According to Terry Kupers, a culture of punishment and impunity pervades solitary confinement facilities around the U.S. Because many inmates in solitary suffer from serious mental illness, they can respond to escalating punishments in ways that invite more — and more brutal — punitive measures. Kupers discusses what can be done to promote, rather than … Continued
Donald Trump’s longtime personal lawyer Michael Cohen’s admission of guilt of violating federal election laws in arranging hush money to pay a porn actress and a Playboy model on behalf of his client could potentially open doors to persecute State criminal charges for Donald Trump. To talk about the implications of the Cohen and Paul Manafort cases … Continued
0:08 – The Trump Administration announced it will rollback a signature Obama-era policy known as the Clean Power Plan, potentially opening the door for massive carbon pollution. David Arkush (@David_Arkush) director of Public Citizen’s Climate Change Program, and Vera Pardee is Senior Counsel with the Center for Biological Diversity (@CenterForBioDiv) join us to discuss what this means for the … Continued
Michael Cohen Pleads Guilty & Implicates Trump as Paul Manafort Is Convicted. Is Impeachment Next? Trump Administration Admits 1,400+ More People Will Die Each Year Following Coal Plant Deregulation; Meet Maya Little, UNC Student Whose Protest Ignited the Movement to Topple a Racist Confederate Statue.
On our show today, well focus on elections and voting issues. First, 5 years after the Supreme Court gutted a key provision of the Voting Rights Act, the Brennan Center in a new report has found voters being purged off of rolls all over the nation. Kevin Morris, the co-author of the report will join … Continued
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Entrevista con Daniel y Wilson de la banda de Candelaria Homanajes: Federico García Lorca (June 5, 1898, Fuente Vaqueros, España – Agosto 18, 1936, Granada, España) Andrés Flores Rosas ( – Agosto 17, 2018) Kápsulas Insumisas de la Kolektiva Libertaria y Democracy Now! en Español! Producción y Conducción por Miguel Guerrero
Jeffry Fawcett, PhD discusses the failed promises of the Human Genome Project, what DNA actually has to do with your health, and the emergence of whole organism biology. Visit Your Own Health And Fitness
Capitalism depends on various inexpensive things to stay robust, including labor — both paid and unpaid — energy, food, and nature. What happens when they all stop being cheap at the same time? Jason Moore discusses whether capitalism can survive the rising costs of business as usual. (Encore presentation.) Resources: Raj Patel & Jason W. … Continued
The issue over the super-delegates and the democratic presidential primary of 2016 became a controversial one. This week the Democratic National Committee will meet in Chicago to consider changes to the super delegate and other roles. This meeting comes in the 50th anniversary of the Democratic National Convention also in Chicago where riots broke out … Continued
Sister Simone Campbell: Catholic Sex Abuse Stems from “Monarchy” & Exclusion of Women from Power; National Prison Strike Begins: Prisoners in 17 States Demand End to “Slave Labor” Behind Bars; From Attica to South Carolina: Heather Ann Thompson on the Roots of the Nationwide Prison Strike.
