WCRS Podcast - consciousvoices

Interview with organizers of a group in Lancaster, Ohio which has organized Black Lives Matter solidarity protests and engaged in community education efforts. They call themselves The Instigators . For 7 weeks since June the weekly vigils they organized were peaceful and without serious incidents, although they were frequently confronted by people holding opposing views. Then, several weeks ago, one visiting protester was assaulted by "Blue Lives Matter" counter-protesters. Since then, the bulk of the protesters have been "alt-right" types from out of town, and the Instigators group has received numerous threats via social media.

Also; coverage of last week's rallies to save the U.S. Postal Service.

Interview with the Ohio Environmental Council's Trish Demeter on the efforts to repeal HB6, a bill railroaded through the Ohio legislature by (now former) House speaker Larryn Householder which guaranteed tax-payer subsidies for Nuclear and Coal power plants and which gutted the state's already diminished energy conservation standards and renewable energy targets.
Householder has been indicted and charged with racketeering in relation to a bribery scheme wherein fossil fuel energy produces (presumed to be, primarily, First Energy) gave Millions to Householder and his campaign fund in apparent exchange for his advocacy of HB6.

And interview with Columbus activist Lisa Todd , vice chair of American Descendents of Slavery, which is calling, nationally for reparations, and, in Columbus, also for the recalling of Mayor Andy Ginther. Plus audio from Tanehasi Coates testiminy before the House committee on reparations, and from a press conference in Providence, Rhose Island, which recently adopted a reparations plan.