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The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays

President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy agree to debt ceiling deal, progressives oppose key components; Turkey’s President Erdogan wins runoff election – May 29, 2023

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Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy agree to debt ceiling deal, progressives oppose key components. Uganda President signs Anti-Homosexuality Act, punishing certain homosexual acts with the death penalty; LGBTQ advocates swiftly file legal challenge. Turkey’s … Continued

About Health

The Longing to Belong

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The feeling of ease and belonging is something foreign to many people, resulting in a backdrop of anxiety in day to day life. Join Thuy in discussion with Rosie as she uncovers the roots of this anxiety and finds her way back to healing in unexpected places.

The Ralph Nader Radio Hour

Predatory Capitalists – The Ralph Nader Radio Hour – May 29, 2023

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Ralph welcomes Pulitzer Prize winning reporter, Gretchen Morgenson, co-author of “These Are the Plunderers: How Private Equity Runs – And Wrecks – America,” where they name names in this “heads we win, tails you lose” system of predatory capitalism. Gretchen Morgenson is the senior financial reporter for the NBC News Investigative Unit. A former stockbroker, she … Continued

Letters and Politics

Jim Thorpe: From Boarding School to Champion

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Guest: David Maraniss is an associate editor at The Washington Post and a distinguished visiting professor at Vanderbilt University. He has won two Pulitzer Prizes for journalism and was a finalist three other times.  Among his bestselling books are biographies of Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, Roberto Clemente, and Vince Lombardi, Rome 1960: The Olympics That Changed the World, They Marched into … Continued

Law & Disorder

Way Down in the Hole – the Violence of Solitary Confinement; Plus, Resistance in Residence Artist Michelle ‘Mush’ Lee

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Thousands of people languish in solitary confinement every day around this country. In today’s episode, we’re in conversation with the authors of a new book: Way Down in the Hole: Race, Intimacy, and the Reproduction of Racial Ideologies in Solitary Confinement, by Angela J Hattery and Earl Smith. Learn more about the book: https://www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/way-down-in-the-hole/9781978823785 Our … Continued