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Mothers, Migrants and Maids of Honor (encore edition)
They’re mothers, their migrants and they’re caregivers to our children and our
elders. Domestic workers are the backbone of many American families, their own families and their communities.
Two Years After Katrina: Still Weathering the Storm
It’s been two years since Hurricanes Katrina and Rita hit the Gulf Coast.
Two years since the levees broke and changed the face of an entire city, state and region.
And despite hopeful signs of renewal, New Orleans and many parts of the Gulf Coast are still in disrepair. So how much has really changed? How much has stayed the same?
Beyond Bars: Community Resistance to Prison Expansion
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.”
read moreCatch of the Day: Mercury (encore edition)
On this edition, we go to the San Francisco Bay. Joined by a public health analyst, we’ll talk to local fisherman, new moms, restaurant-goers and the E.P.A. about mercury.
read moreMusicians, Migrants and All That Jazz
On this edition, correspondent Reese Erlich talks with musicians to learn how the historic New Orleans music scene endures and how new influences are bringing hope to the struggling city.
read moreWar Made Easy: Norman Solomon on Media and Militarism
Film producers at the Media Education Foundation have adapted Solomon’s book “War Made Easy” into a documentary. Community screenings are also being organized – including a benefit premiere in Oakland for Making Contact.
read moreThe Growing Iraqi Refugee Crisis
On this edition, correspondent Dahr Jamail takes us to the streets of Damascus, Syria where we hear from the Iraqi refugees themselves and the organizations trying to assist them.
read more“Gulf Coast Reconstruction in the Post-Katrina Era,” U.S. Social Forum Atlanta
On this edition, we will hear from four people speaking at the U.S. Social Forum. They are working to rebuild and strengthen their damaged communities.
read moreTour of Duty: Soldiers Visit Southern Military Bases
On this edition, Making Contact’s Sarah Olson brings us along for the ride. We meet the veterans who spent a week traveling to military base towns throughout the south, and we hear from people they encountered along the way.
read moreWomen Rising IX: International Changemakers – Honoring Elder Women Activists (encore edition)
This Women’s Desk program is a special collaboration with the Women Rising Radio Project, Lynn Feinerman and Crown Sephira Productions.
read moreReproductive Justice: Voices from SisterSong
Women in the reproductive justice movement seek the basic human right to control their bodies. This includes a woman’s right to terminate her pregnancy, and the rights to have a child, and to parent that child. On this edition from our Women’s Desk, we hear from three women advocating for comprehensive reproductive health.
read moreNew Orleans Now: Immigrants, Labor Rights and the Human Cost of Rebuilding an American City – Part 3
On this edition, part three of our immigration series, we hear from two people who have affected countless lives by providing a basic necessity: health care.
read moreNew Orleans Now: Immigrants, Labor Rights and the Human Cost of Rebuilding an American City – Part 2
On this edition, part two of our immigration series, we hear from the people on the ground making a difference in the lives of these workers and from the workers themselves.
read moreNew Orleans Now: Immigrants, Labor Rights and the Human Cost of Rebuilding an American City – Part 1
On this edition, we hear from the immigrants themselves and from the people on the ground trying to help them.
read moreQueer Youth Identities (encore edition)
On this edition of Making Contact, in a collaboration with KPFA’s Full Circle Apprenticeship Program, we’ll examine how queer identity intersects or collides with racial identity in the activist community.
read moreWomen Rising XII: International Changemakers Journalists in the Crosshairs
In this program we profile three independent women journalists, unbought and unbossed.
read moreLast Rights: Respecting Diversity at the End of Life (encore edition)
On this edition, producer Claire Schoen looks at how miscommunication, stereotyping and racism influence health care for people of color as they approach death.
read moreMothers, Migrants and Maids of Honor
On this edition, through their own words, we pay tribute to the many working women of color who are struggling for acceptance, recognition and their rights.
read moreBorder Stories: On the Frontlines of the Immigration Debate (encore edition)
On this edition, people who’ve risked their lives to enter the U.S. undocumented share their personal stories of why they came, and what they hope for their futures and the future of immigrants in this country.
read moreNew Orleans Now: Rebuilding and Defending the Versailles Vietnamese Community
On this edition, correspondent Ngoc Nguyen takes us to Versailles. As the community struggles to rebuild, they face yet another threat to their homes, history and way of life.
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