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Monetizing Misery: How Capitalism Impacts Mass Incarcertion
Host Khalil Cumberbatch interviews Lauren-Brooke Eisen, Senior Counsel, Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law.
They talk about how financial incentives drive many of the policies that perpetuate mass incarceration. How is the privatization of our criminal justice system impacting...
Imagining 1968 at Columbia University | A Time to Stir and Organize, Organize, Organize!!!
Host Jim Vrettos interviews Mark Rudd, Chairman of the Columbia chapter of Students for a Democratic Society in the spring of 1968 | Life-long peace and social justice organizer and student of organizing
Imagining 1968 - Music in the Cafes At Night - Revolution in the Air
Host Jim Vrettos interviews Mitch Abidor, Translator and Historian | Author of "May Made Me: An Oral History of the 1968 Uprising in France"
Wonder Women: The Impact of Women on the Social Justice Movement
In this episode, Both Sides of the Bars welcomes Carmen Perez, the Executive Director of The Gathering for Justice, a non-profit founded by legendary artist and activist Harry Belafonte. Carmen has crossed the globe promoting peace through civil and human rights, building alternatives to...
Imagining the 10 Commandments as a Religious Counterculture for Social Justice
Host Jim Vrettos interviews Rev. Ann Levy-Lyons, Senior Minister of First Unitarian Congregational Society | Author of "No Other Gods: The Politics of the Ten Commandments"
An Initial Look at Voter Turnout in the 2021 New York City Primaries
Nearly 1 million New York City voters cast ballots in the mayoral primaries last month, according to unofficial results released by the New York City Board of Elections, marking the city's most participated-in local election in decades.
Mark Levine is the Likely Next Manhattan Borough President; Here's What He Ran On
After prevailing in the Democratic primary that just concluded, City Council Member Mark Levine appears very likely to be Manhattan’s next Borough President, given the borough’s overwhelming Democratc enrollment advantage.
The Race to be the Next City Council Speaker is in Full Swing
The official vote will occur in January of 2022, once the new City Council class is seated. The winner will, along with the new mayor, be among the two most powerful New York City elected officials in setting the government’s course.