Maybe the way to end poverty is to give poor people money. The idea of a universal basic income in the U.S. isn’t new. Progressives pushed the concept in the 1960s and 70s, and several other countries have tried local experiments. But, tech industry leaders like Tesla’s Elon Musk have recently taken up the idea … Continued


Updates on problems and solutions for workplace discrimination, China’s ascending economy, capitalism’s drive to income and wealth inequalities, economics of immigration’s winners and losers, US capitalism and African-Americans. Interview with co-author Prof. Richard McIntyre on new book: Knowledge, Class and Economics: Marxism Without Guarantees. Hosted by Economics Professor Richard D. Wolff


As Shutdown Looms over Immigration, Trump’s Rejection of Refugees Could Have Global Domino Effect; Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor: Democratic Party Faces Reckoning for Purging Sanders Supporters; Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor on “How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective”; Norman Finkelstein on the Big Lie About Gaza: The Palestinians Have Not Been the Aggressors.


The Trump administration has decided to create a new division under the Department of Health and Human Services to protect the so-called religious freedoms of health workers claiming that their beliefs prevent them from delivering healthcare in certain cases. We’ll turn to Rob Boston of the group Americans United for Separation of Church and State … Continued


On tonight’s South Asia spotlight on APEX Express, we revisit the much discussed, shared and re-shared #MeToo campaign, but through a recent disturbing incident involving “feminist” ally and media personality Aziz Ansari. On the heels of a report detailing the account of a young photographer’s date with Ansari, which quickly degenerated into a harrowing night … Continued


Today on Flashpoints: We continue our collaboration with Randy Credicos “Live on the Fly: Countdown to Freedom: Julian Assange Season Two”. Well be joined by Emmy award winning filmmaker John Pilger in Australia. Pilgers substantial works and invaluable archives have now been acquired by the British Library: And well be Joined by NSA whistleblower, Thomas … Continued


This week on The Visionary Activist Show, we re·play an especially lively radio romp with poet, Aphorism Genie, Yahia Lababidi, while Caroline convenes a two-week council in Goa, India. “Salvation lies on the other side of danger.” -Yahia Lababidi [Show originally aired 11.09.2017]   Support The Visionary Activist Show on Patreon for RSS podcast feed ($1/month), weekly … Continued


Today host Mitch Jeserich talks to Richard Rothstein about the history of housing law in the Twenty century.  How it meant to segregate beyond the South and how this led to wealth inequality today.  Richard Rothstein is a research associate of the Economic Policy Institute and a fellow at the Thurgood Marshall Institute of the NAACP … Continued