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Episode 1: NYC Mass Rent Strikes, past and present.
In this time of pandemic, millions of people across the country are feeling increased pressure to be able to make rent. In response, tenant organizers are organizing rent strikes. We talk with guide and activist Lucy P. about the history of rent strikes in NYC, and the women who led them, from the early 1900's to today. |
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Contagion: When Xenophobia is a disease that spreads
Episode 2: In this week's episode we discuss the ways throughout New York's history that disease has been placed in the bodies of certain populations to exploit racist or xenophobic ideas. We go back to the European colonists, move forward to the cholera epidemic of the 1830's and the backlash against the Irish, and discuss some implications for the Covid-19 pandemic of today. |
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Reproductive Freedom in the age of Covid
Episode 3: In this episode, we explore the way Covid-19 has been used as an excuse to roll back reproductive freedoms, the challenges pre-and post-covid to reproductive freedoms, the ways in which New York has led the fight to expand access historically and the role this state may play in the future. |