US surpasses 500,000 Covid-19 Related Deaths, President Leads National Commemoration. California Legislature Debates School Reopenings Amid Arguments Over Timing. Biden Administration Issues New Immigration Arrest and Deportation Guidelines. Biden’s $1.9 trillion Covid Relief Bill Clears Key House Panel.
Today on the Show: We remember Sister Dianna Ortiz, the courageous peace worker, who devoted her life in the fight for human rights and the poor, and who was kidnapped, tortured and raped in Guatemala by US trained and supported death squads.
We talk about the troubling case of Angelo Quinto and how he was killed by police. Angelo Quinto was a Navy veteran who died after an encounter with Antioch, California, police, his family says because an officer put a knee on the back of his neck for almost four minutes. Guests: Isabella Collins, Ben Nisebaum, Frank … Continued
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A program designed to give listeners an opportunity to talk directly with experts in the fields of both traditional and non-traditional health, with Dr. Lenoir and Rona Renner, RN.
There have been many conversations and debates about defunding the police and abolishing prisons. Also, currently there are official conversations about Black reparations. This past Friday, Japanese American communities celebrated their Day of Remembrance for those imprisoned in concentration camps during WWII. I agree that we should abolish prisons and defund the police. But our … Continued
Can our fear of aging and dying be overcome? What can we look forward to as we get older? The influential spiritual seeker and author Ram Dass shares insights drawn from Eastern and Western traditions.
Ralph Nader talks about what’s happening in America, what’s happening around the world, and most importantly what’s happening underneath it all.
Guest: Elizabeth Kolbert is an environmental reporter and author of Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change and The Sixth Extinction, for which she won the Pulitzer Prize. For her work at The New Yorker, where she’s a staff writer, she has received two National Magazine Awards and the Blake-Dodd Prize from the American Academy of Arts … Continued
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