How do we build a city where seniors and disabled people don’t just survive, but actually thrive? And what does it take for an organization to stay ahead of the curve when so many in our community are struggling for housing, transportation, and basic dignity? Join Pushing Limits as we sit down with Shaya French, … Continued
Covering the movements, issues and people fighting for some of the most important social justice issues of our time. Hosted by Amy Gastelum, Salima Hamirani, Anita Jonhson, and Lucy Kang. Sign up for program alerts and sneak peeks from Making Contact at: http://ow.ly/1FkV30aq1z2
This week we are rejoined by media scholar Nolan Higdon to discuss his latest work, “Unmasking Epstein: Power, Blackmail, and the Press’s Failures.” We also delve into the increasingly problematic world of Artificial Intelligence, the challenges and threats AI poses, and the importance of critical AI literacy. Next, Mickey speaks to Brown University first year … Continued
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Across the U.S., there are well over a million contaminated brownfields and superfund sites such as abandoned factories, industrial facilities, and former gas stations where toxic materials have accumulated in the soil. Many of these sites sit polluted for decades because cleanup is expensive and still relies on excavating the soil, hauling it away, and … Continued
This week on Economic Update, Professor Wolff delivers updates on the nationwide Starbucks strikes, the results of Trump’s tariffs: facts and fakery. The second part of the show features an interview with journalist and podcast host John Fugelsang about his new book: Separation of Church and Hate: A Sane Person’s Guide to Taking Back the … Continued
On today’s show: Rigging Democracy: Supreme Court Approves Racial Texas Gerrymander, Handing Trump Midterm Advantage 5,000 Arrests? ICE Descends on Louisiana to Carry Out Raids in World’s “Incarceration Capital” Trump Calls Somali Community “Garbage”: Minnesota Responds to Racist Rant and Immigration Sweeps “Alejandro Was Murdered”: Colombian Fisherman’s Family Files Claim Against U.S. over Boat Strike … Continued
00:08 Tareq Baconi is a writer and scholar, president of Al-Shabaka: the Palestinian Policy Network; author of the 2018 book Hamas Contained, and just out with the memoir Fire in Every Direction
On today’s show: Rigging Democracy: Supreme Court Approves Racial Texas Gerrymander, Handing Trump Midterm Advantage 5,000 Arrests? ICE Descends on Louisiana to Carry Out Raids in World’s “Incarceration Capital” Trump Calls Somali Community “Garbage”: Minnesota Responds to Racist Rant and Immigration Sweeps “Alejandro Was Murdered”: Colombian Fisherman’s Family Files Claim Against U.S. over Boat Strike … Continued
France’s Fifth Government in Three Years Collapses as the Far Right in Europe Rises We begin the collapse of France’s fifth government in three years fueling the rise of the far right National Rally party while Germany’s nativist AfD party grows in strength and the UK’s ruling Labor Party blows its mandate losing voters as … Continued
