Federal food programs, like WIC, face big changes coming out of the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health. Meanwhile, a single moms collective in Ohio holds it down for the single pregnant and parenting people in their community. Motherful’s resource pantry serves their 325-strong membership out of a garage three times a week. … Continued
In the first half of this week’s show, Mickey speaks with three Texas students who campaign against censorship in their state; they’re associated with a group called SEAT (Students Engaged in Advancing Texas). Then Adam Bessie discusses his newly-published book about changes in education wrought by the pandemic, and by ongoing forces of corporatization.
The cultural, the intellectual, the political, the spiritual — and the silly. Life as we know it, fear it, love it, question it, live it. Hosted by Kris Welch.
Terra Verde is joined this week by guests from the Mount Shasta Bioregional Ecology Center who describe how the organization works to protect the forests and source waters of the most northern reaches of California from emerging threats such as the massive Golden State Natural Resources wood pellet manufacture and export scheme.
This week’s Economic Update focuses on the merger of collapsed First Republic Bank and JP Morgan Chase bank, making a “too big to fail” bank even bigger, and the cost of FDIC bank bailouts and mergers. We also present the timeline of policies leading to bank crises and give a brief history of government failures … Continued
On Today’s Show: Rep. Ro Khanna: Avoiding Default Was Necessary, But Debt Deal Was Passed at Expense of “Most Vulnerable” Rep. Ro Khanna Says Sen. Dianne Feinstein Should “Step Down with Dignity” Armed Police Raid on Bail Fund for Cop City Opponents Is Attack on “Infrastructure of the Movement” A Sweetheart Deal for the Sacklers: … Continued
On today’s show, a conversation with founder and executive director of Rich City Rides Najari Smith on his organization’s latest efforts and endeavors in battling the climate crisis Plus, Miriam Torres Senior Project Manager at the Bay Area Air Quality Management District on their newly created environmental justice segment added to their guidelines for … Continued
0:08 — Brett Christophers is Professor in the Department of Social and Economic Geography at Uppsala University. A political economist and economic geographer, he is the author of Our Lives in Their Portfolios: Why Asset Managers Own the World
On Today’s Show: Rep. Ro Khanna: Avoiding Default Was Necessary, But Debt Deal Was Passed at Expense of “Most Vulnerable” Rep. Ro Khanna Says Sen. Dianne Feinstein Should “Step Down with Dignity” Armed Police Raid on Bail Fund for Cop City Opponents Is Attack on “Infrastructure of the Movement” A Sweetheart Deal for the Sacklers: … Continued
We begin with what legal analysts and pundits are describing as “game over” for Trump in being able to defend himself from charges pending from the Special Counsel Jack Smith who is investigating Trump’s theft of classified documents and obstruction of justice in holding onto them. Joining us is Dennis Aftergut, a former federal prosecutor and … Continued
