Lisa Rudman

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Recent Pieces from Lisa Rudman

Caption: Back in Guatemala, María and her niece have returned to an environment where they say their lives are in danger, Credit: Grecia Ortiz.

70 Million: How the Asylum Process Became Another Carceral Matrix (29:59)
From: Making Contact

The Trump administration has issued numerous policies to systematically dismantle asylum as a legal right. They're also locking up asylum seekers for months or years, until ...
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The Fallen of 2020 (29:59)
From: Making Contact

This year on making contact, instead of our normal end of year show commemorating movement leaders we've lost, and highlighting their work, we remember victims of police ...
Caption: Jorge Garza has created an Azteca pop series based on front line workers during the COVID-19 pandemic., Credit: Jorge Garza

The Pandemic, Loss and Racial Inequity (29:00)
From: Making Contact

Up next on Making Contact we turn our attention to those Americans who are bearing the brunt of the coronavirus fallout. According to the CDC, Blacks and Latinos are 3 times ...
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The Deep: Rising Sea Levels and Corporate Control of Water (Encore) (29:59)
From: Making Contact

On this episode of Making Contact, we look at the privatization of our earth’s most precious resource – water. People around the world have been organizing against this ...
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Aftershocks of Disaster: Puerto Rico Before and After the Storm (29:00)
From: Making Contact

Three years after Hurricane Maria hit, Puerto Ricans are still reeling from its effects and aftereffects. We bring you a Haymarket Books talk by Marisol LeBrón, Yarimar ...
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The Electoral College’s Dirty History (Encore) (29:59)
From: Making Contact

Given the election, and the difference between popular votes and electoral votes, we revisit our show on the Electoral College. It’s history in the era of slavery, and how it ...
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Election 2020 Special: More Than a Vote (29:00)
From: Making Contact

Voting in one of the most momentous presidential elections in the nation’s history is over. The morning after polls closed nearly 136 million ballots had been counted. But as ...
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Fighting for the Ballot: Race and Voter Suppression in the 2020 Election (29:00)
From: Making Contact

Voter suppression and its target’s aren’t new phenomena. People of color and the poor have always been dissuaded from voting. We take a look at how race and voter suppression ...
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Self Care as Selfless Act: Mental Health at the Root of Activism (Encore) (29:00)
From: Making Contact

Activists in the Latinx immigrant community of Los Angeles share what they do to take care of their mental health. Self-care becomes a “selfless act” when it allows activists ...
Caption: Talman Anderson votes in the Illinois presidential preference primary from the Cook County Jail, Credit: Photo by Pamela Kirkland

70 Million: Voting from Jail is a Right, and Now a Reality in Chicago (29:00)
From: Making Contact

A year ago, Illinois passed a law requiring all jails to ensure that pre-trial detainees have an opportunity to vote. Chicago’s Cook County Jail was turned into a polling ...