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The Rest of the Story: Indigenous Resistance
From: Making Contact
Caption: United States Supreme Court Building, Credit: Wikimedia Commons
We revisit two sites of indigenous resistance we've covered in the past: First we talk to Rebecca Nagle about the Supreme Court ruling upholding th...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Oct 04, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Gerrymandering Cases Still Percolating in Georgia, Massachusetts, Florida, Arkansas, and Utah
From: Brian Beihl
Series: American Democracy Minute
Caption: The American Democracy Minute Radio Report
Gerrymandering Cases Still Percolating in Georgia, Massachusetts, Florida, Arkansas, and Utah

  • Added: May 31, 2023
  • Length: 01:30
SCOTUS Hears Arguments on Dismissing Moore v. Harper; Democracy Advocates Divided
From: Brian Beihl
Series: American Democracy Minute
Caption: The American Democracy Minute Radio Report
SCOTUS Hears Arguments on Dismissing Moore v. Harper; Democracy Advocates Divided

  • Added: May 16, 2023
  • Length: 01:30
Challenge to Washington Voting Rights Act in the State's High Court Raises Concern Among Democracy Advocates
From: Brian Beihl
Series: American Democracy Minute
Caption: The American Democracy Minute Radio Report
Challenge to Washington Voting Rights Act in the State's High Court Raises Concern Among Democracy Advocates

  • Added: May 09, 2023
  • Length: 01:30
OutCasting 0098 -- Using religion to discriminate against LGBTQ people -- part 23 of an in-depth exploration
From: Media for the Public Good, Inc. - OutCasting Media
Series: OutCasting
Caption: Jennifer C. Pizer, OutCaster Isha, Credit: Jennifer Pizer image - Lambda Legal
Right-wing myths and the dismantling of the separation between church and state.

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  • Added: Jun 30, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
SCOTUS abortion case leak shows queer rights at risk too
From: Out in the Bay - Queer Radio from San Francisco
Caption: Out in the Bay's federal courts analyst details how the US Supreme Court's anticipated decision in Mississippi abortion case jeopardizes LGBTQ rights., Credit: Courtesy ACLU/AP
How deeply are LGBTQ civil liberties threatened by abortion cases now before the conservative-led U.S. Supreme Court? Federal courts journalist Lis...

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  • Added: May 06, 2022
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
70 Million: When a State Treats Drug Addiction Like a Health Issue, Not a Crime
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Miracles Club
A year ago, Oregon became the first state to decriminalize drug possession. The goal is to reverse some of the negative impacts of the War on Drugs...

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  • Added: Apr 06, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
How SCOTUS abortion cases could affect us all
From: Out in the Bay - Queer Radio from San Francisco
Caption: Out in the Bay's federal courts analyst says the US Supreme Court's anticipated decision in Missouri abortion case could jeopardize LGBTQ rights., Credit: ACLU / AP
How much are our most personal rights threatened by abortion cases now before the U.S. Supreme Court? For example, in addition to abortion, our ri...

  • Added: Jan 14, 2022
  • Length: 29:30
70 Million: An Effort to Hold Prosecutors Accountable
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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A legal matrix that incentivizes criminal convictions can motivate unethical prosecutors to bend or break the rules. In New York, a group of law pr...

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  • Added: Jan 08, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
OutCasting 0091 -- Using religion to discriminate against LGBTQ people -- part 16 of an in-depth exploration
From: Media for the Public Good, Inc. - OutCasting Media
Series: OutCasting
Caption: Jennifer C. Pizer, OutCaster Isha, Credit: Jennifer Pizer image via Lambda Legal
The bill of rights and the vehemence of Justices Thomas and Alito on religious liberty vs. LGBTQ equality.

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  • Added: Nov 30, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Gay Calif. Supreme Court Justice values struggle
From: Out in the Bay - Queer Radio from San Francisco
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Martin Jenkins makes history as the first openly gay Supreme Court of California justice, and only the third Black man ever to serve on the state's...

  • Added: Sep 09, 2021
  • Length: 29:30
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for December 9, 2020
From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
Caption: Timely, In-Depth Progressive Analysis Since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Trump, GOP Embrace of Authoritarianism: An Ongoing Threat to US Democracy;...

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  • Added: Dec 09, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for October 21, 2020
From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
Caption: Timely, In-Depth Progressive Analysis Since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Dangerous Days Ahead as President’s Mental Health Deterioration Coincides ...

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  • Added: Oct 21, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
A Scar on the System
From: WNIN
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When Bloomington, Indiana, psychologist Albert Fink crashed his car and confessed to police that he had falsified a mental evaluation in a criminal...

  • Added: Jan 08, 2018
  • Length: 53:59
Life of the Law #109: Unequal Protection - Part 2
From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law
Caption: Warren McCleskey's last words, Credit: Sarah Marshall
Part 2 of Sarah Marshall’s report on Warren McCleskey’s life after the Supreme Court ruling and his execution on September 25, 1991 by the state of...

  • Added: May 23, 2017
  • Length: 32:44
Life of the Law #108: Unequal Protection - Part 1
From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law
Caption: A photo of Warren McCleskey at his sister Betty Myers' house., Credit: Sarah Marshall
America is a country plagued by racism. Culturally, socially, economically. But what about in the courts? 30 years ago, Warren McCleskey, a black m...

  • Added: May 03, 2017
  • Length: 56:32
Life of the Law #97: A Fair Fight for a Fair Court: Election Year Special - Part 1
From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law
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The 2016 elections are over but what did we learn from the results? Over the past 11 months, Life of the Law’s team of reporters, editors and schol...

  • Added: Nov 21, 2016
  • Length: 55:48
Life of the Law #98: A Fair Fight for a Fair Court - An Election Year Special - Part 2
From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law
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The 2016 elections are over but what did we learn from the results? Over the past 11 months, Life of the Law’s team of reporters, editors and schol...

  • Added: Nov 21, 2016
  • Length: 59:57
Life of the Law #95: Judges v. Attack Ads
From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law
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Races for seats on state supreme courts have gotten more negative, more partisan, and much more expensive. And that leaves sitting justices in a t...

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  • Added: Nov 13, 2016
  • Length: 17:57
  • Purchases: 1
Life of the Law #94: Courting Voters
From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law
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Never before has a sitting justice on the Kansas Supreme Court not won a retention election. But as we all bear witness, 2016 is a different sort o...

  • Added: Oct 19, 2016
  • Length: 18:42
Life of the Law #82: The Hold Up
From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law
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There are 28 judicial emergencies on federal courts throughout the country. A judicial emergency is when there's been a vacancy on the court for to...

  • Added: May 03, 2016
  • Length: 22:00
Life of the Law #55: Marijuana Rules
From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law
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Recreational pot has earned the state of Colorado $53 million dollars in tax revenue. All on a drug that, according to federal law is still illegal...

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  • Added: Apr 20, 2015
  • Length: 23:27
  • Purchases: 1
Life of the Law #45 – Fair Share
From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law
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Life of the Law and Destination DIY team up to examine the legal grey area occupied by the sharing economy. How are cities grappling with these inc...

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  • Added: Nov 25, 2014
  • Length: 20:51
  • Purchases: 2
Political Junkie 7-23-14
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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Not all the fights we talk about on the Political Junkie are at the ballot box. Some are in court -- as we saw this week, in the latest attempt by...

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  • Added: Jul 24, 2014
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 5
Political Junkie 4-9-14
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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The Supreme Court's McCutcheon v. FEC decision has eliminated even more restrictions on the amount citizens can contribute to federal political cam...

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  • Added: Apr 10, 2014
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 4