Civil Rights

An interview with Marsha E. Barrett, author of Nelson Rockefeller's Dilemma. The book is a compelling political history of the influential career of the four-time New York State governor and US vice president.

An interview with Amy Gajda, author of Seek and Hide: The Tangled History of the Right to Privacy. The book is an important primer for today’s privacy wars - the surprising history of the right to privacy, and its battle against the public’s right to know.

Last year, a law went into effect, expanding the rights of pregnant workers across the U.S. Now, new regulations are offering clearer guidelines on what protections can be expected in the workplace.

The Ada County Sheriff’s office settled a lawsuit brought by a Kuna man who says he was illegally detained last year. The settlement did not include an apology.

The bilingual advocacy workshop this summer will help advocates and immigrants better understand the legal system. The SOMOS program, which means “We are” in Spanish is for anyone interested in advocacy work and civil rights. The five-week training series in Caldwell and Twin Falls starts in July. The application for the Treasure Valley sessions is tonight (June 21) at midnight Mountain Time.

An interview with Marc C. Johnson, author of Mansfield and Dirksen: Bipartisan Giants of the Senate. The book highlights two Senate leaders whose commitment to bipartisanship lead to the passage of groundbreaking legislation, even in tumultuous times.

Ty Seidule's book, Robert E Lee and Me: A Southerner’s Reckoning with the Myth of the Lost Cause, offers a personal challenge to the myths and lies of the Confederate legacy, and explores why some of this country’s oldest wounds have never healed.

The Bethel Missionary Baptist Church has been around for more than 100 years and is now the first property to be added to the National Register of Historic Places under African American Civil Rights in Idaho.

The Mountain West is home to dozens of far-right extremist groups. In the wake of the U.S. Capitol riots on January 6, lawmakers are mulling how to…

This is an encore presentation.On February 18, 1965, an overflowing crowd packed the Union at England’s Cambridge University to witness a historic…