Flashpoints

An International Team to Evaluate the Dangers of a Nuclear Meltdown in the War Zone

Today on show: An international team heads for Ukraine to evaluate the dangers of a nuclear meltdown in the war zone: Also a Coalition of Activists are calling on Natural Resources Secretary Wade to support an emergency pause in logging in Jackson Demonstration State Forest (JDSF).  Also the California Gov backing Dangerous Diablo Canyon nuke … Continued


Law & Disorder

Arrests on 43 missing students from Ayotzinapa, Mexico; Plus, inedible food in Virginia women’s prison

On September 26, 2014, students from a rural teachers college in Ayotzinapa, a town in the Mexican state of Guerrero, were disappeared by state actors and police. Forty-three students completely vanished, igniting years of national protest. Now, the country’s former Attorney General – long thought complicit in the coverup – has been arrested, reopening wounds … Continued