Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. Senate Democrats announce a $3.5 trillion human infrastructure bill. Senate leader Chuck Schumer backs federal legislation to legalize marijuana. Biden administration to begin evacuating Afghans to U.S. who helped U.S. military during Afghanistan war. Family of Andrew … Continued
On Wednesday, Oakland residents rallied outside the Oakland A’s office, calling for the A’s baseball team and the developer of a proposed waterfront ballpark to invest more funds in the community as part of the project. We spoke with organizers about affordable housing, jobs for Oakland residents and the upcoming critical vote on the A’s … Continued
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The richly diverse and fascinating world of culture and politics of the Middle East and North Africa, co-hosted by Khalil and Malihe.
This series explores stories of culture, politics and nature from Oakland, Berkeley and other towns throughout Alameda and Contra Costa counties.
Two prominent currents within ecosocialism are ecomodernism and degrowth. In this full-length interview, David Ravensbergen describes and assesses the ecomodernist and degrowth positions; he also weighs in on “doomer politics” and the Green New Deal. Robert Latham, A. T. Kingsmith, Julian von Bargen, and Niko Block, eds., Challenging the Right, Augmenting the Left: Recasting Leftist … Continued
One of the programs of the New Deal in the 1930s is being revamped for application today, in the U.S. Congress: to support writers and artists. We talk with one of the instigators. PLUS: it’s the one-year anniversary of Lockdown Comedy! We talk with Lisa Geduldig. Hosted by Kris Welch.
Guest: Jeremy D. Popkin is the William T. Bryan Chair of History at the University of Kentucky, he is the author of a number of books including Facing Racial Revolution: Eyewitness Accounts of the Haitian Insurrection, and A New World Begins: The History of the French Revolution. Featured image credit: Storming of The Bastille, Jean-Pierre Houël … Continued
Democracy Now! is a daily national independent award-winning news program, hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez.
On this show: 0:08 – Robert T. Garrett (@RobertTGarrett) is Austin Bureau Chief for The Dallas Morning News and talks about Texas Democrats’ decision to flee the state to prevent state Republicans from attaining quorum on a vote to restrict voting rights. 0:34 – We take your calls on climate science and wildfires in California! … Continued
