Hosts Cat Brooks and Mitch Jeserich interview Reese Erlich, award-winning independent journalist and author of several books on foreign policy including “Inside Syria: The Backstory of Their Civil War and What the World Can Expect,” about the recent U.S. bombing of a Syrian plane and its repercussions on U.S.-Russia relations. Then, Quinton Sankofa, Staff Collective Member … Continued


Arundhati Roy on Returning to Fiction, Redefining Happiness & Writing about Worlds Ripped Apart; Arundhati Roy Reads from Her Acclaimed New Novel, “The Ministry of Utmost Happiness”; Acclaimed Novelist Arundhati Roy on Telling the Truth of the Atrocities in Kashmir Through Fiction; Arundhati Roy on Upcoming Meeting Between Indian PM Modi & Trump at White … Continued


Rainbow is a consultant, trainer, and mediator working with groups and individuals to heal what divides us. She learned much about human needs and interactions working in early childhood education for 36 years. Growing up as a fat child and as an adult walking in this world as a fat lesbian who does not alter … Continued


Progressive populist and former Texas Agriculture Commissioner Jim Hightower joins us for a discussion on Donald Trump and our current political moment. I spoke with Hightower at the People’s Summit in Chicago. Also at the conference was Mary Watkines, a founding member of Organization United for Respect at Walmart, or OUR Walmart in Washington State. … Continued


On today’s show, hosts Cat Brooks and Mitch Jeserich talk with journalist John Hamilton about Minnesota courts’ decision to acquit Jeronimo Yanez, the officer who shot and killed African American man Philando Castile last year, from second-degree manslaughter. Hamilton was present at the protests which ensued in Minnesota this weekend. Then Brooks and Jeserich interview Mavis Anderson, … Continued


“Philando Can Be Any of Us”: Black Lives Matter Protests Acquittal of Officer in Minnesota Killing; Civil Rights Lawyer: Philando Castile’s Skin Color Ended Up Being a Death Sentence; Advocates Resign En Masse from Trump’s HIV/AIDS Council: Trump “Simply Does Not Care” About HIV; Crackdown in Egypt: Seven Men Tortured in State Custody Face Execution; … Continued