Donald TruTrump’s new Executive Order on US-Cuba relations aims to undo all of President Obama’s advances on a detente with the island nation. On today’s show we’ll speak with Netfa Freeman of the Institute of Policy Studies to find out what exactly it means. And, with the resignation of Uber CEO Travis Kalanick, author Steven … Continued
On today’s show hosts Cat Brooks and Mitch Jeserich talk with Steve Phillips about Georgia’s Special Election. Steve Phillips, is the founder of Democracy in Color, an organization focused on race, politics and the New American Majority. Phillips is a civil rights lawyer and senior fellow at the Center for American Progress. Democracy in Color released … Continued
U.S. Tied to Torture in Network of Secret Yemen Prisons Run by UAE; As Yemen War Rages On, Saudi King Elevates the War’s Architect—His Own Son—to Be Crown Prince; From War to Cholera, Yemen Is Facing World’s Largest Humanitarian Crisis; Austerity & Neglect Blamed as 79 Die in U.K. Apartment Fire Housing Immigrants & Low-Income … Continued
Today on Flashpoints: We devote the entire hour to the joys of cooking in Palestine: A special podcast by the Electronic Intifada.
Sound healer and performance artist Nekia Wright talks about her latest revelations in healing for community and a discussion of the ways communities and people are actively searching out alternative healing modalities. Hosted by Jovelyn Richards.
What has been the relationship between queer struggles and other struggles on the left against racism, imperialism, and war? It’s often assumed that gay and lesbian liberation has run on its own separate track, but historian Emily Hobson argues that’s a misconception. She reflects on the history of LGBTQ liberation and the politics of solidarity, … Continued
Today host Mitch Jeserich interviews Sociology Professor Antony Alumkal about his new book “Paranoid Science: The Christian Right’s War on Reality.” The book explains how and why Christian leaders came to see scientific truths as hostile. Then Jeserich talks to science writer Dava Sobel about her book “A More Perfect Heaven: How Copernicus Revolutionized the … Continued
France’s parliamentary elections have handed a majority to newly elected centrist Prime Minister Emmanuel Macron. But Macron still faces large challenges, as does his counterpart Theresa May in England. On today’s show we’ll turn to analyst Larry Bensky to help understand the political forces shaping Europe and their relevance in the US. And, the internationally … Continued
On today’s show, hosts Cat Brooks and Mitch Jeserich discuss yesterday’s elections in Georgia and South Carolina elections and their implications on the forthcoming Republican healthcare bill. Brooks and Jeserich also talk with Zainab Chaudry, spokeswoman for the Council on American Islamic Relations, about the shocking weekend slaying of Virginia high school student Nabra Hassanen. Civil … Continued
As Jon Ossoff Loses Georgia Special Election, Where Do Democrats Go from Here in Challenging GOP? Media Malpractice? As GOP Moves to Strip Healthcare from Millions, Press Remains Focused on Russia; Katrina vanden Heuvel Cautions Against Overreading into Ossoff’s Loss in Georgia Special Election; Can Brooklyn’s Little Pakistan Survive Trump? Inside One Family’s Fight to … Continued
