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Women in Combat Roles: US Policy Changes Coming?
Guests: Anna Mulrine, Ellen Haring, and Kori Schake Tomorrow is the deadline for different branches of the milita ...
Air Date: September 30, 2015
Listen 00:48:44Overcoming homelessness, police abuse, transgender inequity, LGBT people reject life at the margins
WHYY hosted a public forum on Sept. 15 about the long-running priorities of LGBT communities that may be overlooked in the mainstream emphasis on marriage equality.
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Fallout from the VW emission cheating scandal
Guests: John Paul MacDuffie, Dan Becker Volkswagen admitted last week that it installed software in 11 million di ...
Air Date: September 28, 2015
Listen 00:48:45Philly police making strides to protect and serve transgender community
The worst threat of violence for the transgender community came from the Philadelphia Police Department. But now we're working to improve that relationship.
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Ballot Talks: What’s ahead for Congress, then a Kim Davis update
Guests: Kelsey Snell, David Lightman, Jeffrey Rosen In this week’s edition of Ballot Talks: we’ll speak with ...
Air Date: September 10, 2015
Listen 00:48:44Guests: Melanie McCoy, James Peterson, Ralph Young Black Lives Matter has been challenging numerous 2016 presiden ...
Air Date: August 26, 2015
Listen 00:48:44Juvenile justice reform in the wake of “Kids for Cash”
Guests: Marsha Levick, Bob Casey, Lauren Fine No other news story highlighted the problems in juvenile justice mo ...
Air Date: August 18, 2015
Listen 00:48:43Passing as a transsexual black man, and the revolutionary courage to continue
I was finally "passing" as a black man. I also came to realize that the duties of the police to "protect and serve" did not necessarily apply to someone like me.
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Guests: Gina Passarella, John Baer, David Zellis In a press conference held Wednesday afternoon, Pennsylvania Att ...
Air Date: August 13, 2015
Listen 00:48:44Ballot Talks: Examining the past and present of the Voting Rights Act
Guest: Jim Rutenberg, Michael Tomsic 50 years ago today, President Lyndon Johnson signed into law the Voting Righ ...
Air Date: August 6, 2015
Listen 00:48:47Killer robots: the coming arms race?
Hour 2 Guests: Peter Asaro, Ronald Arkin, George Zarkadakis Are you worried abou ...
Air Date: August 4, 2015
Listen 00:48:44Ballot Talks: Fattah indictment, then the Senate race
Guests: Jeremy Roebuck, Thomas Baldino, Mark Nevins, Bob Brady In this week’s edition of Ballot Talks: we discu ...
Air Date: July 30, 2015
Listen 00:48:44David Casarett’s “Stoned: A Doctor’s Case for Medical Marijuana”
Guest: David Casarett Marijuana might be one of the most misunderstood plants, especially when it comes to its me ...
Air Date: July 30, 2015
Listen 00:48:43Guests: Seth Williams, John Wetzel, Marc Mauer Over the last 40 years, America’s approach to criminal jus ...
Air Date: July 28, 2015
Listen 00:48:44Guests: David Harris, Dorothy Roberts, Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw On July 10th, Sandra Bland was pulled over for ...
Air Date: July 27, 2015
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