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Afro-Indigenous healing on Soul Fire Farm
Regenerative farming practices rooted in African-Indigenous wisdom and technologies are part of the solution to feeding the world without undermining its ecology Soul Fire Farm is an example of that. co founded by Leah Penniman and Located in upstate New York soul fire farm is an Afro-Indigenous centered community farm committed dedicated to uprooting … Continued
The poorest and most vulnerable regularly find themselves at the mercy of the juvenile and criminal justice systems – through policing and detention, of course, but also child removals and child support, property seizure, and probation. Scholar and lawyer Daniel Hatcher illustrates how U.S. courts, prosecutors, sheriffs, and probation departments are generating vast amounts of … Continued
The Ralph Nader Radio Hour – March 13, 2023
Ralph Nader talks about what’s happening in America, what’s happening around the world, and most importantly what’s happening underneath it all.
Guest: Dr. Maya Kornberg is a political scientist and fellow in the Elections and Government Program at the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law and author of Inside Congressional Committees: Function and Dysfunction in the Legislative Process.
Removing cops from traffic stops in CA; Plus, 3Girls Theatre’s New Works Festival
We start today’s show with a conversation about California’s current campaigns to remove certain responsibilities from police officers in the latest organizing to defund. That includes a statewide campaign to remove police from traffic stops as well as the recent transition in Oakland to remove police from dealing with abandoned vehicles. We’re joined by James … Continued
Collapse of Silicon Valley Bank; Plus, Covid call-ins with Dr. Swartzberg
0:08 — Dean Baker, senior economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research.’ 0:33 — Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health joins us to answer listeners’ COVID questions.