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ElectionWatch ’04 Pushing Medicare: The Health Industry and Public Subsidies for Prescription Drugs

On this edition of Making Contact’s ElectionWatch ’04, a monthly special from the National Radio Project, we take a look at Medicare and prescription drugs.

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Meat, Milk and Money (encore edition)

On this program, we take a look at food safety and some of the health problems associated with the foods we eat.

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The Intimate Ecology of Motherhood

On this Women’s Desk edition of Making Contact, we’ll hear Steingraber’s speech at the Women’s Environmental Health and Justice Bay Area Summit in San Francisco in October of 2003.

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Unwrapping Plastic: A Look at Food and Beverage Containers (encore edition)

On this edition of Making Contact, we take a look at the production, use, and disposal of plastic food and beverage containers.

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Concrete Cages and Cash: The U.S. Prison Industry

On this program, the National Radio Project’s Prison Desk takes a look at the economics of U.S. prisons, and at how politicians and corporations are making choices that may severely impact the future.

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Unnecessary Evil? Animal Testing and Human Health

On this program, we take a look at the Animal Welfare Act, and current debates about whether animal tests are necessary and reliable enough to ensure human health.

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Regulating Motherhood: Race, Class and Policy

On this program from the Women’s Desk of the National Radio Project, we discuss how drug laws, welfare reform, and the foster care system affect women and families who are low-income.

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