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Our Bodies, Our Stories: Reproductive Health Behind Bars

Tuesday, March 19th, 2013

Pregnant women in America’s prisons are being shackled to their beds; others are being sterilized. Correctional institutions claim the policies are for safety’s sake, but thousands of incarcerated people are fighting for control of their own reproductive health.

Breaking the Psychological Chains of Slavery

Tuesday, February 5th, 2013

African-Americans have endured more than 246 years of slavery, 100 years of racism and segregation. The trauma from that experience continues to impact African-Americans and society today. Dr. Joy DeGruy presents a discussion on post traumatic slave syndrome.

Beats, Rhymes and Laughs: Culture As a Tool for Racial Justice

Tuesday, January 29th, 2013

Artists and creative people have always used culture as a tool for social change. On this edition, excerpts from a panel on racial justice, culture and politics featuring some of today’s most insightful and outspoken artists.

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.

Michelle Alexander on the New Jim Crow

Tuesday, December 11th, 2012

Professor Michelle Alexander, author of ‘The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness’ makes the case that the US’ criminal justice system policies can be traced directly back to slavery. The target then, and now, are African Americans.

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?

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.

Justice For Sale: Glenn Greenwald on the Rule of Law

Tuesday, March 20th, 2012

Author Glenn Greenwald talks about his book, ‘With Liberty and Justice for Some.’ Americans claim to live under the rule of law; that no one is above our system of justice. But as we witness more exceptions to that rule, there are growing doubts that fairness is a value we as a nation, still hold dear.