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Sprouts Radio from the Grassroots is a 30-minute weekly program featuring radio programs produced at community radio stations or by other independent producers from across the country and sometimes around the world.
Hudson Mohawk Magazine reports on the Equal Rights Act, which is on the ballot in New York State.
WSLR brings a story from Sarasota County, Florida, where the race for tax collector is one of the hottest on the ticket, pitting the incumbent of 40 years against a right wing crusader funded by developers.
Later, learn about the role of social media in the growth of political violence. We bring you an interview from Kansas city community radio with a former Facebook employee who quit her job at Facebook then shared tens of thousands of the corporate giants internal documents. Since then she has agitated for more regulation of social media content, with some success.
WORT reports on a bill requiring voters to prove their citizenship to cast a ballot is on the table in Congress. The so-called Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act would ban voting practices that are already illegal.
Lastly, how can local officials bulldoze laws protecting voting rights for legal immigrants? WNHNLP FM in Concord, New Hampshire reports on Alabamas secretary of state whos doing just that.
