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Gay USA 04/22/2020

Gay COVID-19 survivor still can’t donate blood plasma; Broadway celebrates Sondheim’s 90th birthday online this Sunday. In the news with Ann and Andy (taped 4-22-20):   ∎ Pride events in June canceled from coast to coast due to pandemic.   ∎ LGBTQ groups maintaining services despite closed offices....

EP 290: Take Back the App!

Take Back the App! We need platform co-ops now more than ever. If the 19th and 20th Centuries were about storming the factory and taking back the means of production, then the 21st Century is about storming the online platforms like Facebook, Google, and Amazon, and the apps that increasingly...

Gay USA 4/15/2020

A mother of the movement, Phyllis Lyon, dies at 95; Reclaim Pride protests homophobic Franklin Graham in Central Park.∎ Phyllis Lyon, a mother of the US lesbian movement in the 1950s, dies at age 95.   ∎ Reclaim Pride challenges Franklin Graham’s bigoted ministry in Central Park.   ∎ COVID-19 claims...

Parole Reform... Less Is More

Parole reform has become an important issue within the criminal legal reform world, to talk to us about these issues host Andre Ward welcomes Vincent Schiraldi, Co-director of Columbia University's Justice Lab and a Senior Research Scientist at the Columbia School of Social Work.

Imagining How to Unplug Spectrum

Host Jim Vrettos interviews Troy Walcott and Ray Reyes, Spectrum Workers, Organizers/Activists; who tell us the status of the workers fight against the cable corporation, a subsidiary of Charter Communications, Inc. whose policies harm both workers and users in NYC.

Mutual Aid Justice: Beyond Survival

Mutual Aid: What does it look like in the Justice sphere? If you don’t want to call the cops, what else can you do? Many people turn to transformative justice for help. In the nation that incarcerates more people than any other on earth, there are many reasons why a person might not want to call 911...

Gay USA 4/8/2020

More LGBT people lost to Covid-19; and activist arrested in Central Park protesting Franklin Graham