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chp_labor_strike.jpg.w180h135 Today's Featured Story: Labor Neighbor Radio

Tune in today at 7:40 a.m. during The Takeaway and at 2 p.m. during The Outskirts
On today's Labor Neighbor Radio, John Sandifer looks at statehouse news for working families, including the latest in Boeing's potential U.S. Air Force contract, Seattle labor activists in the other Washington, and labor legislation in Olympia.

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KBCS is partnering with Olympia Newswire to expand coverage of Washington State legislative issues that matter to you. Each Olympia Newswire Interview airs every Tuesday morning at 7:40 a.m. during The Takeaway. More »
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Did you miss an episode of Hard Knock Radio? KBCS is now archiving two week's worth of Pacifica Radio KPFA's progressive hip hop and public affairs program. Hard Knock Radio airs every weekday at 6 p.m.
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News and Ideas for Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

KBCS Logo Voices of Diversity: Got Green Jobs?
Today at 5 p.m.
On tonight’s Voices of Diversity, Green Jobs. but first, just what is a green job? The stimulus package gave money to Washington state to train low-income and minority communities for jobs in the energy conservation industry. More than a year later, where is the money? Where is the training? And perhaps most important, what and where are these green jobs? Tonight on Voices of Diversity, in a time where the need to have a sustainable job is critical, are green jobs out there for the communities who need them most? Share your thoughts with host Sonya Green by calling 425.564.2424.
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Sable Verity The Sable Verity Commentary: Shut Up and Drive, Part 2
Today at 6:50 p.m. after Hard Knock Radio
Commentary that you can disagree with, but she'll still be right. State legislators are so close to passing a new stricter law making it illegal to talk on a cell phone while driving. But one lawmaker has derailed the process. All is not lost. Tune in to find out why.
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This Past Week's News And Ideas

CounterSpin
Monday 5 p.m.
An update on banking industry reform from Mary Bottari, director of the Real Economy Project at the Center for Media & Democracy. Senior Fellow on the Iraq Consultant to the American Friends Service Committee Raed Jarrar on the media’s off-again, on-again interest in Iraq.

Listen Up! Northwest
Monday 5:30 p.m.
Pack up some warm clothes and get your sea legs because Listen Up! Northwest takes you to the Bering Sea to study climate change. Sail aboard the U.S. ice breaker Healy with a crew of scientists investigating climate change in the Bering Sea.

Logic Amen's Speak On It Commentary
Recent events have inspired Logic to ponder the good, the bad and the ugly of rejection, whether it be political, personal or professional. There is an opportunity hidden in every rejection.

GRITradio
Tuesday 5 p.m.
In Trevor Paglen's new book, Blank Spots on the Map: The Dark Geography of the Pentagon's Secret World, he investigates the "off the map" locations of covert government activity. Renee Felz reports on the execution of the mentally challenged in Texas. Award winning reporter David Kirby's out with a new book that just may turn you off meat.

New Weekly Jazz Programs in the Audio Archives
John Midgley
John Midgley		 Jazz Kaleidoscope
“Jazz Kaleidoscope is a weekly exploration of the diversity of jazz over the last 50 years, from familiar classics through 21st century innovations.  John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis and other giants of modern jazz make regular appearances, alongside creative new jazz and excellent artists from many eras playing a wide range of styles.  It’s a celebration of the vast variety of ingredients that make up the jazz stew.”
Megan Sullivan
Megan Sullivan		 Shape of Modern Jazz
The Shape of Modern Jazz -- A musical Journey through the second half of the twentieth century right up to the present. From Ellington to E.S.T, the Modern Jazz Quartet to the Claudia Quintet, and from John Coltrane to Gerald Clayton—we’ll follow the roadmap that connects them all.