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Dan Hind discusses the Media Reform Coalition with Radio Active Magazine regular Spencer Graves. The Media Reform Coalition insists that, "Our media is broken" and is "Leading the fight for a media fit for the 21st-century" in the UK. The Media Reform Coalition was founded in 2011 in the wake of the revelations that the News of the World had hacked the phones of victims of crime. In 2017 Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox attempted to buy British Sky News. The Media Reform Coalition and others lobbied successfully to block that purchase. The Media Reform Coalition does research, organizing, and advocacy including testifying before Parliamentary committees. For example, in 2024 the Media Reform Coalition offered written evidence for the British House of Lords Communications and Digital Select Committee inquiry on "The future of news: impartiality, trust and technology". This included the observation that, "There is an urgent need for further research into the applications and impact of AI ... [and] policy dev

The International day of peace, September 21, is celebrated with a festival organized by Ira Harritt and the Interfaith Council of Greater Kansas City. We talk with some of the organizers, presenters, and participants.

FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez discusses her "First Amendment Tour: Fighting back against the campaign of censorship and control." This was excerpted from her keynote address on that issue for the Grassroots Radio Conference 2025-09-12.1 A video of that address and the Q&A that followed will be posted to the Wikiversity article on "Fighting back against the campaign of censorship and control", which supports a moderated discussion of the issues raised. Copyright 2025 Spencer Graves, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 international license for the editing; Commissioner Gomez' remarks are in the public domain. _______ 1. GRC2025.com, conference of the Grassroots Radio Coalition.

Bill Schmidt discusses his work with the Refugees, Immigrants and Migrants (RIM) committee of the St. Francis Xavier parish in Kansas City, Missouri. This is followed by a brief discussion of the evidence regarding the impact of immigrants on crime and the incomes of the host community. In brief, the research finds that on average immigrants benefit both the sending and receiving countries, and the major media routinely disseminate lies, especially by leading politicians, because challenging those lies would most likely increase their costs without a compensating increase in revenue. St. Francis Xavier  The RIM committee at St. Francis Xavier started in 2012 or 2013 and was further pushed by Father Rafael Garcia, who was their pastor then. RIM was also connected with the Migrant Farm Workers program in Lexington, Missouri. RIM has three different activities: (1) Education, (2) action, and (3) collaboration with other organizations. The RIM committee has been involved with the Encuentro project, which is l

Doug Samuelson discusses the role of the media in conflict with Spencer Graves. Samuelson has a Dr. Sci. in operations research and years of experience with empirical modeling, especially for […] The post The role of the media in conflict appeared first on KKFI.

UMKC law professor Allen Rostron discusses legal issues raised by actions of the Trump administration. He is interviewed by Radio Active Magazine regulars Craig Lubow and Spencer Graves. Copyright 2025 […] The post Legal issues raised by Trump administration actions appeared first on KKFI.

Nick Hart is interviewed by Spencer Graves about the Data Foundation, of which he is President and CEO, and about the status of evidence-informed public policy in the US. The […] The post Evidence-informed public policy appeared first on KKFI.

Ernie Nolan, the Artistic Director of Kansas City’s Unicorn Theatre, discusses their history and upcoming program with Radio Active Magazine regular Craig Lubow. The post Unicorn Theatre 2025-2026 Season appeared first on KKFI.

Reece Peck describes how he thinks Left media outlets could increase their effectiveness by working harder to understand the concerns of the working class and packaging policy prescriptions in terms […] The post What the Left can learn from Fox appeared first on KKFI.

Bill Clause asked attendees at  July 17 John Lewis Day “Good Trouble” event why they were there; that event was organized in part by Indivisible Kansas City, discussed in the […] The post John Lewis, Democratic Socialists, and Christian Nationalists appeared first on KKFI.

Natalie Fenton discusses her new 2025 book, Democratic Delusions: How the Media Hollows Out Democracy and What We Can Do About It, and related work. She is interviewed by Spencer […] The post Democratic delusions: Fix the media to fix democracy appeared first on KKFI.

Bill Clause, Beverly Harvey and Skie Pearson discuss with Spencer Graves activities by Indivisible Kansas City, the Solidarity School of Resistance, and the campaign to prevent CoreCivic from reopening their prison […] The post More on the Solidarity School and other activism appeared first on KKFI.

University of British Columbia history professor Heidi J.S. Tworek1 discusses her research on the impact of the media on politics in Germany focusing especially in 1900 through 1945 and its […] The post News from Germany 1900-1945 and implications for today appeared first on KKFI.

University of San Diego Communications Professor Nik Usher discusses their research on how news impacts democracy. Recent publications describe how media impacted the response to Black Lives Matter, COVID-19, illiberal politics, […] The post How news impacts democracy per USD Communications Professor Nik Usher appeared first on KKFI.

Sherman Smith discusses the Kansas Reflector. Bill Clause interviews a woman with Respect Missouri Voters at the “No King” rally last Saturday. Winston Apple claims the US was “Founded on […] The post Sherman Smith on the Kansas Reflector and Judy Ancel reversing runaway inequality appeared first on KKFI.

Bill Clause, Beverly Harvey, Iris Craver, Nancy Mays, Bill Thompson, and Keith Washburn discuss best practices of successful organizing and mobilizing tactics used by Indivisible Kansas City, Arc of Justice, […] The post Mobilizing, Organizing & Raising Hell appeared first on KKFI.

Bill Clause, Daniel Scharpenburg, Martha Lawrence, and Diane Bulan discuss their “Solidarity School of Resistance”, starting with a “Boots on the Ground” volunteer fair May 31, 1-4 PM, Second Presbyterian […] The post Solidarity School of Resistance and May 31 Boots on the Ground appeared first on KKFI.

Ashley Hernandez, William Rogers, and Esmie Tseng discuss opposition to the efforts of CoreCivic and the Trump administration to reopen the CoreCivic prison in Leavenworth. Hernandez is with the Sisters […] The post Reopening a CoreCivic prison in Leavenworth for ICE? appeared first on KKFI.

Canadian journalist Marc Edge summarizes his research on the evolution of media and democracy internationally including different media policies that have been attempted and their impact on political corruption and […] The post Canadian journalist Marc Edge on media reform to improve democracy appeared first on KKFI.

Unionists Garth Stocking, American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) local 1336, and Daniel Scharpenburg, VP, National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) chapter 66, join Bill Clause, AFGE retired, to discuss the […] The post Unionists say that boss Trump declares war on his own workers appeared first on KKFI.