Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated 50 years ago, and is widely remembered for his speech, ‘I Have a Dream.’ Journalist Gary Younge analyzes the King’s speech, delivered on the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, highlighting the day’s tensions, and the importance of remembering the entirety of King’s message and evolution as a … Continued
Trump Escalates Already-Deadly U.S. Border Policies, Ordering National Guard Troops to Mexico; Caravan of Central American Migrants Holds a Mirror to Cruel U.S. Immigration Policy & Imperialism; How the Wireless Industry Convinced the Public Cellphones Are Safe & Cherry-Picked Research on Risks; Seven Plowshares Activists Arrested Protesting at U.S. Nuclear Sub Base.
7:36 – Fernando Carrillo was released earlier this week after being detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on October 11, 2017, after dropping off his 4-year-old daughter at daycare. We spoke with him and his wife Lourdes Barraza. 8:08 – Phyllis Bennis is a fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies and works as a writer, … Continued
Today marks the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination. Up next on the program, we honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr with conversations featuring Alice Walker, Gary Younge and some of King’s most memorable speeches. we play a number of speeches of Dr King. One is King speaking to youth at a middle … Continued
Addressing mass incarceration and repressive policing in the U.S. is a daunting task. Jonathan Simon believes that invoking human dignity, and the need to respect dignity, can fuel efforts to change the direction of the carceral state. Sharon Dolovich and Alexandra Natapoff, eds., The New Criminal Justice Thinking NYU Press, 2017 Jonathan Simon, Mass Incarceration … Continued
Commemorating the 50 anniversary of the death of Martin Luther King, Jr., Mitch Jeserich is in conversation with Gary Dorrien to talk about the early history of the black social gospel tradition that included socialism and humanism and that heavily influenced Martin Luther King Jr. views of Christianity. Gary Dorrien is the Reinhold Niebuhr Professor of Social Ethics at Union Theological Seminary and … Continued
Clarence Lang, Professor, and Chair of the Department of African and African-American Studies at the University of Kansas. His research areas include African American working-class and labor history. 8:08 – Ben Felder, an investigative reporter for the Oklahoman, and a leader of their DigTeam who focuses much of his reporting on education. Torie Shoecraft, a … Continued
Teachers in Revolt: Meet the Educators in Kentucky & Oklahoma Walking Out over School Funding; MLK’s Fight Against Racism, Militarism & Capitalism: Historian Taylor Branch on King’s Final Years.
Donald Trump rails against immigrants and issues blanket immigration-related policy proposals on a whim. On today’s show we’ll speak with our immigration correspondent Juan Escalante about Trump’s latest decision to deploy the US military at the border, and his angry declarations about DACA, border security and more. Then we’ll turn to Professor Isabel Nuez about … Continued
The Legacy of Stephen Hawking. With Guest John Brinster, biographer of Einstein. Hosted by Dr. Michio Kaku.
