Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. Senate passes bipartisan $1.2 trillion infrastructure package. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo resigns, after sexual harassment probe. More than 900 homes and buildings destroyed in Dixie fire, California’s largest wildfire. Dallas and Austin schools defy Governor Greg … Continued
Today on the Show: The International Panel on Climate Change releases a troubling new report that predicts the world’s temperatures will rise beyond the tipping point in 2030 — ten years earlier than initially forecast. Also, the landfills along the US coasts have become a ticking environmental time bomb and the USG has dropped the … Continued
We speak with two journalist / activists about the legacy of Governor Andrew Cuomo and his decision to resign. We also continue our look back at Ferguson.
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A celebration of the art of poetry and prose with Jack Foley, Nina Serrano, Jovelyn Richards and Jennifer Stone
Join Sarah Holmes and guest Abi Huff as they explore the relationship between land and our health. Abi is a community and clinical herbalist, teacher and intuitive of The Stinging Nettle based in Sonoma, CA. Follow us on Facebook and Instagram @theherbalhighway.
Donald Trump infamously targeted immigrants — and many rejoiced when he left office. But, as historian Elliott Young points out, the criminalization of immigrants has been a bipartisan affair, going back 140 years. He discusses the intersection of mass incarceration and the detention of immigrants. Resources: Elliott Young, Forever Prisoners: How the United States Made … Continued
Guest host Max Pringle spoke with filmmaker Abby Ginsberg about her new documentary on the life of East Bay Congresswoman Barbara Lee. The film is called “Barbara Lee: Speaking Truth to Power.” It premiers in the Bay area on August 20 at the Shattuck Cinema in Berkeley and at the Roxie Theatre in San Francisco, … Continued
Guest: William Bauer, professor of history at the University of Nevada Las Vegas where he is the Director of American Indian & Indigenous Studies. He is also a citizen of the Round Valley Reservation in northern California. He is the co-author of the book We Are the Land: A History of Native California. Previously he … Continued
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