beyond the class/identity dead end • effect of federal layoffs on black women
Nancy Fraser goes beyond the class/identity disputes • Natalie Y. Moore on the effects of federal layoffs on black women (article here)
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In a genre-bending story about a quest to conquer evil and save the world, the young-adult characters of Kestrel Gaian’s “The Boy From Elsewhere” take a trek through the multiverse where nothing is quite what it seems. The poet, playwright, essayist, composer and author discusses the importance of queer visibility in young adult fiction in a conversation with This Way Out’s David Hunt.
Art Cullen is the editor and co-owner with his brother John of the Storm Lake Times Pilot, a weekly newspaper in that Northwest Iowa county seat – a town of about 12,000. In 2017, Art won the Pulitzer Prize in Editorial Writing “for editorials fueled by tenacious reporting, impressive expertise, and engaging writing that successfully challenged powerful corporate agricultural … Continued
UpFront (Replay) – March 19, 2026
UpFront delivers a mix of local, state, and international coverage through challenging interviews, civil debates, breaking updates, and in-depth discussions with authors.
Democracy Now! (Rebroadcast) – March 19, 2026
On today’s show: Headlines “Iran Is Playing the Long Game”: Prof. Vali Nasr on What to Expect from Protracted War in Middle East The End of the Petrodollar? How Iran War Is Reshaping the Global Economy: Author Laleh Khalili From Epic Fury to Epstein Fury: Rep. Ro Khanna on the Betrayals of the Trump Administration … Continued
On Today’s show guest host Thandisizwe Chimerenga talks to Kali Akuno about the US wars in Iran and in Cuba and what we can do about it. Kali Akuno is an organizer, educator, and writer at the forefront of movements for Black self-determination, economic democracy, and ecological justice. He is co-founder and co-director of Cooperation … Continued
Global Energy Supply Disruption from War; Plus, Trump Orders Oil Production Activity Along Santa Barbara
08:00 — Stanley Reed is a London-based writer on energy, the environment and the Middle East. He was recently in the UAE (before the war) and has travelled through the Strait of Hormuz. 33:00 — Rachel Mathews is Senior Attorney in the Oceans Program at the Center for Biological Diversity. 45:00 — Alejandra Reyes-Velarde is an … Continued
Democracy Now! – March 19, 2026
On today’s show: Headlines “Iran Is Playing the Long Game”: Prof. Vali Nasr on What to Expect from Protracted War in Middle East The End of the Petrodollar? How Iran War Is Reshaping the Global Economy: Author Laleh Khalili From Epic Fury to Epstein Fury: Rep. Ro Khanna on the Betrayals of the Trump Administration … Continued
Background Briefing (5am) – March 19, 2026
On today’s show: The Organizer of an International Humanitarian Flotilla Delivering Aid to the Desperate and Starving People of Cuba We begin with the head of an international humanitarian effort underway to alleviate the suffering of the Cuban people whose country is falling apart all around them as they run out of food, water, gas … Continued
Non-fiction Music – March 19, 2026
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A mix of jazz, folk, blues and more with Joel Sachs.