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The American Dream – the idea that anyone can achieve success in the U.S. through hard work and determination – is under scrutiny, and some worry i...
Bought by RadioFreePalmer, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and WMUU-LP
- Added: Jan 18, 2024
- Length: 54:01
- Purchases: 3
Host Bob Kustra interviews Lisa Servon about her book "The Unbanking of America: How the New Middle Class Survives"
- Added: Jun 05, 2018
- Length: 30:00
Gary Bryner tells Studs Terkel about being a union member and working in an auto factory for General Motors. Four decades later, he reflects on how...
Bought by Troy Public Radio, Prairie Public, KZYX, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KICI Iowa City and more
- Added: May 09, 2017
- Length: 04:17
- Purchases: 6
The “right to work.” The phrase sounds fair and equitable. After all, who shouldn’t have a right to work if they wish to? Twenty-six states now hav...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Dec 06, 2016
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
On Labor Day, let’s consider the Rodney Dangerfield theory of labor. Coined after the now-deceased comedian, this theory along with a winner-take-a...
Bought by KZYX
- Added: Sep 03, 2016
- Length: 06:20
- Purchases: 1
In the winter of 2009, a social worker with the Iowa Department of Human Services, received an anonymous tip:
A couple dozen disabled men were liv...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Aug 15, 2016
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
Immigration. That’s a major hot button issue.
In recent years, a handful of states have passed laws designed to make it easier to deport unauthor...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Feb 03, 2016
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
Victor Tan Chen, sociology professor at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, has studied the plight of the American worker … from successf...
- Added: Jul 09, 2015
- Length: 29:01
- Purchases: 2
On December 5, 2013, fast food workers across the country walked out on a one-day strike, demanding fairer wages. But what's really at stake? The G...
- Added: Dec 06, 2013
- Length: 06:08
Professor Chomsky recently invited Free Speech Radio News to his office in Cambridge for an extended interview, conducted by our producer, Catherin...
- Added: Jul 06, 2013
- Length: 25:33
The older we get, the harder it is to think of ourselves as “old.” But as far as the government is concerned – specifically, the federal correction...
- Added: Jun 22, 2013
- Length: 09:45
During the past year, Northern Community Radio has been running a mini-series produced by Britt Aamodt focusing on Minnesota Finns. In this segment...
Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, KSRQ, and KFAI Minneapolis
- Added: Jun 18, 2013
- Length: 10:05
- Purchases: 3
Radio Curious visits the West Coast Port Shutdown, so tune in as we occupy your radio
- Added: Dec 14, 2011
- Length: 29:00
Thousands gathered in downtown Oakland to occupy the ports and shut them down. Exploring a night with the Occupy Oakland movement, partly a party...
- Added: Nov 29, 2011
- Length: 06:15
- Added: Mar 12, 2009
- Length: 55:00
Sometimes one cannot keep one's promises
- Added: Aug 12, 2008
- Length: :24
Pat, a blind activist and singer/poet, describes her life in New York City
- Added: May 13, 2007
- Length: 10:01
Immigration agents swoop down on Stillmore
- Added: Oct 16, 2006
- Length: 05:19
