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  • Discussing Oxfam America with Joe Short

    Aug. 8, 1980

    Oxfam America invests privately raised funds in partnership with local organizations across the globe to promote social and economic justice and search for solutions for hunger, poverty, and injustice.

  • Discussing life in El Salvador with development worker Jennifer Casolo

    1980
  • Discussing Horizons for the Blind with Camille Vogel, the organization's director

    Aug. 28, 1984

    Horizons for the Blind works to improve the quality of life of visually impaired individuals by increasing accessibility to culture, education, recreation, and employment.

  • Discussing Guatemala with human rights activist and author Dr. Raul Molina and an exiled Guatemalan, Maria X

    Mar. 23, 1984
  • Discussing civil liberties in Chile

    Sep. 1, 1978

    Discussing civil liberties in Chile with Isabel Letelier and Michael Moffitt, the authors of a report for the Institute for Policy Studies: "Human Rights, Economic Aid, and Private Banks: The Case of Chile."

  • Discussing Chiswick Women's Aid with Erin Pizzey and Steve Harper

    1980

    Founded in 1971, Chiswick is Great Britain's first refuge for battered wives and their children.

  • Discussing battered women and the Greenhouse Shelter with four Greenhouse Women; women's rights activist Alice Cottingham, attorney Andrea Schleifer, Marva Butler White, and Angie Fields

    Apr. 29, 1985

    Chicago's Greenhouse Shelter provides 24-hour crisis intervention.

  • Welfare rights

    Discussing and debunking welfare myths with Wilma Green; Lynda Wright, Bottomless Closet board member; Doug Dobmeyer, head of the Illinois Public Welfare Coalition; Margaret Welsh; and journalist Henry De Zutter

    Jun. 22, 1989
  • Discussing Amnesty International and interviewing Rose Styron

    Feb. 9, 1976
  • Aryeh Neier

    Discussing "Dossier : the Secret Files They Keep on You" and interviewing the author Aryeh Neier

    Mar. 31, 1975

    Discussing "Dossier : the Secret Files They Keep on You" and interviewing the author Aryeh Neier.

  • Dick Simpson discusses his book, Strategies for Change: How to Make the American Political Dream Work"

    Sep. 27, 1976

    Alderman Dick Simpson discusses his book, "Strategies for Change: How to Make the American Political Dream Work," and his work as the 44th Ward Alderman. He explains the assembly system that now runs the 44th Ward, where members are able to bind him to a vote if the majority decides. He also discusses how the assembly has already changed redlining, the school system, truck load limits, and high rise development within their neighborhood.

  • Derrick Bell discusses his book "Confronting Authority"

    Dec. 2, 1994

    Civil rights activist, lawyer, and professor Derrick Bell discusses his latest work and protest against Harvard University due to their lack of diverse hiring in academics. Bell is known for his work on the concept of critical race theory and his relentless pursuit of fair treatment for his colleagues.

  • Derrick A. Bell in conversation with Studs Terkel

    Oct. 8, 1992

    Interviewing lawyer, activist and author Derrick Bell.

  • Dennis Brutus

    Dennis Brutus discusses his work as a poet and as an activist against apartheid South Africa

    Oct. 16, 1975
  • Debbie Sweet discusses what happened when she met President Nixon

    Dec. 22, 1970

    On December 3, 1970, Debbie Sweet won the Young Americans Service Award. She talks about what happened when she met President Nixon to receive her award. Upon shaking his hand, Sweet told President Nixon that she didn't believe in his sincerity in giving out the awards until he got us (America) out of Vietnam. Her encounter with President Nixon made headlines around the world.

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