William Lazonick, Professor of Economics at UMass-Lowell and author, talks about his most recent publication, “How the Disappearance of Unionized Jobs Obliterated an Emergent Black Middle Class” and the failures of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) over the past 50 years.

There are approximately 12,500 incarcerated persons in Wisconsin’s county jails. More than half of that number have not been convicted of a crime, but remain in jail because they are unable to post bail.

Though many of those incarcerated in Wisconsin’s county jails are eligible to vote, at least 32 counties of the 72 counties in the state do not have a written policy that specifies how people in their care can register to vote and cast a ballot. Another 28 have brief policies with vague language dictating how jail populations can vote.

That’s according to a new report detailing which of Wisconsin’s county jails are taking the steps to ensure incarcerated people have an opportunity to vote — and which county jails are not. It comes from the Wisconsin chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union and All Voting is Local, an advocacy organization which works to ensure the right and ability to vote across all populations.

For more, Jan Miyasaki speaks with Peter Burress,  Campaign Manager at All Voting is Local, and co-author of the new report, entitled “Ballots for All: Ensuring Eligible Wisconsin Voters in Jail Have Equal Access to Voting.”

Jan talks with political director for Familias Unidas por la Justicia, Edgar Franks, for an update on the apple packers’ strikes for better COVID protection in Washington State.

Damita Brown talks about making change in our community with …

Art Richardson, Sean Anderson, Gersely Rios and Davica Paul from Milestone Democratic School and how they’re going to change education.

Natalie Yahr from The Cap Times about their People’s Agenda (en español) and how to get politicians talking about real issues.

Photo by Ken Fager on Flickr.

Damita Brown talks with…

* Karl Locher from the Madison Chapter of Democratic Socialists of America about electoral reform and moving the Democratic party to the left and breaking the two party system

* Lorrie Hurckes Dwyer, Ryan Eykholt, and Araceli Esparza from Dane County Time Bank about Police Free Schools and what Dane County Time Bank is doing to better our society

Photo by ken fager on Flickr

WISPIRG and Student PIRGS have begun a New Voter Project to get out the student vote in more than 15 states. Jan Miyasaki speaks to Julia Seremba and Sofia Miller about that group’s plans and activities in advance of the 2020 elections in November.

The environmental grass roots group “Don’t Waste Michigan” is joining others to fight the consolidated high-level radioactive waste storage site in New Mexico on the grounds that the plan will require long-distance transportation of radioactive materials through much of the country. Jan talks with Michael J. Keegan from that group.

Damita Brown talks with Stephanie Spehar and Justin Novotny from Extinction Rebellion about the intersection of climate justice and social justice and how we can save the world and ourselves too.

Photo by Tipocracia on Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/2j8gmre

Should historical statues be removed or destroyed, if the history of the subject is offensive by today’s standards? Adam Hochschild, Author and Professor of Journalism at UC Berkeley School of Journalism, talks about the recent “epidemic” of statue destruction worldwide.

Breaking the cycle of domestic violence and sexual assault for almost 24 years — that’s the history of UNIDOS Against Domestic Violence according to Community Engagement and Volunteer Coordinator, Manuel Cerda. He talks with Jan about their services.