (1923 --

From: Alan Lipke
Series: Between Civil War and Civil Rights

Caption: Rosewood survivor Minnie Lee Langley

It began on New Years Day 1923, when a white woman in a small Florida (saw-)milltown claimed that a black man had attacked her. By the week's end, ...

Bought by WCPN

Added: May 05, 2009
Length: 59:31
Purchases: 1

Between Civil War and Civil Rights -3: Democracy's Denial: Revolutions in Wilmington (1898 --

From: Alan Lipke
Series: Between Civil War and Civil Rights

Caption: Wilmington's black newspaper--after the "riot" and coup

In 1898, White Supremacist Democrats in North Carolina overthrew Wilmington's integrated administration. The plotters killed dozens of African Amer...

Bought by WCPN and KUNM

Added: May 05, 2009
Length: 59:25
Purchases: 2

How We Got Here, Part 1: The Great Risk Shift

From: Sam Harnett
Series: How We Got Here

The first section of a 3-hour radio documentary about why Americans are so precarious and susceptible to a crisis like the current pandemic. Part 1...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and KFAI Minneapolis

Added: Sep 02, 2020
Length: 54:01
Purchases: 4

Who to Vote for? It's Obvious

From: Dick Meister

It should be obvious by now, with election day nearing, that Barack Obama should be the overwhelming choice of working people.

Added: Oct 16, 2008
Length: 05:14

Hidden Histories: Haymarket Riot, Part 1

From: Jack Johnson
Series: Hidden Histories

When you think of the first of May, consider how many hours you typically work in a day. That would be 8. But what seems so commonplace as to hard...

Added: Apr 27, 2010
Length: 02:00

Grabbing that First Chance to Vote

From: Appalachian Media Institute

First-time voter Autumn Campbell from Jeremiah, Kentucky hopes that her vote really counts this year, because she has a list of issues that she wan...

Bought by WSCS-FM

Added: Nov 06, 2006
Length: 02:41
Purchases: 1

821: Deep Time: How Earth Keeps Time / 822: Everything Is Exhausting, 8/19/2023

From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge

HOUR ONE: "Deep Time: How Earth Keeps Time" - No one understands time like a geologist. And with the climate convulsing and the future breathing do...

Added: Aug 18, 2023
Length: 01:58:59

Viva Brother Nagi from Kerning Cultures

From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact

Nagi Daifallah was a young farm worker from Yemen who participated in the 1973 Grape Strike along with the UFW until he was murdered by a Sheriff....

Added: Sep 12, 2022
Length: 29:00

Compromise and Concessions

From: Rebecca McInroy
Series: American Compassion

Explore the complicated and rich history behind the compromises made in order to get the New Deal through, and what lasting consequences they have ...

Bought by KUT and Spokane Public Radio

Added: Aug 08, 2022
Length: 58:38
Purchases: 2

Life of the Law Short #31 Taxation without Representation

From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law

April means two things: spring and tax time! The US tax system is really, really complicated. Every time you do your taxes, you’re answering to mul...

Bought by WABE, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and PRX Remix

Added: May 13, 2014
Length: 04:39
Purchases: 3

Underground Trade Part 8: What Now?

From: WGBH Radio Boston
Series: Underground Trade: From Boston to Bangkok

Individuals can take heroic steps to stop human trafficking, like the cab driver in Saigon who rescued 11- and 12-year-olds enslaved in garment fac...

Bought by KUER, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, WRST-FM Oshkosh, KUOW, and WRPI

Added: May 20, 2013
Length: 08:20
Purchases: 5

Underground Trade Part 6: Trading in Shame

From: WGBH Radio Boston
Series: Underground Trade: From Boston to Bangkok

Phillip Martin travels to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, to the home of a man whose 19-year old daughter was just rescued from a brothel in China. The ...

Bought by KUER, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, WRST-FM Oshkosh, KUOW, and WRPI

Added: May 20, 2013
Length: 05:17
Purchases: 5

TRAFFICK COPS

From: Voices of Our World

Human trafficking and the efforts to combat this form of modern day slavery.

Added: Apr 09, 2009
Length: 27:58

"Tapped Out" UPDATED SEPT 8 2022 ( Politically, Economically and Hydrologically) ( Told Through Narration, Music and Soundbites)

From: Paul Fischer
Series: What's the Frequency, Kenneth? a newsical series

THIS VERSION ADDS DEATH OF QUEEN..2 DAYS AFTER ACCEPTING CREDENTIALS OF NEW PM LIZ TRUSS...AND STEVE BANNON ARRAIGNED ON NY CHARGES...NOT COVERED B...

Bought by KMUN and WYAP