News and Public Affairs

Laura Flanders & Friends

Award-winning journalist Laura Flanders hosts a forward-looking public affairs series, combining original investigative reporting with in-depth interviews with diverse, often grassroots leaders who are driving forward-thinking change in the worlds of arts, business, civic life and social justice.

Schedule

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    Laura Flanders & Friends

    Building a Democratic Economy From Cleveland to Preston

    Sunday
    Jun 14

    30 Minutes

    The Preston model of community wealth building in Preston, England, was inspired by a model in another formerly industrialized city -- Cleveland.
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    Laura Flanders & Friends

    Whose Economy Is It? The Options for New York

    Sunday
    Jun 21

    30 Minutes

    Exploring how a city like New York might change its economic model; a report on Cooperative Home Care Associates, the largest worker-owned cooperative in the U.S.
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    Laura Flanders & Friends

    LANDBACK: A Tipi Village Takes on Healing & Homelessness

    Sunday
    Jun 28

    30 Minutes

    A visit to "He Sapa," the sacred Black Hills of South Dakota, where NDN Collective is reclaiming ancestral lands to address homelessness, addiction and violence against Native Americans; a report on Camp Mniluzahan.

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