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From: WFHB
Series: Kite Line
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This week we share news and stories from two people who have been caught up in very different ways in the web of prison. Both Bresha Meadows and Pa...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2017
  • Length: 30:10
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Co-Anchors Amrita Myers and Cornelius Wright invite William Palomo and Esmeralda Martinez to speak about the UndocuHoosiers Alliance, and their hop...

  • Added: Apr 18, 2017
  • Length: 57:17
Caption: (Left to Right): Venus Hayes, two of her children, Teressa Raiford
The family of 17 year-old Quanice Hayes, who was shot to death by Portland police, seeks justice from the city of Portland.

Bought by KPIP-LP and WETS


  • Added: Mar 22, 2017
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Bring It On's William Hosea and Dr. Amrita Myers speak with Dr. Kali Gross, Professor of African American Studies at Wesleyan University about "Vio...

  • Added: Mar 20, 2017
  • Length: 58:00
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Joining us to speak on life as an elected official are Nicole Bolden, Bloomington City Clerk, Nicole Brown, Monroe County Clerk and the Honorable V...

  • Added: Mar 02, 2017
  • Length: 54:19
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Election Day 2016 has come and gone! As we are still sorting through the impact of the results, many (not just in the African American community) h...

  • Added: Jan 09, 2017
  • Length: 56:19
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On Today's Bring It On, William Hosea and Clarence Boone welcome radio personality William Morris, and Bloomingtonian Donald Griffin, Jr. to discus...

  • Added: Jun 27, 2016
  • Length: 57:45
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William Hosea and Liz Mitchell welcome special guests - the two time Emmy Award-winning Dr. Tyron Cooper, IU professor in the Department of African...

  • Added: Apr 11, 2016
  • Length: 56:49
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William Hosea and Liz Mitchell premiere the launch of "Dark Past, Bright Future- a regular feature segment on historical perspectives commonly omit...

  • Added: Mar 07, 2016
  • Length: 59:36
Caption: Police Lights, Credit: JJ https://www.flickr.com/photos/tattoodjay/4172577749/in/photolist-7mHxZF-ntjU6o-BA5dw-4YVuiR-4oxk3p-9WvKAJ-6aAVL8-4TriEc-9RxFf5-cX9PJ7-9FWBUQ-9iVSZY-3JGAkJ-aA7muZ-5Z6ysn-NajHv-97f5km-7NV3qB-dhhs8s-fjfh3-9Ra8Si-nZLv2P-HjZTJ-hrc2rF-cbcHJ5-bW6YvQ-4kV4bM-7y
Why are so many of those killed by police young people of color? A recent ProPublica investigation found that a young black male is at twenty one t...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and WRIR


  • Added: Feb 14, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: A die-in near Santa Monica's Third Street Promenade., Credit: Lena Nozizwe
A news report from Santa Monica, California on "Reclaim MLK" actions there.

  • Added: Jan 19, 2015
  • Length: 04:42
Caption: Norm Stamper, Credit: KPLU
Co-host, Pamela Spoto, and I speak with 34-year veteran Top Cop, Norm Stamper of Battle in Seattle fame. He is author of Breaking Rank: A Top Cop'...

  • Added: Sep 02, 2014
  • Length: 58:26
Caption: Herman Wallace's funeral
Laine Kaplan Levenson reports on continued efforts to use the story of the Angola 3 to combat long-term solitary confinement in prisons.

  • Added: Nov 06, 2013
  • Length: 05:39
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Barack Obama’s first term has been a disappointment for many, and leaves open the question for those with a progressive agenda—is voting for Obama ...

  • Added: May 25, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
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Washington D.C.'s Petworth neighborhood has been a historically black, working-class community. Now, as property values in D.C. are climbing, a wa...

Bought by WCSU-FM, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 20, 2011
  • Length: 04:11
  • Purchases: 3
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For reasons yet unknown, more and more Americans each year have been contracting asthma. In spite of the fact that 17% of black children now have...

  • Added: May 26, 2011
  • Length: 02:00
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A story about how those thick Plexiglas walls come down in an Oakland, California neighborhood as more white folks move in.

  • Added: May 08, 2010
  • Length: 07:00
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Keith Plessy, descendant of Homer Plessy and Phoebe Ferguson, great, great grandaughter of Judge John Ferguson, both litigants in the 1896 Supreme ...

  • Added: Sep 27, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: Accountable
Stephanie Robinson's newest book is Accountable: Making America as Good as its Promise. She joins us to discuss President Obama's first 100 days in...

  • Added: May 06, 2009
  • Length: 29:28
Caption: Major Neill Franklin, Credit: C. David Freitag
Deborah Jacobs of the ACLU-NJ on privacy issues with teenagers. Major Neill Franklin of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition speaks at the NORML ...

Bought by KSFR


  • Added: Apr 22, 2009
  • Length: 29:36
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: grand old party
African-American Republicans sound off on their platform while Obama runs.

  • Added: Oct 08, 2008
  • Length: 03:44