TruthToTell, April 18, 2011: CONG. BETTY McCOLLUM:Talking Turkey on The Current Congress – Audio Below

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With the Easter Recess upon us, Congress has been scrambling. Thursday, the umpteenth budget resolution was passed WITHOUT approving cuts in Medicare and Medicaid and without defunding Planned Parenthood through September 30th. Friday, an onerous Tea Party budget tried to trick members, but Democrats voted “Present” and threw a monkey wrench into the trickery and[...] Read More »

TruthToTell April 11: WHITE PRIVILEGE REDUX: Our Advantage Persists – AUDIO BELOW

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What does it mean to be white in America? Today? Yesterday? Historically? Has anything really changed since slavery and colonialism enslaved and dismissed whole peoples the US Constitution defines “all men…” as in “all men are created equal”? To understand what it means to be born into whiteness and the privilege automatically conferred on us[...] Read More »

First Person Radio -April 6: CLYDE BELLECOURT & CHIEF TERRY NELSON: Roseau River First Nation meets AIM Founder

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First Person Radio (2011-04-06)

First Person Radio hosts Laura Waterman Wittstock and Richard LaFortune (with Andy Driscoll) talk with Clyde Bellecourt and Chief Terry Nelson of Roseau River Anishinabe First Nation Tribe of Manitoba, Canada. Clyde Bellecourt is a founder of the American Indian Movement in 1968. The Movement was founded in Minneapolis and although it became a worldwide activity, Clyde stayed and lived in Minneapolis, to make permanent change right here in[...] Read More »

TruthToTell Monday-April 4-9AM: ROGER MOE & STEVE SVIGGUM: Time for a New Redistricting Plan? – KFAI FM 90.3/106.7/KFAI.org

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Truth To Tell (2011-04-04)

The census figures for this decade are in. Our eight Congressional seats have been preserved. Now, let the battle over who represents whom for the next ten years begin: redistricting, or reapportionment of Minnesota’s Legislative and Congressional districts. Should the every-ten-year redrawing of our legislative and Congressional districts be done by the people who represent[...] Read More »

TruthToTell, March 28: SENATE DISTRICT 66 PRIMARY: Who Should Replace Ellen Anderson?-AUDIO UP NOW

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IT’S SPRING MEMBERSHIP DRIVE TIME ON KFAI. REMEMBER TO CALL IN AND CONTRIBUTE YOUR FAIR SHARE FOR THE KFAI PROGRAMS YOU HEAR EACH WEEK ON THIS COMMUNITY-BASED STATION. 612-375-9030. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Who should step into the very large shoes left by State Senator Ellen Anderson, who will step down to chair the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission?[...] Read More »

TruthToTell March 21: RESTORATIVE JUSTICE: Sensible Alternative to Jail? – Audio file/Podcast BELOW

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For all the hoopla around trying children as adults for some of society’s worst crimes and shoving more and more men, women and children behind bars, little is understood about the many ways some people in communities, in law enforcement and the criminal justice system overall are looking at and trying out new ways of [...] Read More »
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