As the pressure on natural resources grows across the world, land, grassroots environment rights defenders are increasingly under fire — on average two people are killed every week defending their land and environment. Leila Salazar-López of Amazon Watch and Jaron Browne of Grassroots Global Justice Alliance, will talk with show host and Earth Island Journal editor, Maureen Nandini … Continued
Dave Zirin recounts his time attending the memorial celebration of Muhammad Ali last week in Louisville.
As Britain Mourns MP Jo Cox, Her Killer Is Linked to Neo-Nazi National Alliance & Pro-Apartheid Club; Bernie Sanders Vows to Continue His Political Revolution as Thousands Plan to Attend People’s Summit; NYPD Surveillance Unveiled: City Claims to Lose Docs on 1960s Radicals, Then Finds 1 Million Records; Latest CIA Torture Docs Show “Evidence of … Continued
As the pressure on natural resources grows across the world, land, grassroots environment rights defenders are increasingly under fire — on average two people are killed every week defending their land and environment. Leila Salazar-López of Amazon Watch and Jaron Browne of Grassroots Global Justice Alliance, will talk with show host and Earth Island Journal editor, … Continued
Tonight on APEX Express, we have guest host Mia Nakano with the Visibility Project, a national portrait and video collection dedicated to the Queer Asian American Women & Trans* community. She helps us delve into a discussion with our community about life after the Pulse Orlando tragedy. We bring you perspectives from queer, radical Asian … Continued
Today on Flashpoints: The violence against the indigenous communities of Honduras continues unabated. Also, a federal raid on a Sonoma County California medical cannabis dispensary, that specializes in non-pschoactive cannabis for very ill patients. It’s reported that several people are facing federal charges and payroll for a hundred workers seized by the feds. And Roots … Continued
We take you through a whirlwind history of community, violence, and resistance at the bars, clubs, and night spots that LGBT folk claimed as their own. Plus: Negin Farsad discusses what it man to be a muslim comedian in a not-so-muslim society, and a look at San Francisco’s Black Film Festival. Guests: Nancy Unger, professor … Continued
Democratic Gun Control Filibuster Leaves Advocates Skeptical: “We Could Be Asking for a Lot More”; How Donald Trump Bankrupted His Casinos, Left Contractors Unpaid, Ruined Investors & Made Millions; Dishwashers, Plumbers, Waiters & Lawyers: Hundreds Accuse Trump of Failing to Pay for Their Work; David Cay Johnston: There is “Incredibly Strong Evidence” Donald Trump Has … Continued
In conversation with Robert Spitzer, distinguished professor of political science at SUNY Cortland college in New York. He has written several books on gun control including The Politics of Gun Control and his latest Guns Across America: Reconciling Gun Rules And Rights.
After Orlando, it seemed like a really important time to foreground the stories, and the experiences, of the communities that become more vulnerable when this happens. We’re starting with a discussion of what it means to be Muslim in post-September 11th America, then a look at the surprising lineage of racist ideas in America. (Tomorow … Continued
