May 2013

May 9, 2013

Sound Bites: How environmental and agricultural legislation affects the economic and ecological health of the Delmarva peninsula

May 9, 2013 - Segment 2 - We have a new episode of Sound Bites. We spoke with different environmentalists, farmers, and public officials about how environmental and agricultural legislation affects the economic and ecological health of the Delmarva peninsula.
May 9, 2013

State Of The Labor Movement And Remembering The Poor People’s Campaign

May 8, 2013 - Segment 1 - We host a conversation about the current state of the labor movement. We look at local organizing in Baltimore around living wages and fair development and talk about the 45th anniversary of the Poor People's Campaign.
May 9, 2013

By And By: New Orleans Gospel At The Crossroads

May 8, 2013 - Segment 5 - We're joined by filmmaker Joe Compton to talk about his documentary By and By: New Orleans Gospel at the Crossroads. The film focuses on The Electrifying Crown Seekers, a gospel group, and band members James Williams and Keith Williams join us as well.
May 7, 2013

An Update on the Syria Conflict

May 6, 2013 - Segment 2 -We talked to Stephen Zunes, Professor of Politics and International Studies, and Chair of Middle Eastern Studies at the University of San Francisco, and author of Tinderbox: U.S. Middle East Policy and The Roots of Terrorism, who gave us an update on the conflict in Syria.
May 6, 2013

Former Black Panther Assata Shakur Added To The FBI’s Most Wanted Terrorists List

May 6, 2013 -Segment -2-Glen Ford, Executive Editor of Black Agenda Report.com and Peniel E. Joseph, Professor of History at Tufts University talked about Assata Shakur placing on the FBI's Most Wanted Terrorists List.
May 2, 2013

Sound Bites: Malik Yakini And Labeling Genetically Engineered Foods

May 2, 2013 - Segment 3 - It's the latest episode of Sound Bites, featuring Malik Yakini, Executive Director of the Detroit Black Community Food Security Network, and a debate on whether or not genetically engineered foods should be labeled.
May 2, 2013

Baltimore Poets Afaa Michael Weaver And Reginald Harris

May 2, 2013 - Segment 2 - We hear the second part of a segment we started yesterday featuring two Baltimore-born poets, Afaa Michael Weaver and Reginald Harris, reading at the City Lit Festival at Enoch Pratt Free Library last month.