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The Price of Nature: Buying Our Way Out of Climate Chaos?

Tuesday, November 9th, 2010

At the 2010 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Cancun, Mexico, discussion centered on market-based solutions. On this edition, experts engage in a roundtable discussion about alternative ways to both understand and solve the climate crisis.

Robert Fisk: The Terror of Power and the Power of Terror

Tuesday, October 12th, 2010

Long time Middle East correspondent Robert Fisk speaks about the power of words in shaping public opinion and public policy, and the tragic consequences of a press corps that toes official line: in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Palestine.

Protagonists for Change: Women Against Violence in Latin America

Tuesday, October 5th, 2010

In Latin America, sexism and impunity contribute to violence against women. But the region is also home to powerful female voices, and effective movements for the advancement of women.

The Sound of Change: Hip Hop in Cuba

Tuesday, September 28th, 2010

We hear about hip-hop and change in Cuban society, and what people on the ground are saying about new phases in the Cuban revolution.

Immigrant Families Behind Bars (encore)

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010

In a special collaboration with Feet in Two Worlds, we hear about an immigrant family torn apart after an immigration raid in Arizona. Also, grassroots efforts help change policies at a detention center in Texas.

Immigration Reforms:
How a Broken System Breaks Communities

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

We go to two communities sorting through the aftermath of Bush-era federal immigration raids, and to Los Angeles, where American Apparel became the first test case of the Obama administration’s new approach to workplace hiring violations.

Trade Shifts: Reflections on the Seattle WTO Protests

Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009

Ten years ago this week, thousands of people shook the streets of Seattle in protest of the World Trade Organization. On this edition, we revisit the voices from that week and find out how global economic forces have shifted in the past decade.

Immigrant Families Behind Bars

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009

American Peace Activists on the Streets of Kabul

Wednesday, October 14th, 2009

Almost everyone in the U.S., in one way or another, does business with the banks. But the business of borrowing isn’t always fair. We talk to lenders who do things differently and those who stave off financial scams.

How We Survive: Predatory ‘Mending’

Wednesday, October 7th, 2009

Activists have been setting up community-run check-cashing and community loan funds as an alternative to predatory lending practices which led to our current foreclosure crisis.l

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