How destructive have Donald Trump’s denigrating comments about Haiti, El Salvador, and African nations been here at home and abroad? On our show today we’ll turn to American freelance journalist and activist Sameer Dossani who is based in Johannesburg, South Africa. Then, as Aziz Ansari becomes the latest target of the #MeToo movement, we’ll ask … Continued
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Reporte de Noti Frayba: México el país más peligroso para ejercer el periodismo; Veracruz, la entidad más violenta para la prensa. Entrevista con la banda guatemalteca El Tambor de la Tribu. Kápsulas Insumisas, de la Kolektiva Libertaria. Y Democracy Now! en Español. Conducido y producido por Miguel Guerrero.
Why are we having a Deep Freeze? With Guest Travis Bradford. Hosted by Dr. Michio Kaku.
This week Layna Berman suggests that living with uncertainty presents an opportunity. Her lecture uses principles from Soto Zen Buddhism along with an exploration of how religions and cultures worldwide understands what happens to us after death. Visit Your Own Health And Fitness
Today host Mitch Jeserich is in conversation with Anna Feigenbaum, author of Tear Gas: From the Battlefields of WWI to the Streets of Today, about the history of this chemical weapon. She shows how its use has evolved for one hundred years, from the hands of French soldiers in the trenches to the ones of police officers in the streets. … Continued
Alexis R. Santos-Lozada is a demographer and professor at Pennsylvania State University. He joins us on the air this morning to discuss the unreported deaths missing from post-Maria estimates. Santos-Lozada found more than 1,000 deaths missing from the official count of Puerto Rican casualties from Hurricane Maria. Déborah Berman-Santana, retired professor of geography and ethnic studies at Mills College … Continued
“When They Call You a Terrorist”: The Life of Black Lives Matter Co-Founder Patrisse Khan-Cullors.
The Trump administration allows states to begin imposing work requirements on recipients of Medicaid – yet another blow to low-income Americans. We’ll turn to Lindsay Koshgarian of the National Priorities Project for more. Then, we’ll go to France to speak with a member of an organization called Stop Planned Obsolescence. Camille Fabacher will explain why … Continued
we speak with Cat Brooks, a member of the ONYX Organizing Committee and the co-founder of the Anti Police-Terror Project (APTP) about the 96 Hours of Direct Action, Non-Compliance Over King Day Weekend. The direct action, is an act of resistance in the face of domestic terrorism waged on America’s most marginalized communities.
On today’s Making Contact, journalist Juan González discusses his new book, Reclaiming Gotham. He chronicles the evolution of the growth machine in America’s cities – from redlining and racial covenants in the early 20th century, to land grabs and privatization in the 21st – and the rise of progressive alliances to reclaim them. Featuring: Juan González, … Continued
