Looking Back, Moving Forward: 2014 Year in Review

Published: Dec. 24, 2014, 3 a.m.

b'

In today\\u2019s news cycle it\\u2019s challenging keeping up with the latest developments around the world. In 2014 we saw pro-democracy protests spanning 75 days in Hong Kong to the Black Lives Matter movement in the U.S. Often we just get the stories when they first break, then once the height of a conflict diminishes or really when another issue surfaces to the top of the news cycle, that\\u2019s it. After that we don\\u2019t hear much more about the issue. Even though we know that the issues remain.

\\n

On today\\u2019s show we\\u2019re going to bring you an update on some of the stories we\\u2019ve covered this year. We\\u2019ll go to a protest to talk to advocates calling for an end to using Native American imagery and stereotypes in sports. We\\u2019ll talk to the Center for Food Safety about the political outlook for supporters of better regulations of GMOs and pesticides. And we\\u2019ll get an update on US immigration policy from the National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights.

\\n

Featuring

\\n
    \\n
  • Alice Ollstein,\\xa0radio producer
  • \\n
  • Suzan Shown\\xa0Harjo,\\xa0Cheyenne\\xa0and Hodulgee\\xa0Muscogee\\xa0advocate for American Indian\\xa0rights
  • \\n
  • Morning Star Gali,\\xa0co-chair of Bay Area Coalition to End Racism in Sports
  • \\n
  • Jacqueline Keeler,\\xa0founding member of Eradicating Offensive Native Mascotry
  • \\n
  • Don Tipping,\\xa0Seven Seeds Farm owner
  • \\n
  • Chris Hardy,\\xa0Rogue valley farmer
  • \\n
  • Sylvia Wu,\\xa0staff attorney at Center for Food Safety
  • \\n
  • Catherine Tactaquin,\\xa0Executive Director of the National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights.
  • \\n
'