Supreme Court Ruling on Affirmative Action – Hard Knock Radio – June 29, 2023
Davey D speaks with Natasha Wilkins, Jeff Chang, Gaye Theresa Johnson, and Mike Benitez about the Supreme Court Ruling on Affirmative Action
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Background Briefing – June 29, 2023
We begin with an alarming report from the Inspector General of the Small Business Administration that finds over $200 billion from the PPP and Covid relief funds was stolen and went to fraudsters. It is likely that up to 17% of Covid relief funds ended up with scammers with additional losses of $28 billion from … Continued
From the Bookwaves Archive: Joanna Trollope discussing her novel “Brother and Sister” and her career, recorded May 2002, and Andrew Sean Greer, discussing “The Confessions of Max Tivoli,” recorded March, 2004. Hosted by Richard Wolinsky.
The Wagner uprising, the Confederate diaspora
Anatol Lieven, Eurasia director of the Quincy Institute, on Prigozhin’s aborted uprising in Russia and Putin’s status • Samuel Bazzi, co-author of this paper, on the effects of the white migration out of the South after the Civil War on the recipient areas
Voices of the Middle East and North Africa – June 29, 2023
The richly diverse and fascinating world of culture and politics of the Middle East and North Africa, co-hosted by Khalil and Malihe.
Guest: Geoffrey R. Stone is the Edward H. Levi Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago. He is the author and co-author of several books including his latest, A Legacy of Discrimination: The Essential Constitutionality of Affirmative Action co-authored with Lee C. Bollinger. photo (c): Anthony Quintano, 2022. Creative Commons Attribution 2.0
Democracy Now 9am – June 29, 2023
On Today’s Show: After Failed Mutiny in Russia, U.S. Sanctions Wagner Funders as Fighters Remain in Africa & Syria Canadian Climate Activist: Big Oil Is Fueling Fires. We Must Stop Funding New Fossil Fuel Pipelines “Climate Silence”: Corporate Media Still Failing to Link Wildfires & Extreme Weather to Climate Crisis Meet One of the Teens … Continued
Executive misuses domestic violence resources; Plus, the unhappy anniversary of the Dobbs decision
On today’s show we talk with journalist Scott Morris about his recent article in the Vallejo Sun detailing how SafeQuest Solano, the largest provider of domestic violence services, rented a house to an executive for $1 per year instead of providing crucial housing to victims of domestic violence. Read the investigation at https://www.vallejosun.com/solano-nonprofit-executive-lived-in-domestic-violence-safe-house-rented-from-city-of-fairfield/ This week … Continued
Attacks on Trans Rights and the Role of Mainstream Media in Perpetuating Anti-LGBTQ+ Rhetoric
0:08 — Imara Jones is the creator of TransLash Media, a cross-platform, non-profit journalism and narrative organization working to shift the current culture of hostility towards transgender people in the US. Tuck Woodstock is a journalist and educator based in Brooklyn. A co-founder of Sylveon Consulting, and host of the podcast Gender Reveal.
Democracy Now 6am – June 29, 2023
On Today’s Show: After Failed Mutiny in Russia, U.S. Sanctions Wagner Funders as Fighters Remain in Africa & Syria Canadian Climate Activist: Big Oil Is Fueling Fires. We Must Stop Funding New Fossil Fuel Pipelines “Climate Silence”: Corporate Media Still Failing to Link Wildfires & Extreme Weather to Climate Crisis Meet One of the Teens … Continued