Classrooms are places where teaching happens. What if they were also places of healing and justice-seeking? Tessa Hicks Peterson describes educational approaches that foster well-being, empowerment, and critical thinking. She also emphasizes the need for trauma-informed pedagogical practices. (Encore presentation.) Tessa Hicks Peterson, Liberating the Classroom: Healing and Justice in Higher Education Johns Hopkins University Press, 2025


Democracy Now! (Rebroadcast)

Democracy Now! (Rebroadcast) – August 27, 2025

On today’s show: Gaza Doctor Says Israel’s Deadly Attack on Nasser Hospital “Crosses All Red Lines” DNC Panel Rejects Resolution Demanding U.S. Arms Embargo on Israel First Black Fed Governor, Lisa Cook, Sues Trump over His Attempt to Fire Her Katrina Declaration: FEMA Suspends Staff Who Warn Trump Cuts Risk Another Disaster   Democracy Now! is a daily … Continued


Democracy Now!

Democracy Now! – August 27, 2025

On today’s show: Gaza Doctor Says Israel’s Deadly Attack on Nasser Hospital “Crosses All Red Lines” DNC Panel Rejects Resolution Demanding U.S. Arms Embargo on Israel First Black Fed Governor, Lisa Cook, Sues Trump over His Attempt to Fire Her Katrina Declaration: FEMA Suspends Staff Who Warn Trump Cuts Risk Another Disaster   Democracy Now! is a daily … Continued


Background Briefing (5am)

Illinois’ Governor Pritzker Stands up to Trump–Trump Fires the First and Only Black Woman on the Fed–How the U.S. Should Deal With the Way the World is, Not How We Wish It To Be

Another Governor, Illinois’ Pritzker, Stands up to Trump While Democratic Leaders in the House and Senate are MIA We begin with another Democratic governor standing up to Trump while Democratic leadership in the House and Senate are AWOL and that is Illinois’ Governor Pritzker who bluntly told Trump to keep the military out of Chicago, … Continued