Maine Challenge with Betsy Sweet- A Look at Maine’s Hard Right Groups- Andy O’Brien – Crash Barry
A look at Maine's hard right groups with Andy O'Brien and Crash Barry
A Question Of Ethics Ep. 910-Life Knows No Standstil
Both Sides Of The Bar- 03-12-21
Equality, equity, justice – these ideas form the American creed. No, we have never lived up to it, but we’ve never stopped trying. This is especially true when it comes to our criminal justice system. Today, too many people are incarcerated in the United States -- and too many of them are black and brown. To build safe and healthy communities, we need to rethink who we’re sending to jail, how we treat those in jail, and how we help them get the healthcare, education, jobs, and housing they need to successfully rejoin society after they serve their time. Recently elected President Joe Biden aims to strengthen America’s commitment to justice and to reform our criminal justice system.
Maine Challenge with Betsy Sweet- Laura Fortman
Guest Commissioner of Labor, Laura Fortman
Maine Challenge with Betsy Sweet- Chellie Pingree
Maine Challenge with Chellie Pingree! On this week’s show, co-host Betsy Sweet welcomes US Representative Chellie Pingree. There’s A LOT to talk about... from what we can expect in the first 100 days of the Biden administration, to the pandemic and the return of making science based decisions.
Maine Challenge with Betsy Sweet- Craig Hickman running for State Senate
This week on Maine Challenge, Betsey Sweet interviews Craig Hickman. Craig Hickman who is campaigning to fill the Senate seat for District 14. Craig is an organic farmer who “has moved the Food Sovereignty movement in Maine, led the effort to keep Maine's legal cannabis business in the hands of local Mainers”, and been Chair of the House Agriculture Committee.
Maine Challenge with Betsy Sweet- Sen. Troy Jackson
Betsy interviews Maine State Senator Troy Jackson of Aroostook Co.
Both Sides of the Bars- Pell Grant Restoration- Its Significance For Affecting Meaningful Individual Change
Recently Congress presented a stimulus package that included significant changes to higher-education law, including the resumption of Federal financial aid to people in prison that was banned in the 1994 crime bill championed by then-Sen. Joe Biden. The restoration of Pell grants for incarcerated students is a watershed moment for the criminal justice overhaul movement as it unwinds decades of punitive practices in favor of finding avenues to reintegrate incarcerated people into society.
Prescription for Justice – Slavery and Reparations Pt 2
Title says it all. Talk show where host physician-educator-activist and textbook author addresses topics for creating just and healthy communities and a better world.
Both Sides of the Bars -Special- Rally to Protect Incarcerated People
On 2/8/21, The Fortune Society and HALTSolitary led a virtual and in-person rally at Edgecombe Correctional Facility and Danbury Correctional Institution to demand that officials provide access to vaccines, testing and PPE for incarcerated people; grant more early releases, change conditions of confinement, and recognize that INCARCERATED LIVES MATTER!
502 Conversations- Science Communicator Jonathan Jarry
Jonathan Jarry is a science communicator with the McGill Office for Science and Society, dedicated to separating sense from nonsense on the scientific stage