In this episode we hear an interview with Ethan Michaeli, award-winning author, publisher and journalist. He is the author of the book The Defender: How the Legendary Black Newspaper Changed America. Michaeli was a copy editor and investigative reporter at The Defender from 1991 to 1996.
In this episode, Mitch Jeserich speaks with Eileen Markey, a journalist and author of the book A Radical Faith: The Assassination of Sister Maura, about the killings of three American-Catholic nuns in El Salvador in 1980. Then Cat Brooks speaks with Noura Erakat, an activist, attorney, and Assistant Professor at George Mason University about the Palestinian … Continued
Obama Urged to Take U.S. Nukes Off High Alert Before Trump Takes Office; Scientists Scramble to Protect Decades of Climate Research Before Trump Takes Office; Facing Possible Threats Under Trump, Internet Archive to Build Server in Canada; Sons of Julius & Ethel Rosenberg Ask Obama to Exonerate Their Mother in Nuclear Spy Case.
John Kerry delivers a remarkable rebuke to Israel, just before Trump Middle East policy changes everything. PLUS: what’s the future for the Democratic party, and why should progressives care? AND: long a target of the GOP, Social Security faces great danger from the next administration. With host Kris Welch.
In this episode we hear an interview with Chris Lehmann, author of The Money Cult: Capitalism, Christianity and the Unmaking of the American Dream, about the history of American Protestantism’s obsession with financial prosperity, megachurches, and Donald Trump’s worship of positive thinking. Then we hear an interview with Gabriel Thompson, a journalist who wrote the … Continued
George W. Bush’s Ethics Lawyer: Trump Will Be in Violation of Constitution on Day One; Report: After Legislative Coup, North Carolina Can No Longer Be Considered a Democracy; CIA Interrogator: At Time of U.S. Invasion, Saddam Hussein Was Focused on Writing Novel, Not WMDs.
We talk with the Brennan Center about the precarious state of our democracy. PLUS: an inspiration for many in her time, and for even more in our time—former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. We speak with Blanche Wiesen Cook about her biography. With host Kris Welch.
In this episode we hear an interview with Peter H. Irons about the constitutionality of the Japanese Internment during World War II. Irons is the author of many books, including Cases and Controversies : Civil Rights and Liberties in Context and A People’s History of the Supreme Court. Then we hear an interview with Cid Martinez, an anthropologist … Continued
U.N. Declares Israeli Settlements Illegal; Netanyahu Vows to Retaliate After U.S. Abstains from Vote; Former Rockette: Troupe Should Not Perform at Inauguration; Trump Has Degraded, Objectified Women; Did Trump Team Offer Ambassadorships in Order to Lure Celebrities to Perform at Inauguration? What Will Happen When Donald Trump Takes Over U.S. Drone & Targeted Assassination Program?
The book, The hidden half of Nature: The Microbial Roots of Life and Health, is an exploration of how microbes are transforming the way we see nature and ourselves. It reveals why good health—for people and plants—depends on Earth’s smallest creatures. Nurse Rona Renner interviews the authors, David Montgomery and Anne Biklé, about their insights into the similarities … Continued
