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Join Karyn Sanders as she discusses allergies and the plants to ease your discomfort. Previously aired 06.07.18. Follow us on Instagram and Facebook @theherbalhighway. Photo by Nicholas Sorrenti on Unsplash
Following the attacks of September 11th, the administration of George W. Bush instituted the widespread use of coercive interrogations of detainees, as well as kidnapping, forced disappearance, and sham commission proceedings. Yet for the first several years of the “war on terror” little was known about what the U.S. state was doing to prisoners, until … Continued
Guest: Mel Gurtov is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Portland State University. He previously was on the staff of the RAND Corporation, where he was co-author of the Pentagon Papers. He is the author of 30 books on China, US foreign policy, and international affairs, most recently America in Retreat: Foreign Policy under Donald … Continued
San Quentin to Become “Rehabilitation Center”; SFPD Response Times Waning; Plus, 20 Years Since the US Invasion of Iraq
We begin our show with a remembrance of the US invasion of Iraq, 20 years ago this week. Then – California Governor Gavin Newsom has announced that San Quentin State Prison will transition into a “rehabilitation” center for the California prison system, transitioning to a service-oriented site that focuses on prisoners who are spending their … Continued
The invasion of Iraq: Twenty years later
0:08 — Rasha al Aqeedi, Middle East deputy editor at New Lines Magazine; when US-led forces invaded, she was living with her parents in Mosul, in northern Iraq. 0:33 — Andrew Bacevich is co-founder of the Quincy Institute and Professor Emeritus of International Relations and History at Boston University.