Activists with Black Lives Matter in Los Angeles are confronting LA County DA Jackie Lacey over why she has refused to charge a single police officer during her tenure. LA County leads the country on police killings. On today’s show we’ll speak with Prof. Melina Abdullah with BLM LA about it. Then, a new study … Continued
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Reporte del referendum en Cataluña con Angelina Llongueras. Como ayudar a Puerto Rico, con Arturo Masol, Marian Cabanillas, Silvia Torres y Denise Solis. Wanda Kruda, de Krudas Kubensi, sobre la situación en Cuba. Omar García sobre los tres años de la desapación forzada de los 43 estudiantes de Ayotzinapa. Nos visita la banda de Oakland … Continued
Making Contact’s Community Storytelling Fellow Vincent Medina is a Chochenyo Ohlone Native American who is a part of a young generation working to revitalize the Chochenyo language for future generations. Making Contact’s Community Storytelling Fellow Isabella Zizi is a young native-american environmentalist shaped by the 2012 Chevron Refinery Explosion and by her indigenous women elders … Continued
Dave Zirin and Etan Thomas remind us to not believe the hype and remember Racial Justice is what NFL players are protesting by “taking the knee.” Dave Zirin’s article from the Washington Post: Sports is a hub for protests against racism. ESPN shouldn’t silence Jemele Hill. My name is Dave Zirin. I’m a sportswriter. … Continued
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With Guest Award-winning Investigative Journalist Bob Hennelly. Hosted by Economics Professor Richard D. Wolff.
Salima Hamirani hosts friday’s show, discussing the emergence of Hookworm infecting residents of Lowndes County, Alabama. With 1 in 3 residents testing positive for infection, the devastating lack of sanitation and infrastructure is to blame. Salima speaks with Rohelo Mejia, Founder of the Alabama Center for Rural Enterprise and author of the study from the … Continued
Report from Puerto Rico: Death Toll Higher Than Reported Amid Water Shortage & Health Crisis; Michael Moore on His Broadway Show, “The Terms of My Surrender,” Trump, Puerto Rico & the Media.
Donald Trump has announced the brief outlines of his tax plan, which he plans to push through Congress and sign into law by December. But the plan appears crafted to benefit him and his wealthy buddies. On today’s show we’ll speak with Morris Pearl, chair of the group Patriotic Millionaires, about the tax plan. Then, … Continued
Today we are in conversation with Laura Dassow Walls, author of the book Henry David Thoreau: A Life, a biography of the naturalist, inventor and activist. He left behind a monumental legacy in addition to his essay Civil Disobedience, a paean to human freedom. Two hundred years after his birth, Walls restores Henry David Thoreau to us … Continued
Today’s show begins with selections from the documentary Capitalism. A collection of six parts, the film investigates economic history and the logics of capitalism, both as the dominant economic system and as an ideologically propulsive structure. Today’s segments deal with Adam Smith’s ideas. Narrated by Roger Waters, The Occupation of the American Mind unpacks the politics of Israeli-American relations, … Continued
