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We are in conversation with Craig Unger to talk about the links between Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, and the the Russian Mafia. According to Unger’s investigations, the story begins in the 1970s, when Trump made his first splash in the booming of New York real estate and ends with Trump’s inauguration as president of the … Continued
The Case Against Donald Trump: Rep. Al Green Says President Must Resign or Face Impeachment; NC’s Sole Black Woman Historical Commissioner: Confederate Statues Don’t Belong at State Capitol; White Nationalism in the White House: Administration Faces New Revelations About Ties to Far Right.
On todays show, well examine the prison-industrial complex in the U.S. First, the ACLU of Southern California is suing Riverside County over a bizarre program that criminalizes students for such things as bad grades or acting out. Well speak with attorney Hannah Comstock about the program and why its unconstitutional. Then, investigative journalist Rebecca Burns … Continued
Alan Hall’s Ratatet performs live on The Hear and Now, 10 p.m., Thursday, August 23.
Tune in for a live in-studio concert by Ratatet, led by jazz drummer Alan Hall. The Bay Area sextet released its second CD, Heroes, Saints and Clowns, this past June, and will be performing this Sunday in the California Jazz Conservatory’s Hardymon Hall @ The Jazz School. Hall built Ratatet out of the Electreo trio with … Continued
According to Terry Kupers, a culture of punishment and impunity pervades solitary confinement facilities around the U.S. Because many inmates in solitary suffer from serious mental illness, they can respond to escalating punishments in ways that invite more — and more brutal — punitive measures. Kupers discusses what can be done to promote, rather than … Continued
Donald Trump’s longtime personal lawyer Michael Cohen’s admission of guilt of violating federal election laws in arranging hush money to pay a porn actress and a Playboy model on behalf of his client could potentially open doors to persecute State criminal charges for Donald Trump. To talk about the implications of the Cohen and Paul Manafort cases … Continued
0:08 – The Trump Administration announced it will rollback a signature Obama-era policy known as the Clean Power Plan, potentially opening the door for massive carbon pollution. David Arkush (@David_Arkush) director of Public Citizen’s Climate Change Program, and Vera Pardee is Senior Counsel with the Center for Biological Diversity (@CenterForBioDiv) join us to discuss what this means for the … Continued
Michael Cohen Pleads Guilty & Implicates Trump as Paul Manafort Is Convicted. Is Impeachment Next? Trump Administration Admits 1,400+ More People Will Die Each Year Following Coal Plant Deregulation; Meet Maya Little, UNC Student Whose Protest Ignited the Movement to Topple a Racist Confederate Statue.
On our show today, well focus on elections and voting issues. First, 5 years after the Supreme Court gutted a key provision of the Voting Rights Act, the Brennan Center in a new report has found voters being purged off of rolls all over the nation. Kevin Morris, the co-author of the report will join … Continued