Rep. Ro Khanna: U.S. Troops Are a “Sitting Target” in Syria; It’s Time to Bring Them Home; A Coup in Progress? Venezuelan Foreign Minister Decries U.S. & Brazil-Backed Effort to Oust Maduro.
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On today’s show we’ll examine how the Republican Party has only now apparently discovered the racism of one of its own: Representative Steve King of Iowa, whose recent New York Times interview resulted in the loss of his committee leadership positions. Cristina Lopez of Media Matters will be our guest. Then, author and activist Robin … Continued
Dr. Martin Luther King would have been 90 years old on Tuesday. His life’s work on racial equality has become another dream deferred in toady’s America, according to Jessicah Pierre from the Institute for Policy Studies. Plus Martin Rees from the British Astronomer Royal talks about the future of humanity. Hosted by Kris Welch.
A conversation on eighteenth-century philosopher Denis Diderot and the battle over his encyclopedia which was considered to be full of subversive stuff. Diderot challenged virtually all of his century’s accepted truths, from the sanctity of monarchy, to the racial justification of the slave trade, to the norms of human sexuality. He is considered a prophetic philosopher … Continued
Strike! Barbara Ehrenreich Calls on TSA Workers to Walk Off Job in Protest of Government Shutdown; Native American Communities Bear Brunt of Shutdown with Medicine Shortages & Suspended Food Programs; The Fox in Charge of the Henhouse: Activists Decry Trump’s EPA Pick, Coal Lobbyist Andrew Wheeler.
In what ways do media-propagated ideals of beauty affect women and girls? Whose interests do such ideals serve? Meeta Rani Jha draws from the ideas of second- and third-wave feminism in her examination of the beauty pageant phenomenon; hair-straightening and other appearance-changing practices; and antiracist challenges to the dominant white beauty standard. Also: Angela Davis … Continued
“A Fight for the Soul of Britain”: Theresa May’s Brexit Deal Goes Down in Historic Defeat; Could Trump’s Attorney General Pick William Barr Be “Worse Than Jeff Sessions” on Civil Rights? Judge Blocks Gov’t Plan to Add Citizenship Question to Census, Citing “Smorgasbord” of Broken Rules.
On today’s show we’ll first speak with Ron Fein, a constitutional lawyer with the group Free Speech for People and we’ll discuss what the recent news reports on Donald Trump mean in the context of the Special Counsel’s investigation. Then. as part of our series Rising Up In the Streets, we’ll bring you a special … Continued
In 1805, a remarkable slave rebellion took place — not in the Atlantic, but in the Pacific, and involving an unusual ruse. And it illustrates, argues historian Greg Grandin, something fundamental about freedom and unfreedom in the New World. Grandin examines the historical event, immortalized by Herman Melville, in which insurgent slave leaders maintained a striking … Continued
PG&E bankrupt??? L.A. teachers on strike! Dan Morain gives us the lowdown. PLUS a new revealing show from Dan Hoyle. PLUS: a new semester of Awakening Joy class, with a CD launch! James Baraz and Eve Decker join us. With host Kris Welch.