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Local Activists Speak out about the Tompkins County Jail Expansion

By WRFI News Staff

Check out this full report on the prison situation in New York state from the Center for Constitutional Rights. http://www.prisonpolicy.org/scans/ImpactsofJailExpansion_NYS.pdf “There has been dramatic growth in the number of people held in local jails in New York State in the last de- cade, with the total capacity of jails in upstate New York and Long…

… and we’re done!

By katrina

We finished our marathon at midnight last night, having raised $13,141 from 241 individual supporters!  Thanks go to: All of you who tuned in and called in your pledges! All the our wonderful on-air staff who co-hosted, pitched and answered phones all week! The volunteers who manned the pledge phones: Caitlin, John, Lauren, Rebecca, Renee,…

Remi Kanazi – November 11, 2013

By WRFI News Staff

Listen to our interview with the Palestinian-American Poet and Author Remi Kanazi. Related articles Kerry: Israeli settlements are illegitimate (aljazeera.com) Students Support the American Studies Association Boycott Resolution (cornellsjp.wordpress.com)

Understanding Universal Single Payer Healthcare with Barbara Harrison and Rebecca Elgie from Single Payer NY

By WRFI News Staff

http://www.singlepayernewyork.org/ New York Health, A7860 Introduced by Richard Gottfried. Read the full bill. Summary of the bill (.pdf). Expanded & Improved Medicare For All Act, H.R. 676 Introduced by Rep. John Conyers. Read the full bill (.pdf). Read an summary of HR 676 (.doc). See the full list of Congressional HR 676 cosponsors here. Brief…

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