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The Shortwave Report 6/6 Listen Globally!
Submitted by anonymous on June 5, 2008 - 8:15pmDear Radio Friend,
The latest Shortwave Report (June 6) is up at the website
http://www.outfarpress.com/outfarpress/shortwave.shtml in both broadcast quality (13.3MB) and quickdownload or streaming form (4.9MB) (28:59)
"Housing Patterns Are Segregated": The Part of the Champaign School Crisis That Requires Action Beyond the School Board
Submitted by ML on December 4, 2006 - 6:27pmIn case you didn't hear it, National Public Radio's All Things Considered (heard locally on WILL AM580) had a report Sunday evening on the court case that one observor said may be "the last straw...in resegregating our society" in America. The US Supreme Court heard arguments Monday on whether the use of race as a factor in assigning students to schools to fight segregation is legal. This is the sort of system that the Champaign schools have been using as a way to satisfy court-ordered remedies for the results of racially skewed educational outcomes for black students.
