Greg Tate, founding co-artistic director, and actors Chinaza Uche and Brian Kopp discuss Hartbeat Ensemble’s Plays in the Parks 2009 and its theme: the economy hits home.

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Christine Stuart, of CTNewsJunkie.com, gives details about the CT Legislative session, including updates on the budget and other highlights from 2008-09.

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Councilperson Luis Cotto of the Working Families Party discusses the city budget, ban the box, and the ongoing Mayor Perez scandal.

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Dr. Douglas Hall discusses the timely new report “Who Pays? The Unfairness of Connecticut’s State and Local Tax System”

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RadioActive hosts a community conversation with Shirene Brown, business owner, loan officer, and real estate agent, and Monique Jarvis, educator and spoken word artist.

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Reading articles like this one from AP Economics, the unemployment situation seems bad.  And it is.  But like most media, the article fails to see the disparities which complicate these grim statistics – disparities that have persisted even before this situation was labeled “recession.”  Read the full story