April 14, 2013

Fight-back against Chicago school closures: labor journalists Josh Eidelson and Sarah Jaffe talk with Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis in this excerpt from Belabored, a newly launched podcast from Dissent magazine. BTP is thrilled to partner with Dissent and will be featuring more highlights from Belabored in the future.

And Europe will be Stunned: A 3-part video installation by Israeli artist Yael Bartana, at the Petzel Gallery, 456 W. 18th Street in Chelsea, now through May 4th. BTP re-broadcasts Alisa Solomon's July 2009 interview with Bartana. 

The Child Catchers: Rescue,Trafficking and the New Gospel of Adoption. BTP co-host Kiera Feldman talks with author Kathryn Joyce about her investigation of the dark side of adoption. You can read an excerpt of Joyce's book, "Orphan Fever: The Evangelical Movement's Adoption Obsession," in the current issue of Mother Jones.