CIA Nominee Gina Haspel May Testify for First Time in Public About Her Role in Torture at Black Site; Nearly 90,000 Hondurans May Be Deported to Danger and Poverty as Trump Ends Their Protected Status; Meet the 2018 Teacher of the Year Honored By Trump Who the White House Doesn’t Want You to Hear; Writer … Continued
CIA Nominee Gina Haspel May Testify for First Time in Public About Her Role in Torture at Black Site; Nearly 90,000 Hondurans May Be Deported to Danger and Poverty as Trump Ends Their Protected Status; Meet the 2018 Teacher of the Year Honored By Trump Who the White House Doesn’t Want You to Hear; Writer … Continued
On our show today, we’ll have a one-hour special, sharing the story of Anthony Ray Hinton. The Alabama native spent nearly 30 years on death row for crimes he did not commit and finally won his release in 2015. Well spend part of the show with Hinton to discuss his remarkable book about his experiences … Continued
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Guitarist Roberto Granados, 19, and his percussionist brother Ernesto, 13, perform live and are interviewed by program host Art Sato. The Flamenco Society will present a cd release concert for Roberto’s cd Soñador on May 19 at the Historic Hoover Theater in San Jose. Info: [email protected] Hosted by Art Sato.
Clean, fresh water is one of our most precious natural resources. This week Making Contact contributor Maria Doerr looks at what is being done to safeguard the watersheds of Mexico City— the natural water systems that provide water to one of the largest metropolises in the world. Featuring: Jürgen Hoth, Conservation International Mexico; Dr. … Continued
Updates on critique of Uber and gig economy; WI Sen Johnson endorses inequality; Norway to pay male and female athletes same; corporations buy back their own shares; deaths of overworked Japanese; 10% NY school kids homeless; and majority of major US corporations already pay much below official 35% tax rate. Major discussion of changing economics … Continued
The Displaced: Refugee Writers Ariel Dorfman & Viet Thanh Nguyen on Migration, US Wars & Resistance.
As more than a hundred refugees from Central America arrived at the US border with Mexico earlier this week American immigration authorities have begun letting a handful trickle in through the border to process their asylum applications. On our show today Laura Carlsen will join us from Mexico for more. Then, as part of our … Continued
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Host Barbara Golden focuses on computer and electronic music with a blend of talk and music, mostly music.
We speak with Eli Jacobs Fantauzzi about the Humanitarian Crisis in Puerto Rico. Later we discuss the United States failure to submit a report to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination with long-time housing and human rights activist Needa B and Steven DeCaprio the executive director of The Meiklejohn Civil Liberties Institute (MCLI) The Photo Credit @Eli Jacobs … Continued
