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Staying Home with Josh Fox: Your Revolutionary Guide to the Green New Deal

Wed, Jul 8, 2020 - 2:00PM

Black Agenda Radio

Wed, Jul 8, 2020 - 3:00PM

With Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford

Max & Murphy

Wed, Jul 8, 2020 - 5:00PM

Back to School in NYC ... But How?

Equal Rights and Justice

Thu, Jul 9, 2020 - 9:00AM

African American, Latinx & Indigenous Peoples History

Justice Matters w/ Bob Gangi

Thu, Jul 9, 2020 - 6:30PM

The 2021 budget disaster

Folk Radio

Thu, Jul 9, 2020 - 10:00PM

Leonard Lopate at Large

Fri, Jul 10, 2020 - 1:00PM

Heather Cox Richardson on how the South won the war

BBO Radio Show

Fri, Jul 10, 2020 - 10:00PM

Hip Hop in The Time of Protest and Covid

Back of the Book

Sat, Jul 11, 2020 - 5:00AM

A July Like No Other

Caribbean Voices and Beyond

Sat, Jul 11, 2020 - 4:00PM

Isaac Ferguson



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Mt. Rushmore, Trump re-elected? GOP Vote Theft, Palestine (07/03/2020)  Congress hears from protesters who say police violated their rights… Could Trump be re-elected? Voter security under siege...  

No flat curve in US, Trump on BLM, good kid killed by cops in Colorado (07/02/2020)  The government admits it hasn’t flattened the curve.. the white house calls Black Lives Matter a symbol of hate… How...  

NYC Budget, CHOP evicted, bail reform reaction (07/01/2020)  The City Council passes the most unpopular city budget in years… a protester occupied zone in Seattle is raided by...  

COVID USA, Russian bounty bluff, NYPD budget (06/30/2020)  COVID Cases in the United States continue to rise… another Russian scandal for the Trump administration.. the new police...  

Pandemic spreads, Wisconsin warships in Yemen, Black Rock fail (06/26/2020)  The pandemic rears its head in the south… Trump praises American workers for building warships used to crush a nation of...  

SCOTUS on Women's Choice, Occupy City Hall, Voting problems (06/25/2020)  Pelosi calls the GOP police reform bill.. murder.. waiting for a major Abortion decision by the Supreme Court and the occupation...  

New York Travel Advisory, Police Reform Fight, Primary Results (06/24/2020)  A travel advisory for New York, a fight over police reform in congress and preliminary primary results in New York.. With these...  

Andrew Jackson statue, Ellsberg on Bolton, Newark protest (06/23/2020)  An attempt to take down Andrew Jackson’s statue is thwarted.. but protesters face heavy jail time.. COVID-19 surges in the...  

Breonna Taylor protest, Seattle CHOP, Rosenberg's Execution, Seneca Village (06/19/2020)  Breonna Taylor protest, Seattle CHOP, Rosenberg's Execution, Seneca...  

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In The News Pacifica Radio's Covid, Race & Democracy Presented by WBAI Radio (06/26/2020)  Covid, Race and Democracy -- a collective effort from the Pacifica Network and our affiliates across the U.S. Today’s...  

Special Programming Black Priest-White Church: Tribute to Father Lawrence Lucas (05/31/2020)  Viola Plummer, Michael Tarif Warren, Prof. James Small, Betty Dopson, Charles Barron, Eric Adams and many others honor the...  

WBAI Evening News George Floyd -NYC set for Phase One Reopening-Vocal NY Protest-More (05/29/2020)  -Minneapolis Officer who held George Floyd down as Floyd pleaded "I can't breathe" has been charged with...  

Of General Interest Apollo Uptown: Movement Required (05/09/2020)  As the 35th anniversry of Philly Police attack on MOVE's house draws near, we rebroadcast an upfront community conversation...  

Special Music, Art, + Literature Programming U.S. Empire v. Political Prisoners (05/03/2020)  Johanna Fernandez presents Rise Up and Resist: A teach-in Celebrating Mumia Abu Jamal's 66th Birthday and the lives of all...  

Cuba in Focus Cuba In Focus: CoVid19 (04/30/2020)  A monthly newsmagazine presenting issues and discussions not commonly found in the corporate media..We here at Cuba In...  

Special Programming Vigil for Lives Lost to CoVid19 (04/26/2020)  Some estimates show that New York City has lost more than 12,000 people to Covid19. This week faith leaders and elected...  

Special Programming PEOPLE'S BRIEFING: COVID CRISIS BEHIND BARS (04/16/2020)  The Justice Roadmap - a coalition of immigration and criminal justice...  

Special Programming Racial Justice Has No Borders: Militarism in Time of Pandemic (04/09/2020)  Moderated by Marc Lamont Hill, the Town Hall launched a shared campaign demanding the immediate end to the 2001 Authorization for...  

Explorations CoVid19 Explained (04/01/2020)  Theoretical physicist Michio Kaku explains where CoVid19 came from, whether it can happen again and why it's spreading...  

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WBAI Local Station Board
Open to the public, Wednesday, July 8, 2020, 7:00 PM ET at Teleconference
- Tuesday, June 30, 2020

WBAI Radio Committee
Open to the public, Wednesday, July 15, 2020, 1:00 PM ET at Teleconference
- Tuesday, July 7, 2020

WBAI Finance Committee
Open to the public, Wednesday, July 15, 2020, 7:00 PM ET at Teleconference
- Wednesday, June 17, 2020