Josh Elwood talks with Mitch Jeserich about President Trump’s attitude toward disability. Then, we seek out disabled and deaf artists in South Africa with Leroy F. Moore Jr. and Simon Manda. Leroy F. Moore Jr is the founder of Krip Hop Nation. He recently visited seven South African cities with Simon Manda, the cofounder of … Continued
Progressive activists nationwide are pressuring Senate Democrats to hold firm against the nomination of Neil Gorsuch to the US Supreme Court. On today’s show we’ll speak with Demand Progress’ Carli Stevenson about how people can get involved. And, immigrant workers at Tom Cat Bakery in Long Island, New York, are resisting an effort by Homeland … Continued
Scholar: Moscow Sees Hypocrisy in Allegations After U.S. Interfered in Russian Elections in 1990s; Rex Tillerson Fails to Acknowledge Concerns over Turkey’s Slide Toward Dictatorship in Ankara Visit; Is ICE Targeting Undocumented Activists for Arrest? Organizers Speak Out After 11 Days in Jail.
Join Sarah Holmes for a discussion of herbs to support your kidney and bladder health.
Mitch Jeserich interviews Robert English Professor of International Relations at USC, who has just written a piece for Foreign Affairs that is critical of the US’s reaction to allegations of Russian interference in the election.
Donald Trump just signed an executive order undoing the Obama Administration’s Clean Power Plan. On today’s show, Mary Anne Hitt, Director of Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal campaign will join us to discuss whether Trump really can keep his promise of jobs to coal miners and undo the steady progress on climate change. And, we’ll turn … Continued
On today’s show we discuss Trump and Russia and Mitch Jeserich interviews David Cay Johnston on Trump. Source image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:David_Cay_Johnston_2016.jpg Then, Cat Brooks engage in a conversation with John Pfaff on his last book Locked In. About Locked In: Locked In is a revelatory investigation into the root causes of mass incarceration by one of the … Continued
Amnesty: Hundreds of Iraqi Civilians Killed in U.S. Airstrikes After Being Told Not to Flee Mosul; Yemen: Trump Expands U.S. Military Role in Saudi War as Yemenis Brace for Famine; Iona Craig on What Really Happened When U.S. Navy SEALs Stormed a Yemeni Village, Killing Dozens; U.N. Considers a Historic Ban on Nuclear Weapons, But … Continued
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Joel Sachs honors Spring and the return of the baseballl season with a music about African American baseball greats Sachel Paige and Josh Gibson, Jackie Robinson, Richie Allen and more.
Children are being diagnosed with increasing rates of autism, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, and bipolar disorder. Theories abound about the spike in these conditions. But what if the root problem is, in fact, a society that medicalizes normal childhood behavior? Clinical psychologist Enrico Gnaulati makes such a claim. He discusses kids, psychiatric diagnoses, and the … Continued
