Leonard Peltier, a member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa and the longest-serving Native political prisoner in U.S. history is coming home! Joining us to discuss are Summer Aubrey, an attorney with the Water Protector Legal Collective as well as International Indian Treaty Council who has worked on international legal advocacy for Leonard Peltier’s … Continued

A transgender prisoner has sued the Trump Administration over the constitutionality of one of his earliest executive orders that the lawsuit claims will put transgender prisoners at risk. We’ll speak with Shannon Minter, Legal Director at the National Center for Lesbian Rights and part of the legal team representing the plaintiff in Maria Moe v … Continued

On today’s show, we explore electronic surveillance and privacy concerns under the new Trump presidency. We’ll be in conversation with India McKinney, the Director of Federal Affairs with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the leading nonprofit organization defending civil liberties in the digital world.  Read the EFF’s memo to the federal government outlining technology and surveillance concerns: … Continued

On today’s show, we return to our weekly Monday segment The Palestine Post. We start in conversation with Khury Petersen-Smith, Michael Ratner Middle East Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies, where he researches U.S. empire, borders, and migration. Then, we’re joined by Rami, an organizer with the Bay Area chapter of the Palestinian Youth Movement, … Continued

Fifty executive orders were signed on Trump’s first day in his second presidential administration, many attacking trans folks, immigrants and diversity-and-inclusion provisions. We start today’s show walking through many of the orders and what they mean with Shawn Musgrave, a media law attorney and reporter based in New York, who also reports for The Intercept. … Continued

On today’s show, we discuss the newly inaugurated President Trump’s impact on immigration policy through the executive orders that have already been signed as well as his policy plans. Our first conversation from Wednesday, January 22nd is with Nana Gyamfi, Executive Director of the Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI), speaking about the implications of … Continued

Incarcerated people work for penny wages, and, in several states, for nothing at all. Many of us outside of prisons rely on their labor in areas like repairing roads, fighting wildfires, or clearing debris after hurricanes. Prisoners manufacture products like office furniture, mattresses, license plates, dentures, glasses, traffic signs, garbage cans, athletic equipment, and uniforms. … Continued