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Shows matching ‘poverty’

Life or Death: Ending the Death Penalty

Tuesday, December 18th, 2012

Reporter Nancy Mullane speaks to some of those on California’s death row and we hear from two opponents of the death penalty about where the movement to end executions goes next.

The Life, Death, and Rebirth of ACORN

Tuesday, October 23rd, 2012

It took 40 years to build ACORN, but just a few months to bring it down. Local organizers are trying to rebuild, but how is ACORN’s absence affecting elections, poverty, and the continuing housing crisis?

Undue Influence: the power of Police and Prison Guards’ Unions

Tuesday, August 7th, 2012

Police officers and prison guards hold tremendous political sway. Their advocacy for better pay, more power, and more jobs has been a major factor in the expansion of the prison industrial complex. Now that system is changing. Can law enforcement unions change as well?

The Olympic Games: Who wins?

Tuesday, July 17th, 2012

The Olympic Games have grown into a multibillion dollar industry. But with that growth comes concerns about the negative effects of the event on the people and places where the Games take place. We ask who wins, and who loses, when the Olympics come to town? We take you to Vancouver, London, and Denver — the only city to ever turn down the Olympics.

Ban the Box! The Campaign for Post-Prison Employment ENCORE

Tuesday, July 10th, 2012

It’s not even the crime that counts sometimes. It’s that little box on an application that asks you to reveal if you have a criminal history. Checking that box can mean the difference between failure and success. We look at the nationwide movement to ‘ban-the-box’, and make criminal histories less of a stigma.

Prison Crisis: Local Solution?

Tuesday, June 26th, 2012

The United States imprisons more people than any other country. In California a new policy called ‘realignment’ aims to reduce the number of people in state prison. Could the incarceration nation finally be slowing down?

Seeking Justice and Police Accountability in Jamaica ENCORE

Tuesday, May 29th, 2012

On the second anniversary of the 2010 uprisings, this special documentary looks at police violence in Jamaica. In May 2010 a government crackdown left 73 people dead and a city in chaos. Their families continue to fight for justice and accountability, despite Jamaica’s long record of police violence and government corruption.

Ban the Box! The Campaign for Post-Prison Employment

Tuesday, March 13th, 2012

The Light Inside: Giving Birth Behind Bars

Monday, March 5th, 2012

A look at pregnancy, and motherhood, inside US jails and prisons. What does the huge number of incarcerated women in prison foretell for the next generation of America’s kids?

Inside the Syrian Uprising

Tuesday, January 10th, 2012

As the popular uprising against the Syrian government continues, reporter Reese Erlich is one of the few foreign reporters who got into Syria to interview opposition demonstrators, government officials and impassioned supporters of President Bashar al Assad. On this edition, Erlich takes us inside the Syrian uprising.