Civil Liberties

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Abe and Joe ponder the recent preponderance of religious misbehavior.

Airs at: Tue, 05/29/2012 at 12:00am
 Hosted by Abe Proctor and Joe Uris   Some three centuries into the Age of Reason, there still seem to be an inordinate number of public clashes between the secular and the sacred. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops is using the two-week runup to the 4th of July to ... Read more

Obama's Change Of Heart & How Marriage Equality Re-Affirms The Status Quo

Airs at: Mon, 05/28/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Well-read Red, Denise Morris, challenges the way that marriage (not to mention participation in the military) has become the center-piece of the LGBT movement and what it means for how we think of equality for all groups. She argues that whether proponents of gay marriage ... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour May 28th 2012

Airs at: Mon, 05/28/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Joe Clement hosts this Old Mole and we hear:   Bill Resnick talks with economics professor John Miller about predatory capitalism. Larry Bowlden reviews the later work of Wallace Stegner Denise Morris comments on gay marriage and inequality Joe and Brad D... Read more

Prison Pipeline 5/14/12 w/ Host Patty Katz

Airs at: Mon, 05/14/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Patty Katz speaks with formerly incarcerated people, Micheal and Donny, about their work to help others transition back to their communities Read more

Bombs, Dollars & Executive Decrees: The U.S. in Yemen

Airs at: Thu, 05/24/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  A Deeper Look
These are the tools the Obama administration is using in Yemen. Are they stabilizing the transition to Democracy or an attempt to stop Yemen's Arab Spring before real democracy can take hold and assure a place for the US Military to expand on the Arab Peninsula? Join hos... Read more

Virginia Prisoners Unite For Hunger Strike

Airs at: Wed, 05/23/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
On Tuesday, May 22nd, up to 45 inmates began a hunger strike to protest conditions at Virginia's Red Onion State Prison. They are demanding that prison officials provide medical care, nutritional food, and access to complaint and greivance forms. The Human Rights Watch issu... Read more

NATO rolls in to Chicago to fine-tune the machine. Thousands turn out to greet them.

Airs at: Tue, 05/22/2012 at 12:00am
 Hosted by Abe Proctor and Joe Uris   Flowers in bloom, sunshine on the lake, NATO summits, bloody clashesbetween police and demonstrators. Ah, springtime in Chicago. Abe and Joe look at the latest outburst against globalization and militarism, and ponder a question: If ... Read more

Prison Pipeline 5/7/12 w/ Merilee Schillinger hosted by Peter Pincetl

Airs at: Mon, 05/07/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Host Peter Pincetl talks with Merilee Schillinger about her involvement in the Rising Star Toastmaster's and their work with Coffee Creek. Read more

Religious Discrimination in the NDAA

Airs at: Fri, 05/18/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Normal 0 A national secular group is urging the U.S. Senate to keep religious based discrimination out of the National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA. Today, the U.S. House overwhelmingly passed the annual defense spending bill for the 2013 fiscal year. In a press rel... Read more

Zekan Sues Lincoln County For Freedom of Speech

Airs at: Tue, 05/15/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Normal 0 Matt Zekan is suing Lincoln County officials for denying his right to free speech. Zekan began protesting against the county after the placed his father on administrative leave two years ago. Lincoln County later banned Zekan from all government property fo... Read more