California’s Proposition 61 has become a battleground between progressive activists and Big Pharma. We’ll turn to our healthcare correspondent Paul Song for what Prop 61 will actually do for prescription drug prices. And, we’ll get an update on the movement for Hawaiian sovereignty with Healani Sodona-Pale. She’s the founder of the group Protest N’ai Aupuni. … Continued
First, a debate over California’s Proposition 60, which would require condoms to be used in pornographic films. with Dr. Gary Richwald, Former Director and Chief Physician, LA County STD Program; and contributing author of the proposition, and the official support argument and Siouxsie Q James, an adult performer, journalist, sex-worker rights activist and core member of … Continued
Surviving Members of Angola 3 on Black Panther Legacy & Need to Free Remaining Imprisoned Panthers; Exclusive: Freed Panther Sekou Odinga on Joining the Panthers, COINTELPRO & Assata Shakur’s Escape; Political Prisoner Eddie Conway on Joining the Black Panthers & How He Was Set Up By COINTELPRO; Our Own Mandelas: Former Black Panthers Call for … Continued
With aerospace engineer and author Robert Zubrin, on the exploration of Mars; and astronaut Tom Jones. Hosted by Dr. Michio Kaku.
with Akhil Reed Amar, Sterling Professor of Law at Yale University, renowned legal thinker, and the author of many books. His latest is The Constitution Today: Timeless Lessons for the Issues of Our Era. About the book: In The Constitution Today, Akhil Reed Amar, America’s preeminent constitutional scholar, considers the biggest and most bitterly contested debates … Continued
Donald Trump worries that the November 8th election could be rigged against him. Investigative journalist Greg Palast thinks it could be rigged in his favor. We’ll speak with Palast today about his new documentary, The Best Democracy Money Can Buy: A Tale of Billionaires & Ballot Bandits. And, journalist Larry Bensky joins us to discuss … Continued
First, a debate over California Proposition 61, which would set new standards for drug pricing in California. We welcome Dan Johnston, Assistant Director Research Institute for Health and Socio-Economic Policy, National Nurses United, to represent the support for the proposition, and Kathy Fairbanks, Spokeswoman, No on Prop. 61 Coalition, to represent the opposition. then, Wazi Marét, Development & Administrative Coordinator … Continued
Tom Hayden (1939-2016) on Vietnam War: We Must Challenge the Pentagon on the Battlefield of Memory; “Just Another Version of You”: The Life, Art and Activism of Legendary TV Producer Norman Lear; TV Legend Norman Lear on the Black Panthers, Nixon’s Enemies List & What Gives Him Hope.
Soil is essential for terrestrial life on earth. And like so many other parts of the environment, it’s under threat, degraded in a world where it’s being built on, contaminated, and eroded. Geographer Salvatore Engel-DiMauro argues that soil also highlights the many problems that the left has with understanding both the social and scientific, or … Continued
Ralph talks to animal behaviorist Marc Bekoff about how animals think and feel and also to former heir to the Oscar Meyer fortune, Chuck Collins, about his book Born on Third Base: A One-Percenter Makes the Case for Tackling Inequality, Bringing Wealth Home, and Committing to the Common Good.
