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The Prison Industrial Complex

The Prison Industrial Complex While crime statistics have been going steadily down, the number of people in prison has been steadily rising. Why? Since 1980, the number of Americans in prison has tripled and is expected to double again by 2005. According to an article by Beth Schuster, during a period of time in which…

August 24, 2025

Women, Population and the Global Crisis

Women, Population and the Global Crisis GUEST: Prof. Asoka Bandarage, author of BOOK: WOMEN, POPULATION AND GLOBAL CRISIS: A POLITICAL-ECONOMIC ANALYSIS speaks of the need to consider the role of the global economic and political systems in perpetuating vast iniquities in the distribution of resources along the lines of gender, race, class, and nationality. Too…

August 24, 2025

Women Without Children

Women Without Children: We’ve talked a lot about parenting issues–the pride and the problems. Today we’ll be discussing how you can have pride and not have children. GUEST: Terri Casy, author of BOOK: PRIDE AND JOY: THE LIVES AND PASSIONS OF WOMEN WITHOUT CHILDREN

August 24, 2025

Democracy Now! September 24, 1998

Racist Float; Government Pries into Women’s Sex Lives |(14 minutes) Racist Float The murder of James Byrd Jr. in Jasper, Texas earlier this year remains a graphic reminder of the race-based crimes that continue to be committed in this country. The murder was reenacted this past labor day, by white men in blackface in a…

August 24, 2025

Democracy Now! September 17, 1997

Nigeria Advocacy Day; Northern Ireland Peace Talks |(33 Minutes) Nigeria Advocacy Day Focus on Nigeria and the fight against the government of General Soni Abacha. This week in Washington, Nigerian democracy activists lobbied Congressmembers. Today, NY city council is holding hearings on a bid to rename the street where the Nigerian consulate is located after…

August 24, 2025

Democracy Now! September 22, 1997

Ms. Magazine 25th Anniversary |(50 Minutes) Ms. Magazine 25th Anniversary Focus on the first national circulation magazine to come out of the women’s movement. GUEST: Gloria Steinem, one of the founding editors of Ms. Magazine. GUEST: Marcia Ann Gillespie, editor-in -chief of Ms. Magazine since 1993.

August 24, 2025

Democracy Now! September 24, 1997

Congressional Pay and Ethics; Thalidomide; Wellstone |(14 Minutes) Congressional Pay and Ethics The House of Representatives moved to win a pay increase and also to change the way ethics violations are investigated. GUEST: Gary Ruskin, head of Congressional Accountability Project. (19 Minutes) Thalidomide Food and Drug Administration looks set to approve Thalidomide, the drug that…

August 24, 2025

Democracy Now! September 1, 1997

Barbecues and Beef; Women, Unions and Work |(14 Minutes) Barbecues and Beef Agricultrual Secretary Dan Glickman proposed legislation that would broadly strengthen his department’s powers over companies found to have produced tainted meat and poultry. GUEST: Mary Heersink, Author of BOOK: E. COLI 0157; THE TRUE STORY OF A MOTHER’S BATTLE WITH A KILLER MICROBE…

August 24, 2025

Democracy Now! September 9, 1997

Albright Isreal Visit; Cassini Launch Revisited; In the Time of the Butterflies |(14 Minutes) Albright Israel Visit US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright visits Israel to focus on Israeli – Palestinian relations. GUEST: Robert Fisk, Lebanon correspondent for NEWSPAPER: THE INDEPENDENT (9 Minutes) Cassini Launch Revisited An update of yesterday’s conversation opposing NASA’s Cassini space…

August 24, 2025

Democracy Now! September 10, 1997

Congo Human Rights; Mandatory Minimums; In the Time of the Butterflies |(14 Minutes) Congo Human Rights Congolese President Laurent Kabila sent a letter to UN Secretary General Kofi Annan confirming his commitment to the UN human rights mission to the Democratic Republic of Congo. GUEST: Reed Brody, human rights lawyer and one of three leaders…

August 24, 2025