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Native American Fellowship

09/02/2015 03/05/2020 Audio / Investigative / KALW

Title: The U.N. of Native American Fellowship (CrossCurrents) [ AUDIO / ARTICLE ] The words “Native American Reservation” might conjure an image of an expansive Southwestern landscape, or maybe a Casino. But for the 45,000 Native Americans in the Bay Area, the reservation looks a little different: It’s a squat brick building on a busy intersection in Oakland. The Intertribal Friendship House is one of the only community centers for Native Americans in the entire Bay Area. It was created in 1955, during the …

A historic week of queer activism

07/14/2015 03/05/2020 Audio / Investigative / KALW

The first Pink Saturday was held in June of 1990, when a coalition of AIDS activists held a march through San Francisco that ended with a big, impromptu street party. The march was one of the last events of a full week of protests in the city. 25 years later, that week of historic queer activism still echoes today.

Justice in the Home

04/10/2012 03/05/2020 Audio / Investigative / RadioProject.org

Largely working isolated in people’s private homes, the exploitation of domestic workers has been well documented throughout history. But with the passage of New York’s Domestic Workers Bill of Rights in 2010, the tide is beginning to turn. Workers are now organizing in California and other states to win basic rights and protections long denied to this labor force. Along the way, they have had to come up with creative solutions to systemic challenges.