Immigration

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"Jails Fargo" report released by National People's Action Network

Airs at: Mon, 11/05/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Normal 0   After Wells Fargo divested last week from its majority share in the private prison corporation the ‘Geo Group’, new allegations have emerged showing further involvement in private prisons by Wells Fargo.  A new report by the Public Accountability Initiativ... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour November 19th 2012

Airs at: Mon, 11/19/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Alan Wieder hosts this Old Mole Variety Hour and we hear: Alan call for a rethinking of Thanksgiving and what we teach our children about it Bill Resnick talks with Stephen Zunes about Palestine and Israel Larry Bowlden reviews Charity Shumway's "10 Girls to W... Read more

Yasmin Nair beyond Illegal vs. Undocumented

Airs at: Mon, 11/19/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Denise Morris talks with Yasmin Nair about immigrants-rights rhetoric and how certain strategies meant to insulate them from stereotypes and "include" may shutter the actual situation of undocument workers. She argues that the "undocumented not afraid" movement started as a... Read more

APA Compass: The 1882 Project

Airs at: Fri, 11/02/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  APA Compass
The US Congress passed resolutions this summer formally apologizing for the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act, which denied citzenship and basic rights to Asians for more than half a century.  Numerous Asian-American groups under the umbrella of the 1882 Project worked passiona... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour 24 September 2012

Airs at: Mon, 09/24/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Tom Becker hosts this episode and reads a selection from the work of Chris Hedges about the implications of environmental and economic collapse. Bill Resnick talks with Tristan Quinn-Thibodeau of Why Hunger? about how neoliberalism contributes to hunger and organic agric... Read more

The Left and the Law: Open Borders

Airs at: Mon, 09/24/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Appellate lawyer Mike Snedeker and psychologist Jan Haaken, who recently returned from a Fulbright study of asylum seekers in the UK, discuss the arguments for open borders. They note that although the idea may sound radical, it was the US policy regarding immigration and ... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour July 23, 2012

Airs at: Mon, 07/23/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Hosted by Frann Michel, this episode features Bill Resnick talking with Don McIntosh about Trimet and with Ellen Brown about Public Banking, as well as Denise Morris talking with Catherine Sameh about the Scholar and Feminist Online. Music by Django Reinhardt.   Bill Resni... Read more

Scholar and Feminist Catherine Sameh

Airs at: Mon, 07/23/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Denise Morris talks with founding mole Catherine Sameh, co-founder of In Other Words and currently Associate Director of the Barnard Center for Research on Women, and managing editor of The Scholar & Feminist Online. They discuss social justice feminism, the history and... Read more

John Jung, author of Sweet and Sour: Life in Chinese Family Restaurants

Airs at: Fri, 07/06/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  APA Compass
John Jung tells us about his family's Chinese-American immigrant experience, as the sole Chinese family in a small Georgia town and about his unexpected brush with history and Madame Chiang Kai-Shek.  He is the author of four books exploring how Chinese-American immigrants ... Read more

Voices from the Edge on 06-28-12 Checking in with the Supremes

Airs at: Thu, 06/28/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
Checking in with the Supremes This Thursday, the Supreme Court is expected to release its ruling on whether President Obama's health care law is constitutional. While the most watched and awaited, its one of several key decisions by the court this week. On Monday, the cour... Read more