Equal Time with Martha Burk
Series produced by KSFR
Host Martha Burk
Weekly 2 1/2 minute public affairs commentary on topics in the public debate, political issues, and how decisions in Washington and around the world affect ordinary citizens, often with an emphasis on women. Critical analysis that goes beyond the breaking news.
Equal Time with Martha Burk originates weekly from KSFR public radio in Santa Fe.
Host Martha Burk is a nationally recognized journalist and women's leader. She is Money Editor for Ms. Magazine, and her blog is frequently on the front page of The Huffington Post. Burk is also immediate past Chair of the National Council of Women's Organizations, the nation's oldest and largest coalition of women's groups.
Burk's commentary explores many topics on past progress, future change, and what it means for women and men -- as citizens, as voters, and as inhabitants of the world we live in and help to shape.
For those who are curious and who care about what's going on the the public debate (with no shouting) and issues/ what's at stake now and in the future.
Each commentary is two and one half minutes (02:30)
My Life, My Love, My Legacy - Coretta Scott King
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Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
Interview with Barbara Reynolds,founding editor of USA Today on her 2017 book My Life, My Love, My Legacy biography of Coretta King, condensed from...
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Wrapping up 2015 for Women
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Enough with the "War on Christmas"
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Men With Kids Have a Thumb on the Pay Scale
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Another Year of Republican Fools?
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Should Radical Religionists be President?
Lately we've been awash in a debate over whether a Muslim should serve as President, triggered by Republican candidate Ben Carson, who said Islam i...
Pope Francis Fails on One Huge Issue
Get ready for Pope, Pope, and more Pope 24-7 this week, as the pontiff makes his rounds in the nation's capital. No doubt Pope Francis is kinder a...
One Woman Onstage Won't Save the GOP
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Immigrant Bashing Hurts Women Most
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What's Your Kid Packing for Campus?
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Netflix Showcases Family Policy
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The Republican Debate -- Who Loses?
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(Un) Happy Anniversary for Medicare?
July 30 marks a very important anniversary in our modern political history. In 1965, President Lyndon Johnson signed Medicare and Medicaid into law.
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Still No Justice for Military Women
Two and one-half minute commentary on sexual assault in the military and what the Navy is doing to stop it.
Religious Freedom Laws: More Than Gay Weddings at Stake
The so-called religious freedom laws Republican candidates seek are fig leafs for discrimination against gay couples.
GOP Wish List on Obamacare Hurts Women Most
There's an old saying "be careful what you wish for, because you just might get it." That applies in spades to Republicans who have voted over 50 ...
Women Paying a Well Hidden Tax
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Obama's Fast Track Attack on Women
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Albuquerque Takes a Giant Step for Women
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The Saudi War on Yemen -- and Women
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