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Redefining Human Rights:
The Case for Food, Health Care & Housing

post thumbnail Monday, February 15th, 2010

Are food, housing, and health care human rights? A round table discussion about the right to healthy food, the right to housing, and the right to healthcare. Do Americans have these, and if not, what’s standing in the way?

Looking Back, Moving Forward: Making Contact’s 2009 Year in Review

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Two wars continued, the economy remained in freefall, and as hardship ensued, people crafted creative solutions. We look back at some of the most compelling stories we brought you during 2009, and find out where things are headed for 2010.

How We Survive in these Economic Times

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On this edition, we continue our series “How We Survive.” We meet a New York City street canner who’s changed his life and community one can at a time; A San Francisco couple paying the bills … with pickles? And we talk to author John Curl who says an unemployment movement may be on the rise.

How We Survive: The Deepening Homeless Crisis (encore)

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We visit with a family who lost their home and now lives inside their cramped trailer in a city parking lot. And we’ll hear how two different communities are dealing with the economic crisis by taking matters into their own hands.

How We Survive: Resisting Foreclosures

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A look into how communities and everyday people around the U.S. are resisting foreclosure of their homes. We take a stab at the question: are rescue programs actually working?

How We Survive: The Deepening Homeless Crisis

post thumbnail Wednesday, February 18th, 2009

We visit with a family who lost their home and now lives inside their cramped trailer in a city parking lot. And, how two different communities are dealing with the economic crisis by taking matters into their own hands.

Cracks in the Edifice

post thumbnail Wednesday, April 16th, 2008

Participants at Left Forum identified the ongoing war in Iraq… the impending economic recession… and the devastating results of free trade policies worldwide as issues as more than just failings of the current administration, but instead, as cracks in what they call “the edifice” of u.s. empire.

No Place to Live

post thumbnail Wednesday, March 12th, 2008

On this edition, we’ll hear from people in California who are fighting to keep not just their homes, but to preserve the unique culture of the communities they are a part of.

Renaissance Village: FEMA’s Dirty Secret

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After Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, thousands were sent to live at Renaissance Park, a FEMA run trailer park. Hundreds of families are still stuck there. We hear from youth, women and advocates from “Workers Centers,” organizing to move out.

Musicians, Migrants and All That Jazz

post thumbnail Wednesday, August 8th, 2007

On this edition, correspondent Reese Erlich talks with musicians to learn how the historic New Orleans music scene endures and how new influences are bringing hope to the struggling city.

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