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Whose Neighborhood is This Anyway?

post thumbnail Wednesday, February 20th, 2008

On this edition, Making Contact intern Joaquin Palomino spoke to former gang members, and other mission residents, about gang injunctions, a controversial legal strategy that’s divided the community of San Francisco.


Beyond Bars: Community Resistance to Prison Expansion (encore edition)

post thumbnail Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008

On this edition, Dr. Gilmore, a key figure in the grassroots movement fighting prison expansion in California, extracts lessons from more than two decades of on-the-ground community organizing against what has been termed the “biggest prison building project in the history of world.”


Beyond Bars: Community Resistance to Prison Expansion

post thumbnail Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007

In the U.S., more than more than 2 million people live behind prison bars. Dr. Ruth Gilmore, a professor of geography at the University of Southern California and a long-time prison activist, extracts lessons from more than two decades of on-the-ground community organizing against what’s been termed the “biggest prison building project in the history of the world.”


Brothers at Odds: The U.S. Army vs. Lt. Ehren Watada

post thumbnail Wednesday, March 14th, 2007

On this edition, Aaron Glantz sheds light on the events and issues surrounding the recent court martial of Lt. Watada.


Lockdown on Life: Stories from Women Behind Bars

post thumbnail Wednesday, January 3rd, 2007

On this edition, we take you to two U.S. prisons ­ behind the bars and into the lives of incarcerated women.


Women Rising X: International Changemakers – Human Rights Advocates

post thumbnail Wednesday, December 20th, 2006

Women are gaining influence as leaders throughout the world fighting for peace, justice, the environment and civil society. In this program we profile three courageous human rights advocates.


The Attica Rebellion

post thumbnail Wednesday, September 6th, 2006

September 9-13th, 2006 marks the 35th anniversary of the Attica Rebellion, a massive prison rebellion, massacre and cover-up in New York. On this edition, we present a documentary produced by the Freedom Archives.


The Long Walk to Abolish the Death Penalty

post thumbnail Wednesday, May 3rd, 2006

On this edition, Making Contact’s Sarah Olson takes us on this 25-mile journey on a cool, sunny day on February 20th. It’s a walk of protest, peace, and compassion.


Debating the Death Penalty

post thumbnail Wednesday, February 8th, 2006

On this edition, we’ll hear from several sides of the debate over the death penalty, and about what two California lawmakers are doing to halt future executions.


The Juvenile Injustice System (encore edition)

post thumbnail Wednesday, November 16th, 2005

On this edition, we’ll hear about scandal-ridden California youth authority, abuses inside one Brazil juvenile detention center, as well as alternative approaches helping troubled kids.



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