“It’s a Nightmare for Us”: Up to 250,000 Salvadorans Face Deportation After Trump TPS Decision; Rev. William Barber: Trump is a Symptom of a Deeper Moral Malady Behind Racist, Xenophobic Policies; Rev. Barber & Ex-Page to Segregationist Strom Thurmond Unite to Launch New Poor People’s Campaign.
Israel has decided to ban 20 organizations including Codepink, in a direct response to the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement. On our show today we’ll speak with Ariel Gold, Co-Director of Code Pink about the ban, and about the on-going incarceration of 16-year old Ahed Tamimi. Then, we’ll spend the rest of the hour with … Continued
Flu season’s off to an early and deadly start in California. Dr. Will Courtenay and his guests will discuss traditional and alternative approaches to preventing and treating colds and flus. Guests are Dr. Art Reingold, Professor of Epidemiology at UC Berkeley, and Chris Kresser of California Center for Functional Medicine and author of Unconventional Medicine.
What do animals have to do with absolutism? Can animal bodies and representations be used to justify authoritarian rule, or can they model forms of conduct expected of a ruler’s associates? According to Peter Sahlins, animals that lived and were depicted in the royal gardens of Versailles played a key role in Louis XIV’s reign, … Continued
Ralph talks to legendary progressive lawyer and former U.S. Attorney General, Ramsey Clark, about the conflicts in the Middle East. And we continue our discussion about the difference between “progressives” and “liberals” and why the distinction is important. Plus more listener questions!
Today, Mitch Jeserich is in conversation with Mike Duncan, creator of the award-winning podcast series The History of Rome and Revolutions, about his new book The Storm Before the Storm: The Beginning of the End of the Roman Republic. He explains how the accumulation of inequalities, social prejudice and corruption led the Roman Republic to its fall.
Recent FBI cases regarding terrorism in the Bay Area brought up concerns about whether Muslim youth are being entrapped, and roped into compromising situations before conviction. Darwin BondGraham is a staff writer at the East Bay Express who wrote an article on the subject, entitled Terror or Entrapment?. Darwin speaks with us alongside Zahra Billoo, civil rights attorney and … Continued
Watch Oprah Winfrey’s Powerful Lifetime Achievement Award Acceptance Speech at Golden Globes; Time’s Up: Activists Join Actresses on Golden Globes Red Carpet to Call for Gender & Racial Justice.
The Trump administration has announced an end to an offshore drilling ban, rolling back hard won environmental victories. On our show today we’ll turn to long-time oil and gas expert Antonia Juhasz for what it means. Then, after Jeff Sessions’ announcement to rescind the Cole Memo on marijuana policies, we’ll speak with Justin Strekal of … Continued
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