Up next, we’ll discuss the general elections in Haiti, held on October 25th of this year. Haitians were choosing from more than 50 candidates to succeed President Michel Martelly. They were also electing members of the Congress, which was dissolved in January amid politically motivated mass murders in Haiti. Preliminary results could be issued in … Continued
With Steven Lee Meyers. Meyers has worked at The New York Times for twenty-six years, seven of them in Russia during the period when Putin consolidated his power. He spent two years as bureau chief in Baghdad, covering the winding down of the American war in Iraq, and now covers national security issues. He is author of … Continued
Did John Boehner just sell out his base? Or did the Democratic leadership just sell out the soon-to-retire? Paul Ryan can’t seem to decide: he flipped from attacking the budget deal to supporting it in the space of 24 hours. We dig into the budget deal that took Capitol Hill by surprise, and the man … Continued
When School Cops Go Bad: South Carolina Incident Highlights Growing Police Presence in Classrooms; Texas Student Spent 52 Days in Coma After Being Tased by Police at School; Criminalizing the Classroom: Inside the School-to-Prison Pipeline; The Armor of Light: New Documentary Makes the Evangelical Case for Gun Reform.
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Tonight’s program includes a conversation focused on restorative justice with a formerly incarcerated prisoner; the newest poem by Jorge Argueta about keeping the culture of Mission district alive in the face of evictions and gentrification, and he also discusses his newest children’s bilingual book, “Olita y Manyula, The Big Birthday/ El gran cumpleanos”; and a chance to win … Continued
Today on Flashpoints: An in depth look at the new speaker of the house to be, Paul Ryan. Also, a week of Code Pink anti drone protests under way in Nevada. We’ll have an anti drone speak out. Also Nora Barrows-Friedman and the Electronic Intifada brings us their weekly podcast.
Science News: Has an alien megastructure been signed by astronomers in outer space? Guest: MIT Professor Seth Lloyd talks about quantum computers. Hosted by Dr. Michio Kaku.
With Richard Wolff, Professor of Economics Emeritus at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst where he taught economics from 1973 to 2008. He is currently a Visiting Professor at the New School University in New York City. He is host the the radio show Economic Update from WBAI in New York. By now, everyone knows that Bernie Sanders calls … Continued
Berkeley’s city council takes up 10 — count ‘em, 10 — measures to try to address the affordable housing crisis. Councilmember Kriss Worthington joins us in-studio to discuss everything from affordable housing finance to a windfall rental profit tax. Plus: What’s under the hood of the “sharing economy?” We talk to Steven Hill about his … Continued
Despite Military Crackdown in Papua & Other Rights Abuses, Obama Hosts Indonesian President in D.C.; Massive Indonesian Plantation Fires Create Environmental Catastrophe Spewing Haze & Carbon Emissions; With Military Backing, TV Comedian Wins in Guatemala in First Vote Since Jailing of Ex-President; Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz on “Rewriting the Rules of the American Economy”; In … Continued
