Today Mitch Jeserich talks with Jonathan Allen who covers the White House and the 2016 presidential campaign for Bloomberg News. An award-winning reporter, he has also written extensively about Congress and national politics, and he appears frequently as a political analyst on national television news programs. Jonathan Allen is co-author of the book Shattered: Inside Hillary … Continued
As the Republican Party and Donald Trump reach a spending agreement to avert a government shutdown, we’ll turn today to Hunter Blair of the Economic Policy Institute to explore a progressive vision of government spending. And, Allan J. Lichtman, the professor who controversially predicted that Trump would win the election is now predicting that he … Continued
The homeless population in the Bay Area is growing at a rapidness proportionate to the rate of evictions and gentrification. Host Cat Brooks speaks to Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan representing Oakland and Heather Freinkel Managing Attorney at Homeless Action Center. Then, Ibram X. Kendi discusses his New York Times bestseller, “Stamped from the Beginning.” Winner of multiple awards including … Continued
Fla. Lawmakers Apologize to Family of “Groveland Four,” Black Men Falsely Accused of Rape in 1949; Marissa Alexander, Jailed for 3 Years, Speaks Out on Intimate Partner Violence & Building Movements; Meet Ammar Mohrat: Syrian Asylee Picked as College Commencement Speaker in Florida.
What stage of capitalism are we in, and what processes of commodification are associated with it? Michael Burawoy isn’t fond of the term “neoliberalism”; he thinks we’re experiencing the third wave of marketization. Burawoy draws upon the ideas of Karl Polanyi and others to examine the past and evaluate the present.
Host Mitch Jeserich speaks with Louis S. Warren about his book “God’s Red Son: The Ghost Dance Religion and the Making of Modern America,” which describes the pan-Indian religious movement that swept across the west and the great plain as a form of resistance and reconciliation to colonialism. This book is critical to understanding how … Continued
With recent attention on Alameda County Sheriff’s collaboration with ICE, host Mitch Jeserich interviews Aviva Chomsky, professor of History at Salem State University and author of “Undocumented: How Immigration Became Illegal” to examine national immigration policy from the Clinton presidency to the present. The second segment focuses on criminalization of immigrants at the local level with Isaac Ontiveros, member … Continued
Up to 55,000 Haitians Face Deportation If Trump Refuses to Extend Temporary Protected Status; Journalist Anand Gopal: The Sheer Brutality of the Assad Regime Has Led People to Join ISIS; NC Lawmakers Side with Factory Farms as Communities of Color Suffer from the Spraying of Hog Manure.
Nuclear weapons accidents, with Michael Maggelet and James Oskins. Hosted by Dr. Michio Kaku.
Jeffry Fawcett PhD unpacks research on the triggers for the development of chronic illness from exposures to environmental toxins. Layna Berman offers a historical perspective on environmental illness and discusses research that indicates that exposure to microwaves has a similar mechanism. Visit Your Own Health And Fitness
