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Voting from Jail with a Disability

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November 2, 2020 - 8:17 am

 91.3 KBCS · 91.3 KBCS 20201102 Voting From Jail With A Disability About 40% of jail inmates nationwide reported having at least one disability, according to a Department of Justice study.   Jordan Landry, a visually impaired inmate at King County jail, was able to vote from behind bars.  Darya Farivar is a Community

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KBCS Student Fellows: The Asian Vote and Absentee Ballot Musings

KBCS Youth Fellow Taylor- Marie Mocorro

October 28, 2020 - 11:44 pm

Taylor Marie Mocorro and Sahil Bathija are two of four KBCS, International Examiner and APACE student fellows who produced pieces on this 2020 elections season.

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Hold The Line: A Guide to Defending Democracy

Hardy Merriman

October 28, 2020 - 4:31 pm

Hardy Merriman is President and CEO of the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict. For nearly two decades his work has focused on human rights and prodemocracy movements around the world that use non-violent tactics, strikes, boycotts, non-cooperation and other non-violent actions to fight authoritarianism.

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Some Matters of Relative Significance

A photo of a white man in a blue suit and red hair with trees in background. He is smiling candidly and looking directly into the camera with his eyes. Dana Buckingham KBCS GM

October 18, 2020 - 7:30 pm

Dear Friends and Supporters of KBCS,

I hope my message this month finds everyone safe and doing as well as can be expected during these difficult times. We are still processing and collating the donations and comments from well over a thousand KBCS true believers that were made during our “virtual” fall fundraising campaign.

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Spot the Troll

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October 9, 2020 - 1:27 am

 Sock puppets are living in your social media feed. A type of internet troll, sock puppets appear to be real people. They post on social media not just to provoke but to influence. These fake personalities are active in election season. KBCS’s Jesse Callahan spoke with Darren Linvill, the lead Researcher at Clemson University’s

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Trek the Vote

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October 1, 2020 - 9:28 am

Looking for a way to get involved in ensuring the integrity of the coming election?  Find out how Star Trek fans are rolling out a campaign that’s in line with the Starfleet’s prime directive. 

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Nature: Douglas Fir Trees and Forest Fires

"99-0490" by Forest Service - Northern Region is licensed under CC BY 2.0

September 17, 2020 - 12:39 pm

This story first broadcast in January of 2018

In this KBCS nature series segment, Ed Dominguez, Seward Park Audubon Center Lead Naturalist, talks to KBCS’s Yuko Kodama about the benefits of allowing fires burn away the undergrowth. They also discuss how the Douglas Fir tree’s thick bark helps protect it from forest fires and why the intensity of forest fires has increased since modern fire suppression techniques have developed in the past few hundred years.

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