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Dorothy Roberts Explains Racism and the New Racial Science [Audio]

By WRFI News Staff

WRFI’s Lori Sonken talks with University of Pennsylvania Professor Dorothy Roberts about the mixing of science, politics and race in what she calls the “new racial science.” [mixcloud https://www.mixcloud.com/wrficommunityradionews/university-of-pennsylvania-professor-dorothy-roberts-explains-racism-and-the-new-racial-science/ width=100% height=120 hide_cover=1]

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Habitat for Humanity Breaks into the Ithaca Market [AUDIO]

By WRFI News Staff

WRFI News’ Katelyn Harrop speaks with Shannon MacCarrick, Executive Director Habitat for Humanity of Tompkins and Cortland Counties. Habitat for Humanity has been serving Tompkins County for three decades, but two current projects mark the organization’s first in Ithaca. MacCarrick tells us about the two local families buying new homes through TC Habitat for Humanity,…

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A solution to uncontested elections – Discussion with Leslie Danks-Burke & Anne Koreman [AUDIO]

By WRFI News Staff

Leslie Danks-Burke of Trailblazers PAC & Anne Koreman, newly elected Tompkins County Legislator talk about being a new candidate and how to reduce uncontested elections by helping new candidates to run. [mixcloud https://www.mixcloud.com/wrficommunityradionews/lesley-danks-burke-talks-about-how-to-reduce-uncontested-local-elections/ width=100% height=120 hide_cover=1]

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Hilary Lambert, Executive Director of the Cayuga Lake Watershed Network-November 14th, 2017

By WRFI News Staff

Hilary Lambert, Executive Director and Steward of the Cayuga Lake Watershed Network, provides an update on the health of the lake.  She gives an overview of the recent fall meeting of the network, discusses the algal blooms that occurred on the lake in the late summer, and talks about outbreaks of the invasive plant, hydrilla. …

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