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Note From Melissa: Dirty Dancing with Dobbs
By Melissa Murray Dear Listener, This weekend, in a fit of nostalgia, I decided to watch one of my favorite movies from childhood: Dirty Dancing.  Before you get judgey, I should note that my very conservative immigrant parents did not allow me to see Dirty Dancing when it first arrived in theaters in 1987.  The […]
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Note From Asha: Oops, He Did it Again
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Note From Joyce: Lessons from the First January 6th Sentencing
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Note From Barb: Free Press is Not a Suicide Pact
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Note From Melissa: What Just Happened at the Supreme Court?
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Note From Asha: The Cosby Case and Jan. 6th
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Note From Joyce: Turning Covid Guilt Into Compassion
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Note From Barb: Cape Up Against Domestic Terrorism
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Confronting Domestic Terrorism
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Note from Melissa: Pandemics and Privatization
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Note from Asha: The Big Lie is a Terrorist Ideology
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Note From Joyce: On Prison Reform
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Note from Barb: We Owe It To History
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