Jeffry Fawcett, PhD discusses the failed promises of the Human Genome Project, what DNA actually has to do with your health, and the emergence of whole organism biology. Visit Your Own Health And Fitness
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Capitalism depends on various inexpensive things to stay robust, including labor — both paid and unpaid — energy, food, and nature. What happens when they all stop being cheap at the same time? Jason Moore discusses whether capitalism can survive the rising costs of business as usual. (Encore presentation.) Resources: Raj Patel & Jason W. … Continued
The DNC to Consider Proposed Super-Delegate Changes and Remembering the 1968 Democratic Convention
The issue over the super-delegates and the democratic presidential primary of 2016 became a controversial one. This week the Democratic National Committee will meet in Chicago to consider changes to the super delegate and other roles. This meeting comes in the 50th anniversary of the Democratic National Convention also in Chicago where riots broke out … Continued
Sister Simone Campbell: Catholic Sex Abuse Stems from “Monarchy” & Exclusion of Women from Power; National Prison Strike Begins: Prisoners in 17 States Demand End to “Slave Labor” Behind Bars; From Attica to South Carolina: Heather Ann Thompson on the Roots of the Nationwide Prison Strike.
0:08 – Today, prisoners across the country launched a national strike, including work stoppages and hunger strikes, to demand better conditions, better pay, and justice. Brooke Terpstra is an organizer with the Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee (@IWW_IWOC) and joins us to discuss. The National Prisoners’ Strike is planned for Aug 21 to Sep 9. 0:34 – … Continued
On todays show, we examine the EPA and climate denialism. First, Scott Pruitt, former head of the Environmental Protection Agency, is clouded by unprecedented scandal and allegations of corruption. Mary Anne Hitt from the Sierra Club will join us to discuss Pruitt’s disastrous legacy at the EPA in terms of the gutting of public safety … Continued
How have the adverse experiences of your childhood impacted your physical and emotional health as an adult? Some steps in healing is understanding and untangling what happened, talking about the trauma, and learning resiliency skills. Join Nurse Rona and her guests to learn more.
Ralph talks to world–renowned doctor Andrew Weil about the pharmaceutical industry and the problem of over-medication, outlined in his book “Mind Over Meds.” And Princeton professor Robert Tignor tells us about the petition he wrote calling for the denuclearization of the Middle East that was signed by the likes of Ralph, Noam Chomsky and Chris … Continued
ICE Arrests Husband Taking Pregnant Wife to Hospital to Give Birth, Forcing Her to Drive Alone; Horror at TX Detention Center: ICE Guards Separate Fathers & Sons After They Had Just Been Reunited; In Memoriam: David McReynolds, the Gay Socialist Pacifist Who Twice Ran for President, Dies at 88.
ICE Arrests Husband Taking Pregnant Wife to Hospital to Give Birth, Forcing Her to Drive Alone
ICE Arrests Husband Taking Pregnant Wife to Hospital to Give Birth, Forcing Her to Drive Alone; Horror at TX Detention Center: ICE Guards Separate Fathers & Sons After They Had Just Been Reunited; In Memoriam: David McReynolds, the Gay Socialist Pacifist Who Twice Ran for President, Dies at 88.