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Racist dog-whistles

As usual, Digby says it better than I can:Here's a piece of McCain campaign manager Rick Davis's press release from last week:Barack Obama is the biggest celebrity in the world, comparable to Tom Cruise, Britney Spears and Paris Hilton. As he told Congressional Democrats... Read more

Civil Liberties Watch: Angola 3 Defendant's Conviction Overturned

Airs at: Sat, 07/12/2008 at 5:00pm
Angola 3 defendant Albert Woodfox had his 1973 comviction for the killing of Angola prison guard overturned by a federal judge in Lousisiana. This is a significant victory for former Black Panther, Woodfox who was held in solitary confinement for over 34 years.Also see a... Read more

Racism Cloaked as Satire

Airs at: Mon, 07/28/2008 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Is the New Yorker's Obama cover racism, or is it satire?  Thabiti Lewis comments.  Read more

Not nice, scary

I love the Internets.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuQD4-QjV0oSatire, y'all.Still figgering out how to embed video. Stay tuned.   Read more

Highlights from past APA Compass programs

Airs at: Thu, 01/03/2008 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  APA Compass
Our special new year edition includes excerpts and highlights from past APA Compass programs. A great sampling of the range of topics and guests that we cover, including interviews, roundtable discussions, audio postcards, Angry APA Minute and many more. Read more

Exploration of the Japanese American Internment experience

Airs at: Thu, 07/03/2008 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  APA Compass
This month, APA Compass looks at the Japanese American internment experience including an audio postcard from the Oregon State University commencement where former Japanese American internees were given honorary degrees, a discussion with members of the Oregon Nikkei Leg... Read more

Adelina Anthony

Airs at: Sun, 07/06/2008 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Adelina Anthony is a Xicana-Indigena lesbian multi-disciplinary artist who has won many awards for her work addressing colonization, feminism, trauma, memory, gender, race/ethnicity, sexuality, in/migration, health, land/environment, and other issues affecting the lesb... Read more

Civil Liberties Watch: The San Francisco 8 :new developments

Airs at: Sun, 06/22/2008 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
  The prosecution throws up new obstacles in the case of eight former members of the Black Panther Party for Self Defense. Jailed defendants Jalil Muntaquin and Herman Bell are delayed in their return to New York for a parole hearing. Read more

From the Black Book Talk Vault: J California Cooper, Robert Phillips, Gloria McMurtry share their favorites

Airs at: Thu, 06/04/2020 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Black Book Talk
In this Summer Reads program, author J California Cooper, Reflections Coffee & Books co-owner Gloria McMurtry, local leader Robert Phillips and archeologist Paris Williams offered a bright and varied palette of summer reading favorites. Read more

Movie Moles: "Killer of Sheep"

Airs at: Sun, 06/15/2008 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Killer of Sheep, directed by Charles Burnett, is a  film about life in Watts in the early 1970s, one of the "100 Essential Films" of all time according to the National Society of Film Critics.  It's now out on DVD.   Frann Michel and Denise Morris tell us about it.    Read more