with Miguel Tinker-Salas, Professor of Latin American History and Chicano/a-Latino/a Studies at Pomona College. He is the author of several books including, The Enduring Legacy: Oil, Culture, and Society in Venezuela and Venezuela: What Everyone Needs to Know. and Sarah Jaffe, an accomplished journalist, Nation Institute Fellow and author of the new book, Necessary Trouble: Americans … Continued


For the first time, the United States apparently won’t be voting against a U.N. resolution that criticizes the U.S. economic embargo against Cuba. Diplomats say the U.S. delegation is expected to abstain. Donald Trump  receives rare good news after a third day of campaigning in  the state of  Florida. A new Bloomberg poll shows him with … Continued


with Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, an assistant professor of African American History at the University of Florida. He is an accomplished author. His second book, Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America, was recently released by Nation Books. About the book: In this deeply researched and fast-moving narrative, Kendi chronicles the … Continued


California’s Proposition 61 has become a battleground between progressive activists and Big Pharma. We’ll turn to our healthcare correspondent Paul Song for what Prop 61 will actually do for prescription drug prices. And, we’ll get an update on the movement for Hawaiian sovereignty with Healani Sodona-Pale. She’s the founder of the group Protest N’ai Aupuni. … Continued


First, a debate over California’s Proposition 60, which would require condoms to be used in pornographic films. with Dr. Gary Richwald, Former Director and Chief Physician, LA County STD Program; and contributing author of the proposition, and the official support argument and Siouxsie Q James, an adult performer, journalist, sex-worker rights activist and core member of … Continued


Surviving Members of Angola 3 on Black Panther Legacy & Need to Free Remaining Imprisoned Panthers; Exclusive: Freed Panther Sekou Odinga on Joining the Panthers, COINTELPRO & Assata Shakur’s Escape; Political Prisoner Eddie Conway on Joining the Black Panthers & How He Was Set Up By COINTELPRO; Our Own Mandelas: Former Black Panthers Call for … Continued


with Akhil Reed Amar, Sterling Professor of Law at Yale University, renowned legal thinker, and the author of many books. His latest is The Constitution Today: Timeless Lessons for the Issues of Our Era.  About the book: In The Constitution Today, Akhil Reed Amar, America’s preeminent constitutional scholar, considers the biggest and most bitterly contested debates … Continued