With Linda Martin Alcoff, Professor of Philosophy at Hunter College and author of the book The Future of Whiteness. And Vincent Brown, Professor of History and Professor of African and African-American Studies at Harvard and Curator of “A Slave Revolt in Jamaica, 1760-1761,” an animated thematic map that narrates the spatial history of the greatest slave insurrection in the … Continued


Muslim Woman & Jewish Man Booted from Trump Rally for Silent Protest Against Islamophobia; Historic Settlement over NYPD’s Anti-Muslim Spying Imposes Oversight & Bars Ethnic-Based Targeting; “The National Shame Continues”: On Its 14th Anniversary, Will Guantánamo Ever Be Closed? Historic Trial Lets Activists Who Blocked Oil Train Cite Climate Change Threat in Their Defense.


In the first hour Michael Shermer, Founding Publisher of Skeptic magazine, and a monthly columnist for Scientific American, discusses his new book, “Skeptic: Viewing the World with a Rational Eye”. In the second hour “Cuba and What’s Left of the Left in Latin America” with Eric Leenson, President and Founder of *SOL² ECONOMICS*.


Women Rising radio profiles food sovereignty activists from India, Mexico, and Native American communities. Featuring: Vandana Shiva, founder of Navdanya; Adelita San Vicente Tello, founder of Semillas de Vida; Sage La Pena, Native American, ethno- botanist and food sovereignty activist; Kanyon Sayers-Roods, Native American youth educator. More information: Navdanya fundación semillas de vida The Women’s Herbal Symposium of Northern California I Who … Continued


Global economies are shuddering with news of another Chinese stack market plunge.  Why?  Also: Obama Administration raids over the holidays have sent panic into immigrant communities across the country: why now?  AND: John Nichols on the Oregon invasion, and the Iowa caucuses.  With host Kris Welch.