March
17
2018
Featured Episode
A Step Toward Peace? South Korea Announces Trump Will Meet with North Korea’s Kim Jong-un; Toxic Coal Ash Being Dumped in Puerto Rico, Which Already Suffers Worst Drinking Water in the Nation; How an Alabama Town Is Fighting Against Cancerous & Toxic Coal Ash Dumping—No Thanks to Trump’s EPA; Obits & Omits: Meet Some of … Continued
Two Congressional Republicans have introduced bills that they say will protect Net Neutrality after the FCC decimated it. But advocates of Internet Freedom say the bills do not go far enough. On our show today Free Press’s Craig Aaron will update us on the latest battle for Net Neutrality. Then, the Sierra Club’s Bridget Lee … Continued
From Afghanistan to the Philippines to Mexico to Spain, women across the globe are taking to the streets today to mark International Women’s Day. In South Korea, International Women’s Day rallies were held in Seoul as the #MeToo movement sweeps the country. Filipino women rallied in Manila to protest the policies of Philippine President Rodrigo … Continued
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We look at the showdown at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau after Director Richard Cordray stepped down Friday and appointed as his successor, Leandra English, the bureau’s deputy director and his former chief of staff. Almost immediately, President Trump responded with his own announcement that he planned to go ahead with his own appointment of … Continued
Jeanne Lenzer, medical investigative journalist and author of The Danger Within Us, discusses the failure to ensure the safety of medical devices that change the way the body works. Visit Your Own Health And Fitness
Today, Mitch Jeserich is in conversation with Mike Duncan, creator of the award-winning podcast series The History of Rome and Revolutions, about his new book The Storm Before the Storm: The Beginning of the End of the Roman Republic. He explains how the accumulation of inequalities, social prejudice, and corruption led the Roman Republic to … Continued
Lori Wallach and Michael Hudson Debate Trump’s Plan to Impose Steel & Aluminum Tariffs; Sen. Chris Murphy Calls for Reinstating Assault Weapons Ban & Breaking NRA’s “Vice Grip” on GOP; Sen. Chris Murphy: The U.S. Is Exporting Violence & Killing Civilians in Illegal War in Yemen.
with Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, an assistant professor of African American History at the University of Florida. Discusses his latest book, Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America. In this deeply researched and fast-moving narrative, Kendi chronicles the entire story of anti-Black racist ideas and their staggering power over the course … Continued