Akua Njeri: Akua Njeri, Chairwoman, December 4th Committee. Mumia Abu-Jamal, the Deputy Minister of Information for the Philadelphia branch of the Black Panther Party remains a political prisoner in this country because of his refusal… Full Transcript
Hello, this is Dortell Williams with a prisoner’s perspective called; “Let’s Talk About Prisons.” Prisons are dark, drab, abandoned stations of miserable and taxing punishment. Prisons are filled with society’s outcasts; mainly minorities, the poor,… Full Transcript
The psychic echo has barely receded from the trauma unleashed at Virginia’s Polytechnic Institute in Blacksburg, VA., and the name, Seung-Hui Cho has been added to that of others who have distinguished themselves by their… Full Transcript
With the ending of Don Imus’s radio and TV career, has arisen a perverse, if utterly stupid, caterwaul from conservatives who are, to hear them tell it, newly born converts of free speech and equally… Full Transcript
A Sierra Leonean refugee named Oury Jalloh burned to death in Cell No. 5 in the city of Dessau, Germany. The date: January 7, 2005 Police at the station have called it… Full Transcript
My name is Mumia Abu-Jamal. I’m proud to be a contributor to a station where news, talk, music, and the arts play such a positive role in social and communal development. I ask you to… Full Transcript
This is an excerpt from an introduction to an upcoming collection of Safiya’s essays, prepared by her daughter, Wanda. It goes like this: For me, reading the thoughts of Safiya Asya Bukhari is a bittersweet… Full Transcript
While blacks and whites in this country are murdered at relatively the same rate – about 47% blacks and 51% whites – 80% of those executed have been executed for murdering whites while only 7%… Full Transcript
The current penal system in America is not working. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to come to the conclusion, that it predisposes prisoners to recidivism, a relapse into a life of crime. Since man… Full Transcript
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