On this week's show... * We examine the battle against gentrification in three different US cities * The Pittsburgh School board may be close to passing a resolution on military recruitment in schools * Mayview State Hospital Mental Institution is closing * and more in our local and global headlines

On this week's show... * Let's Talk About Sex-- interviews and highlights from the 10th annual Sistersong conference * we take a look at the new documentary Good Copy Bad Copy, which examines copyright and culture, featuring Pittsburgh-based mashup artist Girl Talk * An update on the Local Community Radio Act from Media Minutes * We examine why attacks against the homeless are on the rise * plus more in our local and global headlines

On this week's show... * locals celebrate the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act * The US Farm Bill is set to be renewed for the 1st time in 5 years and could have dire consequences for farmers across the globe * Condom commercials are banned in Pittsburgh * Voices and music from the benefit show "How to Free a Political Prisoner" held in Pittsburgh this past week * plus more in our local and global headlines

On this week's show... * Is Pittsburgh really America's most livable city? Community groups, organizations and individuals gathered to discuss disparities in the Allegheny County region * from Ireland, an update on arrests in the Shell to Sea campaign * The Newark Rebellion - forty years later, denouncing police violence and commemorating people's resistance * Race, Class, Food and You - a lecture by Breeze Harper * and more in our local and global headlines

On this week's show... * local groups Just Health Care and the Western Pennsylvania Coalition for Single-Payer Health Care organize around the film SiCKO * Anti-nuclear activist Corbin Harney passes away * A rare 1968 interview between author Julius Lester and poet and activist June Jordan * plus more in our local and global headlines

On this week's show... * The Pittsburgh Police Department and Mayor Ravenstahl face public outcry after controversial police promotions * Vandana Shiva talks about the consequences of the Green Revolution in India, and what is in store for Africa * Activists speak out at the People's Assembly at the US Social Forum * "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?" - an 1852 speech by abolitionist Frederick Douglass * and more in our local and global headlines.

On this week's show... * From the Allied Media Conference in Detroit, Aishah Shahidah Simmons, speaks about her experience making No!, a documentary about Black women and rape. * SEIU protests on behalf of local janitors * Bicyclists, along with Mayor Luke Ravenstahl and local cyling advocacy organization Bike-Pittsburgh celebrate Pittsburgh's second-ever bike lane * and an update on the cases of the 8 former Black Panther Party members on trial in San Francisco for the 1971 murder of a police officer * and more in our local and global headlines

On this week's show... * Domestic workers in New York and California speak out about the challenges found in their line of employment and the organizing efforts to better their situations * The struggle against the new casino continues... This time on the Northside * Updates on the South Central Farm in Los Angeles and the Shell to Sea Campaign in Ireland * A new group in Pittsburgh is organizing to fight racism and recognize white privilege * and more in our local and global headlines

On this week's show... * The Pittsburgh Pride Theater Festival kicks off this week * the Pittsburgh Middle East Peace forum marks the forty year anniversary since the beginning of Israel's occupation of Gaza and the West Bank * Both Coca-Cola and Boeing are coming under fire from community groups for their business practices * and more in our local and global headlines