Recently, wardens at two California women’s prisons have stepped down amidst allegations of misconduct, abuse, and persistent suicide. One of these prisons, California Institution for Women (CIW), has a suicide rate that is 8 times the national average for people in women’s prisons, and 5 times the rate for all California prisons. What is going on? We … Continued
Weapons, Pipelines & Wall St: Did Clinton Foundation Donations Impact Clinton State Dept. Decisions? Debate: Should the Clinton Foundation Be Shut Down If Hillary Clinton Wins? “Our Revolution”? Bernie Sanders Launches New Organization, But Key Staffers Quit in Protest.
We explore the intersections between Gentrification and Probate Laws. We speak with organizers battling the court system to save their family home from being sold to the highest bidder.
With Mark Singer, author of the book “Trump and Me.” Singer has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 1974. He is the author of Funny Money and Somewhere in America. About the book: Ever since Donald Trump entered the presidential race—in a press conference attended by paid actors, in which he slandered Mexican … Continued
First, we speak to Norman Solomon about the scandals surrounding Hillary Clinton. Then, we turn to California state politics with Katie Joaquin as she discusses the domestic workers bill that recently advanced to the governor’s desk. Lastly, we speak to East Bay Express reporters Alex and Arielle about their latest article “Law Enforcement Killed 90 Oakland … Continued
Day After Obama Tours Louisiana Flood Damage, Gov’t Holds Massive Gulf Oil & Gas Lease Auction; Climate Study: By 2085 All U.S. Cities Except San Francisco Will Be Too Hot to Host Summer Olympics; Inaction on Climate Change Could Cost Millennials $8.8 Trillion in Lifetime Income; Embracing the Alt-Right: New Trump Campaign Chief “Created an … Continued
Guest: Dr. Richard Gott, Princeton physicist, on time travel. Hosted by Dr. Michio Kaku.
Health educators Layna Berman and Jeffry Fawcett discuss the politics of and a practical guide to what’s sanctioned as health knowledge and what’s actively ignored. Visit Your Own Health And Fitness
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
Guest: Dorothy Roberts Author of “Fatal Invention” Tease: In Fatal Invention, Roberts examines how the myth of biological concepts of race – revived by purportedly cutting-edge science, race-specific drugs, genetic testing, and DNA databases – continues to undermine a just society and promote inequality in a supposedly “post-racial” era. With Guest Host Kevin Cartwright.
