Standing Rock Chair: Obama Could Stop the Dakota Pipeline Today & Preserve Indigenous Sacred Sites; The Indigo Girls Launch #NoDAPL Boycott to Protest Pipeline Owner Who Runs Major Folk Music Festival; “I Do Not Play for Oil Interests”: Jackson Browne to His Biggest Fan, the Billionaire Behind #DAPL; Who is Kelcy Warren, the Texas Billionaire … Continued
Attorney Dan Siegel in-studio with Mitch Jeserich and Cat Brooks, explains his case against the City of Oakland representing Sergeant “Mike” Gantt. Full interview here: Also on the second half of the show, Jeff Chang, co-founder of CultureStr/ke and ColorLines. He serves as the Executive Director of the Institute for Diversity in the Arts at Stanford … Continued
Shut Down Rikers: Meet Akeem Browder, Who Is Fighting to Close Jail That Took His Brother’s Life; 9 States to Vote on Marijuana Initiatives: Will They Stop Jailing Young People of Color over Weed?; Voices from NYC’s Most Notorious Jail: Former Prisoners Speak Out About Abuse at Rikers Island.
California voters come Nov. 8 will have to sort through the longest list of statewide propositions imaginable. The confusing array of public policy choices includes, the future of the death penalty, a criminal sentence measure aimed at cutting the state prison population by giving inmates a chance for earlier parole, a collection of new tough … Continued
As police actions at the Dakota Access protests escalate, more and more activists from around the US are joining the water protectors. On today’s show we’ll go to North Dakota once more to turn to Rose Aguilar, a journalist who has been covering the developing story. And, Iceland’s election results are in. While many in … Continued
Democrats Sue Trump & GOP Under 1871 KKK Act for Threatening Voters of Color; Professor Carol Anderson on Police Killings, Trump, the Clintons & Her New Book “White Rage”; Meet Birgitta Jónsdóttir: The Ex-WikiLeaks Volunteer Who Has Helped the Pirate Party Reshape Iceland; Morocco: Massive Protests Against Neoliberalism, Privatization Follow Death of Fish Seller.
The tables are turned this week when Ralph gets to ask the questions in our interview with legendary broadcast journalist Ted Koppel about the state of the media and his book Lights Out: A Cyber Attack, A Nation Unprepared, Surviving the Aftermath.
Venezuela faces fresh protests after right wing opposition groups took to the streets against President Nicolas Maduro, who is being labeled a dictator. We’ll speak with Miguel Tinker Salas to get a balanced and truthful view of what’s really happening in Venezuela – a perspective you won’t get in the New York Times. And, Arun … Continued
with Dean Baker, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) in Washington, D.C. He is the author of several books. His latest is Rigged: How Globalization and the Rules of the Modern Economy Were Structured to Make the Rich Richer. About the book: There has been an enormous upward redistribution of income … Continued
The October Surprise: Michael Isikoff on the FBI’s Clinton Email Investigation That Could Jolt Race; Did #DAPL Security Worker Wielding an AR-15 Assault Rifle Try to Infiltrate Native Water Protectors? Standing Rock: Dallas Goldtooth on Suspicious Fire Near Resistance Camp & Repression of Movement; Bundys vs. #NoDAPL: Armed White Militia Leaders Walk Free as Native … Continued
