The pandemic, the Muslim bans, the US-backed Saudi bombing of Yemen, counterterrorism initiatives – Yemeni Americans have faced, and continue to confront, major challenges to their well-being and their ability to connect with loved ones in Yemen. Sunaina Maira’s recent ethnographic work focuses on Oakland-based Yemeni corner store owners and their families. (Encore presentation.) Nadia Kim … Continued


Democracy Now! (Rebroadcast)

Democracy Now 9am – September 5, 2023

On Today’s Show: Racist Shootings “Don’t Happen in a Vacuum”: Bishop Barber on DeSantis, Trump & Those Who Spread Hate “Doing Harm”: Roy Eidelson on the American Psychological Association’s Embrace of U.S. Torture Program   Democracy Now! is a daily national independent award-winning news program, hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez.


Law & Disorder

Abortion, Bodily Autonomy, and Abolition in Canada; Plus, Resistance in Residence Artist Jerry Law

The US Supreme court has made abortion access much harder by overturning Roe v Wade. Today, we turn to Canada, where persistent threats to reproductive justice include: sexual violence, gun violence, homophobia and transphobia, criminalization of sex work, reproductive oppression of Indigenous women and girls, privatization of fertility health services, and the racism and colonialism … Continued


Democracy Now!

Democracy Now 6am – September 5, 2023

On Today’s Show: Racist Shootings “Don’t Happen in a Vacuum”: Bishop Barber on DeSantis, Trump & Those Who Spread Hate “Doing Harm”: Roy Eidelson on the American Psychological Association’s Embrace of U.S. Torture Program   Democracy Now! is a daily national independent award-winning news program, hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez.