Today on the Show: A huilty verdict in the George Floyd trial. What is the real significance? Also, protestors take to the streets in Oajkand, California, to celebrate and to continue the natonal Black Lives Matter struggle against police terrorism. Later, we talk about a protest against KQED public radio, for it’s dis=information reporting on … Continued
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A celebration of the art of poetry and prose with Jack Foley, Nina Serrano, Jovelyn Richards and Jennifer Stone
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The middle of the 19th century — between the abolition of slavery in much of the British Empire and the end of slavery in the United States — is often seen as an age of emancipation. But historian Zach Sell argues that it would be better known as an age of capitalist crisis, upheaval, and … Continued
Walter Johnson, Harvard professor of history, and African and African American Studies, with a new book: The Broken Heart of America: St. Louis and the Violent History of the United States. Hosted by Kris Welch.
Guest: Ioan Grillo is a journalist and author specializing in crime and drugs. He is the author of the books Gangster Warlords: Drug Dollars, Killing Fields and the New Politics of Latin America, El Narco: Inside Mexico’s Criminal Insurgency, and his latest, Blood Gun Money: How America Arms Gangs and Cartels. Photo credit: Rifles at the National Firearms Museum on Wikimedia
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0:08 – Florida passes anti-riot legislation into law Ana Ceballos (@anaceballos_) is a politics and policy reporter with the Miami Herald. 0:20 – Nationwide, there’s an unprecedented push to pass anti-protest legislation Elly Page (@epagination) is a senior legal advisor with the International Center for Non-Profit Law which runs a US Protest Law Tracker that … Continued
Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez.
