We Need to Fix Our Democracy: Lawrence Lessig Weighs Presidential Run to Rid Money from Politics; Sarah Shourd, Hiker Jailed in Iran, Hails Nuclear Deal While Urging Release of Detained Americans; “Opening the Box”: After Being Jailed in Iran, Sarah Shourd Examines Solitary Confinement in U.S.; Facebook Accused of Censoring Hundreds of Prisoners by Purging … Continued


Starting things off Laura Nader, Professor of Anthropology at UC Berkeley, talks about her latest book, “What the Rest Think of the West: Since 600 AD….Islamic, Japanese, Chinese and South Asian Civilizations View the West” In the second hour, The Election Circus Moves into High Gear with Dave Johnson, Senior Fellow at the Campaign for … Continued


#E12thWishlist After months of knocking on doors, organizing direct actions, shutting down a City Council meeting, and a leaked memo showing that the City Attorney advised Oakland Council members last February that the deal was illegal, EastLake United for Justice successfully stopped a sweetheart deal between the City of Oakland developer Urban Core.  The deal … Continued


Greek PM Tsipras Resigns, Calls for New Election as Left Wing of Syriza Splits to Form New Party; Sen. Bernie Sanders: From Greece to Puerto Rico, the Financial Rules Are Rigged to Favor the 1%; Global Warming Worsens California Drought as July Becomes Hottest Month on Record; In Victory for Corporations, Court Rejects Rule on … Continued


Islam and Climate Change; Bernie Sanders and #BlackLivesMatter

We  take a look at the relationship between social movements and national elections, and how Black Lives Matter activists have targeted the Democratic Primary. But first: Islam, and the environment. We go live to Turkey where an international conference of Islamic scholars has just published a call to action on fighting climate change, then talk … Continued