Ralph welcomes Sarah van Gelder, founder of PeoplesHub and Mark Pertschuk, director of Grassroots Change, two organizations that offer you the skills and expertise on how to make change in your community.
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Today, our host Mitch Jeserich is in conversation with Madeleine O’Dea about her new book The Phoenix Years: Art, Resistance and the Making of Modern China, which discusses the history of China since the death of Mao in 1976 in terms of the political and artistic movements that reinforced one another. O’Dea is a veteran journalist who has … Continued
On Monday morning’s episode of UpFront, our hosts Cat Brooks and Brian Edwards Tiekert speak with Jacob Leibenluft, Senior Advisor at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, who informs us of the detail of the proposed GOP tax plan. Congressmember Jerry McNerney represents California’s 9th District, which includes parts of San Joaquin, Contra Costa, and … Continued
Suspect in Texas Church Massacre was Thrown Out of Air Force & Jailed for Assaulting Wife & Child; Texans Decry “Extremist” Gun Lobby & Inadequate Background Checks After Mass Shooting Kills 26; After Texas Massacre, Drexel Prof. Asks: “What Makes White Men So Prone to This Kind of Behavior?” Why Did Media Overlook Sept. Shooting … Continued
Donald Trump wasted no time in making political hay of the recent fatal truck attack in New York City that left 8 people dead. On today’s show we’ll speak with journalist Paul Gottinger. Then, a new study uses a powerful statistical method to estimate the real numbers of people killed by police in the US … Continued
November 8 marks one year since Donald Trump won the US presidency. One year later, Gallup puts the President’s approval rating at 33 percent, an all-time low. We at Making Contact reflect on his solid win in the electoral college, his resounding loss of the popular vote, and the year that is drawing to a … Continued
Today we celebrate the musical contributions of Stevland Hardaway Judkins who for decades has delighted the disabled and non-disabled world with his music, commitment to blind and disability rights and to universal peace. Of course, we are talking about Stevie Wonder who still is a fixture in popular American culture and to think that this … Continued
Friday Host Salima Hamirani speaks with Ivan Jaigirdar, from the Third i Film Festival, about 15 years of South East Asian film. Myo Win and Jeanne Hallacy talk about their documentary film Sittwe, about the Rohingya refugee crisis. Liz Martinez from CIVIC – Community Initiatives for Visiting Immigrants in Confinement – discusses Immigration and Customs Enforcement destroying … Continued
In Puerto Rico’s Highlands, Hurricane Maria Has Exploded Fault Lines of Poverty & Austerity; Yanis Varoufakis on Global Capitalism & How Trump’s Tax Plan is Class War Against the Poor; Economist Yanis Varoufakis: Puerto Ricans Deserve an Escape from “Permanent Debt Prison”; Greek Economist Yanis Varoufakis on Nazi Resurgence in Europe & Why ”ISIS Loves … Continued
Scott Pruitt the head of the Environmental Protection Agency just issued a bizarre set of new rules barring federally funded scientists from serving on advisory boards saying they could not be objective. On today’s show we’ll speak with Genna Reed from the Union of Concerned Scientists about the rule and how Pruitt seems to have … Continued