On today’s show we talk to Sadia Abdi is the Country Director of ActionAid Somaliland, she is an activist who is passionate about education, women’s rights and good governance, and has been working in the development sector for the past 20 years, and to Marie Clarke, ActionAid USA’s Executive Director. She is a food rights specialist and keen … Continued


Local Lawmakers Fight Back Against AG Sessions’s Threats to Cut Funding to Sanctuary Cities; Rebecca Solnit on Climate Change, Resistance, Misogyny and “The Mother of All Questions”; ICE Retaliates Against Immigrants in Austin After Sheriff Limits Cooperation with Federal Agents; As ICE Retaliates Against Austin, Learn How New Haven Fought Back Against a 2007 ICE … Continued


House Republicans have pulled a bill to repeal major parts of the Affordable Care Act after failing to secure enough votes despite heavy lobbying from President Trump. The bill was opposed by the entire Democratic party as well as some moderate Republicans and many members of the ultra-conservative House Freedom Caucus. House Republicans have pulled … Continued


In Your Ear

75th Anniversary of Executive Order 9066

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4 – 5pm   February 19 marks the 75th Anniversary of Executive Order 9066 which led to the incarceration of over 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry in U.S. concentration camps.  Asian American musicians/artists have been in the forefront of the movement to keep this history alive and relevant to the present.  We will hear from Glenn … Continued


Caroline welcomes liberating satiric genius Tony Vigorito, author of (cannot recommend highly enough) spicy, liberating trickster novel, “Love and Other Pranks.” “May be the single wildest novel I’ve ever read. It rings the cosmic gong on so many levels, turns so many stereotypes inside out, one scarcely knows what to do but hold on and … Continued