Background Briefing

Background Briefing – March 11, 2026

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse on Trump, Epstein and Putin We begin with the latest examples of Trump’s fealty towards Putin who is providing Iran with targeting to kill Americans in the war underway which Trump and Witkoff are denying, along with having the US abstain from a recent overwhelming UN condemnation of Russia on the 4th … Continued


Julie and Jeremy of the Asheville Community Bail Fund talk about the US system of pre-trial incarceration aka bail and bond, the work of the bail fund locally, the overcrowding of the Buncombe County Jail here in Asheville, the ICE holds happening in the local jail, and how local policy choices regarding criminalization are being compounded by recent and new North Carolina legislation.


Democracy Now! (Rebroadcast)

Democracy Now! (Rebroadcast) – March 11, 2026

On today’s show: Headlines “No Stupid Rules of Engagement”: Ahead of Iran War, Hegseth Halted Efforts to Limit Civilian Deaths Ex-Marine, Senate Candidate Speaks Out After Arrest, Arm Broken During Iran War Protest in Senate “Killers of Roe”: Amy Littlefield Investigates the “Mysterious Death of Abortion Rights” in U.S.   Democracy Now! is a daily … Continued


On today’s show, guest host Kalonji Jama Changa is in conversation with W. Paul Coates, a former Black Panther Party leader in Baltimore. He established the George Jackson Prison Movement to bring Afrocentric literature to inmates. He is the founder of Black Classic Press, and an advocate for, and practitioner of, solidarity as a form of … Continued