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#9-22 and #10-22 Wade in the Water, parts 1 and 2

As of 2022 Juneteenth is a US federal holiday.  First celebrated by Black communities in Texas, it marks June 19th, 1865,

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#52-21Model Matriarchy … The Iroquois system has lasted hundreds of years

Barbara Alice Mann describes the inner workings of a long-established North American matriarchal society, where women lead the arrangement of

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#48-21 Solar Nuns of Pakistan … Changing lives by bringing light

Two young women with a mission to help the poor found their calling as both nuns and solar installers, bringing

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#47-21 Raging Grannies Sing On … Raising a Ruckus for Good, 35 Years and Counting

In 1987, the Raging Granny movement was born in Victoria BC. Two of their earliest members and many other Raging

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#39-21 Roe v Wade. the Texas Abortion Case … Archival interview with the late Sarah Weddington

On the 39th anniversary of the Roe v Wade decision, Martha Burk interviewed Sarah Weddington about the history and future

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#38-21 Conflict Is Not Abuse … Mistaking discomfort for violence is an error of our times

Lesbian novelist and nonfiction writer Sarah Schulman speaks in Vancouver about her book Conflict Is Not Abuse: Overstating Harm, Community

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#35-21 Hoodwinked … Indigenous views on false climate solutions

Two passionate indigenous organizers – one in North Dakota and one on Guam – point to the environmental toll on

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