An Undemocratic Party? Ahead of First Debate, Criticism Grows over DNC’s Move to Control Process; Outsourcing a Refugee Crisis: U.S. Paid Mexico Millions to Target Central Americans Fleeing Violence; The Rise of America’s Secret Government: The Deadly Legacy of Ex-CIA Director Allen Dulles.
If we want teens to grow up with a healthy attitude, and practice safe sex, then parents and teachers need to feel comfortable talking about this complex and emotionally charged topic. There’s no shame going in-store to buy a Sex Toys, but many people still feel uncomfortable discussing sexual preferences and fetishes with sales assistants, … Continued
National memorials and parks bombard visitors with rhetorics of nationhood. But the official stories propagated at such sites leave out critical things, including, asserts Stephen Germic, the claims of American Indians to territory and recognition. Germic examines a range of Native initiatives, both legal and militant, to assert their presence in the face of official … Continued
Shock & Panic in Turkey: Deadliest Terrorist Attack in Country’s History Leaves as Many as 128 Dead; From Million Man March to Columbus Day: Challenging White Supremacy & “Doctrine of Discovery”; Gyasi Ross: Why I Support Bernie Sanders & the #BlackLivesMatter Protesters Who Interrupted Him.
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Music for the Indigenous Resistance Day. Programa dedicado al Día de la resistencia indígena. Etno-Rock y otras fusiones de música indígena con el rock y la electrónica.
Love em or hate em, they’re an ever present part of American culture. And they’re not going away anytime soon. On this edition, we talk guns…from the shooting range, to the black panthers, to red state America. The people behind the trigger are probably not who you’d assume. Featuring: Matt Knox, gun owner; Ed & … Continued
Mark Crispin Miller of NYU discusses some of the recent additions to his Forbidden Bookshelf series, which seeks out important out-of-print political works and republishes them as e-books; Miller explains the insidious ways the books were first “disappeared.” Next, Peter Hart with the National Coalition Against Censorship speaks about this year’s Banned Books Week, and … Continued
We celebrate Malcolm Margolin, founder of HeyDay Books and publisher of the voices of Native Americans and native nature. He has just announced his retirement (sorta!) after over 40 years. PLUS: A new film celebrates comedy in S.F., with a focus on three legendary comics. One of them is satirist Will Durst, who joins us … Continued
On the heels of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to San Jose, a group of women from the Dalit Women’s Self Respect Movement are in the Bay Area to call for an end to violence against Dalit women and the culture of impunity that Modi continues to perpetuate. For the past three years, they … Continued
Nobel Peace Prize to Tunisian Civil Society Groups for Democratization Efforts After Arab Spring; Making Money from Misery? Disaster Capitalism from the Migrant Crisis to Afghanistan and Haiti; First Latino US Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera on Migrant Farmworkers, the Border and Ayotzinapa.
