Strike! Barbara Ehrenreich Calls on TSA Workers to Walk Off Job in Protest of Government Shutdown; Native American Communities Bear Brunt of Shutdown with Medicine Shortages & Suspended Food Programs; The Fox in Charge of the Henhouse: Activists Decry Trump’s EPA Pick, Coal Lobbyist Andrew Wheeler.
In what ways do media-propagated ideals of beauty affect women and girls? Whose interests do such ideals serve? Meeta Rani Jha draws from the ideas of second- and third-wave feminism in her examination of the beauty pageant phenomenon; hair-straightening and other appearance-changing practices; and antiracist challenges to the dominant white beauty standard. Also: Angela Davis … Continued
“A Fight for the Soul of Britain”: Theresa May’s Brexit Deal Goes Down in Historic Defeat; Could Trump’s Attorney General Pick William Barr Be “Worse Than Jeff Sessions” on Civil Rights? Judge Blocks Gov’t Plan to Add Citizenship Question to Census, Citing “Smorgasbord” of Broken Rules.
On today’s show we’ll first speak with Ron Fein, a constitutional lawyer with the group Free Speech for People and we’ll discuss what the recent news reports on Donald Trump mean in the context of the Special Counsel’s investigation. Then. as part of our series Rising Up In the Streets, we’ll bring you a special … Continued
In 1805, a remarkable slave rebellion took place — not in the Atlantic, but in the Pacific, and involving an unusual ruse. And it illustrates, argues historian Greg Grandin, something fundamental about freedom and unfreedom in the New World. Grandin examines the historical event, immortalized by Herman Melville, in which insurgent slave leaders maintained a striking … Continued
PG&E bankrupt??? L.A. teachers on strike! Dan Morain gives us the lowdown. PLUS a new revealing show from Dan Hoyle. PLUS: a new semester of Awakening Joy class, with a CD launch! James Baraz and Eve Decker join us. With host Kris Welch.
“Public Education Is Not Your Plaything”: L.A. Teachers Strike Against Privatization & Underfunding; Will Trump’s AG Pick William Barr Face Questions over Gitmo, Mass Incarceration & NSA Surveillance?; Arizona Activists Face Jail Time for Providing Life-Saving Aid to Migrants Crossing Sonoran Desert.
On today’s show we’ll analyze Mike Pompeo’s recent bizarre speech in Cairo, Egypt, and what it means for Iran, and the Syria war. Our empire and foreign policy correspondent Rahul Mahajan will join us. Then we’ll turn to author Deepa Iyer for a look at a remarkable women-led uprising in Kerala, India that is challenging … Continued
Ralph engages in a spirited debate with Constitutional scholar Alan Hirsch, author of “Impeaching the President: Past, Present, and Future,” about how the history of impeachment informs the case for possibly impeaching Donald Trump.
The British parliament is scheduled to vote on a withdrawal agreement with the European Union as the UK is trying to leave the EU by March 29th of this year. A political crisis has been set up in London as well as in Europe over this vote and what could happen afterwards. Professor Desmond Dinan … Continued
