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As the 2009 ACORN scandal quickly unfolded and funding started to dry up, the groups’ members and organizers had to jump ship. Many formed new loc...
- Added: Oct 19, 2012
- Length: 08:20
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 affect...
- Added: Oct 19, 2012
- Length: 29:01
The global economic situation is causing more people to consider worker owned businesses. We go from Chicago, where workers are trying to take over...
- Added: Sep 05, 2012
- Length: 29:01
More of a police presence and better police community relations are good ways to prevent violence, but a group of young men in Oakland are trying a...
- Added: Aug 31, 2012
- Length: 05:41
Throughout the 1990s and into the early 2000s, two things shaped the Oakland Police Department. The city had one of the highest crime rates in Cal...
- Added: Aug 30, 2012
- Length: 10:07
A string of incidents that have pushed the Oakland Police Department closer and closer to a federal takeover. But to understand how the OPD got to ...
- Added: Aug 30, 2012
- Length: 08:12
When the Oakland Police Department put out a call for new recruits earlier this year, more than 2,000 people applied – mostly from outside of Oakla...
- Added: Aug 29, 2012
- Length: 07:45
Join us as we take a look at some of the movers and shakers of West Coast Piano. From Pete Johnson and Hadda Brooks to Floyd Dixon, Gus Jenkins, an...
- Added: Jul 07, 2012
- Length: 01:59:01
- Purchases: 2
East Oakland neighbors wax poetic about their neighborhood with rhymes from Oakland hip-hop artist Do D.A.T.'s album "Oakland in Blue" laid in for ...
Bought by Public Radio Remix
- Added: Apr 25, 2012
- Length: 03:00
- Purchases: 1
It’s been 20 years since four white police officers were cleared of unlawfully beating Rodney King in Los Angeles. But we might never have heard of...
Bought by KFAI
- Added: Apr 18, 2012
- Length: 29:01
- Purchases: 1
Spoken word. It's poetry it's hip-hop and increasingly, it's the chosen means of expression for today's youth. On this edition, to celebrate Nation...
- Added: Apr 09, 2012
- Length: 29:01
Honey bees help pollinate 1 in every 3 bites that we eat. They are vital in our agricultural industry and essential for the survival of the almost ...
- Added: Mar 20, 2012
- Length: 29:01
Gang injunctions are a controversial crime fighting tool that some people say should be illegal, and others say is a necessary last resort for comm...
- Added: Dec 06, 2011
- Length: 29:00
Electronic Intifada founder Ali Abunimah says a global movement against Israeli government policy is breaking through. On this edition, Abunimah ex...
- Added: Nov 08, 2011
- Length: 29:00
Riots all over the world are calling on us to get involved in societal change. But what kind of action is needed, and how do we create real change?...
Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio
- Added: Oct 17, 2011
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
In 2011, why are there fewer than 20 female heads of state around the world? A former President, a Supreme Court justice and other women leaders re...
- Added: Oct 05, 2011
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 6
Honey bees help pollinate 1 in every 3 bites we eat. But they’re fighting to survive, in a world filled with pesticides and parasites. We’ll learn ...
Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio
- Added: Sep 16, 2011
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
We take a look at the Police killing of Oscar Grant in Oakland, and the debate over who gets to decide when an officer has done something wrong.
- Added: Jul 15, 2010
- Length: 29:00
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 07:32
- Purchases: 1
Who gets to decide when an officer has done something wrong—the police chief or the people? Cities across the country are creating civilian oversig...
Bought by KVSC
- Added: Aug 05, 2009
- Length: 28:56
- Purchases: 1
