Although corporations never marched on Washington, they employed many of the same strategies of many civil rights struggles: civil disobedience, test cases, and legal claims made in a purposeful effort to reshape the law.   Adam Winkler, author of “We The Corporations: How American Businesses Won Their Civil Rights,” joins host Mitch Jeserich in conversation … Continued


On today’s show, we’ll examine formal policy decision by the Trump administration to separate immigrant families from their children at the border, with our immigration correspondent Juan Escalante. Then, independent journalist Marcy Wheeler will explain the latest in the tangled web of the Mueller investigation from Michael Cohen to Rudy Giuliani. Finally, Tim Shorrock will … Continued


Palestinians Mark 70th Anniversary of Nakba After Israel Kills 61 & Wounds 2,700 Protesters in Gaza; Gazan Writer: Protesters Are Seeking Freedom from World’s Largest Concentration Camp; “The Disaster of My Life”: Nakba Survivor on the Day Israelis Bombed & Invaded His Village in 1948; While U.S. Refuses to Blame Israel, Int’l Court Could Launch … Continued


Today on the 70th anniversary of Israel’s declaration of independence, the US moved its embassy to Jerusalem while Israeli soldiers have killed dozens of Palestinians and wounded thousands who were protesting and trying to cross the Gaza border. We hear excerpts from a speech of scholar Norman Finkelstein on how holding Israel to human rights … Continued