Author: Tom Walker

This Wednesday Sarasota resident Jeffrey Orenstein will talk about his new PAC Stand Up 4 Democracy and its goal of raising money from small member donations in order to elect  progressives to Congress and the state legislature. Jeffrey is a former political science professor and has written such books as Fixing American Government: Ending Gridlock […]

Today we had Rhonda Ryan from Sarasota Bay Watch and Jana Hoefling from Stand Up Fight Back SRQ talking about plastics and the meeting TONIGHT at 6pm at Fogartyville “Rethinking plastic – unfortunately, recycling is not enough.” Several experts, from fields including biology (Mote Marine) and nutrition (our own Eve Plews) will talk about plastic. […]

Project 180 was founded in response to the overwhelming need for prisoner reentry programs. Over 30,000 Florida prisoners are released annually and reenter our communities. Many wish to become law-abiding citizens and have the best intention of living a conventional life yet most have few job skills, lack a formal education, and experience discrimination in […]

Wednesday at 9 a.m. we’ll have in the studio Hon. Larry Eger, 12th Judicial Circuit Public Defender, talking about the inequalities of our money bail system. Did you know The United States and the Philippines are the only countries with a for-profit bail industry. As of 2016, there are 646,000 people locked up in more than 3,000 local […]

This Wednesday local activist Harriet Hendel will be in studio and Seth Miller of The Innocence Project of Florida will call in to discuss their ongoing efforts to help innocent prisoners obtain their freedom. There will be a benefit performance this coming Saturday, 4/29/17,  at Florida Studio Theatre of “The Exonerated.” Bob will also play […]

This Wednesday Ben Vereen and local activist Becky Taylor of Family Promise  will talk about efforts to help the homeless, and then Chris Mahon  will tell us about the March for Science here and across the country on April 22.

Earth Day is April 22, so for our Peace & Justice Report this Wednesday, April 12 at 9 a.m., Dr. Harold Wanless of the University of Miami will talk about sea level rise due to  climate change. And he’ll be speaking on the same subject at USF on April 18. We’ll also talk to Bill […]

This Wednesday, April 5, our first guest will be Jeanne Massey, Executive Director of Fair Vote Minnesota. She’s speaking this Sunday at Fogartyville at 3 p.m. about Ranked Choice Voting (formerly ‘Instant Runoff’ voting). The website fairvote.org has more information on RCV. Then we’ll have a pre-recorded conversation with Ria Cooper, Education and Outreach Specialist at […]

This Wednesday morning, March 29, at 9 a.m. we’ll have Andy Mele from Suncoast Waterkeeper and Adrien Lucas  talking about local threats to our environment and efforts to resist them. Then Ali Vallarta will talk about the Sarasota Film Festival being held from March 31 to April 9, mostly at the Hollywood 20 theaters. She’ll […]

Join us this Wednesday, March 22, at 9 a.m. as we talk with Larry Cohen, the Board Chair of Our Revolution. Our Revolution has three intertwined goals: to revitalize American democracy, to empower progressive leaders and to elevate political consciousness. Larry will be appearing at Fogartyville Wednesday evening. See criticaltimes.org and their great Activist Calendar […]