Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. US officials justify war on Iran as United Nations, Dems criticize attacks; Iranian Americans in LA protest wars for regime change, say US has no role in MidEast but to exit; Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) official … Continued
Today on the show: The US/ Israeli War on Iran continues to expand, causing flare ups in India and Pakistan. We’ll feature a special report from Islamabad, Pakistan. Also is Trump willing to create WW3 to block the investition into compelling charges that he was a main player in the Epstein child-molestation ring: also Israeli … Continued
Davey D opens the conversation by naming the moment as intentionally chaotic and disorienting, with flashpoints piling up at once Iran, Cuba, Venezuela, Gaza, and ICE raids. He frames the goal as making sense of the noise, then brings in Medea Benjamin of Code Pink as someone who confronts power directly and has been in … Continued
Background Briefing offers an educational approach to providing information in an era of “fake news.”
There is a growing movement to redefine manhood, and to address ways that violence is baked into our cultural expectations of masculinity. Courageous, visionary men are rising to the challenge. One of those men is activist, writer and public speaker Kevin Powell. Powell boldly and bravely discusses his experiences with toxic masculinity and his journey … Continued
Our chemically-dependent food system may be great for petrochemical companies, but it’s taking a serious toll on our health and the environment. This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug discuss the synergistic impacts of wireless radiation and environmental chemicals, and a new survey showing when it comes to food, Americans don’t trust their government … Continued
This hour long radio program presents and discusses women’s lives and issues globally and locally from a radical, multiracial, feminist, mujerist, womanist perspective.
Capitalism by its nature produces crises and, for the last century, states have responded by imposing austerity measures on the public. Economist Clara Mattei argues that austerity is actually a bludgeon to entrench elite power and repress workers’ aspirations for a more egalitarian society. She discusses its origins—and that of modern economics—during the greatest existential … Continued
On today’s show: Washington Post personal finance columnist, Michelle Singletary, tells the moving story of how a visit to her grade school by the Reverend Jesse Jackson inspired her life and career as described in her column, “How the Rev. Jesse Jackson Taught Me to Keep Hope Alive.” Then Ralph welcomes Professor Eric S. Fish … Continued
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