Today on Flashpoints: An-in depth look at how the US Pentagon uses NGO’s for spying, covert action, and intelligence gathering. And the dangers of this wide-ranging program. Also we’ll take a close look at the proactive incursion of the US Destroyer, Larsen into the South China Sea. And we’ll have a rare in-studio visit from … Continued
This is a conversation on gentrification in down town Oakland.. It features excerpts from a planning meeting held Wednesday night at Paramount theater… U hear clips from City council president Lynette McAlhaney, Black developer Alan Dunes and mayor Libby Shaaf. Next we have an interview with Dwayne Wiggins giving a historical breakdown of artists, Oakland … Continued
With Ruth Conniff, Editor of the Progressive Magazine, on Speaker-elect Paul Ryan. And Jason de Leon, author of The Land of Open Graves: Living and Dying on the Migrant Trail. de Leon is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Michigan and Director of the Undocumented Migration Project, a long-term anthropological study of clandestine border crossings between … Continued
We take a look at what’s happening inside the Republican Party with someone who has a window into the right. Norman Ornstein, a resident scholar at the American Enterprise institute, thinks the GOP has created a monster it can’t control–we’ll look at why. But first: Russia is launching cruise missiles into Syria; the US Secretary … Continued
“We’re on the Verge of Picking Someone Who Can’t Do the Job”: Fraying GOP Holds 3rd Primary Debate; Flat Taxes, Ending Medicare-Medicaid, Banning All Abortions: Meet New GOP Front-Runner Ben Carson; Is Jeb Bush Finished? Establishment-Backed Dynasty Candidate Might Not Overcome Family Ties; “Donald Creates His Own Reality”: David Cay Johnston on Trump Rewriting History … Continued
Today on a Special Edition Flashpoints: The future of Marijuana: Medicinal, and recreational. We’ll feature some of the leading experts on all aspects of the use of cannabis, including breakthroughs in its healing powers, the use of CBD, the importance of organic cultivation, knowing what your buying when you head out for your local dispensary, … Continued
Up next, we’ll discuss the general elections in Haiti, held on October 25th of this year. Haitians were choosing from more than 50 candidates to succeed President Michel Martelly. They were also electing members of the Congress, which was dissolved in January amid politically motivated mass murders in Haiti. Preliminary results could be issued in … Continued
With Steven Lee Meyers. Meyers has worked at The New York Times for twenty-six years, seven of them in Russia during the period when Putin consolidated his power. He spent two years as bureau chief in Baghdad, covering the winding down of the American war in Iraq, and now covers national security issues. He is author of … Continued
Did John Boehner just sell out his base? Or did the Democratic leadership just sell out the soon-to-retire? Paul Ryan can’t seem to decide: he flipped from attacking the budget deal to supporting it in the space of 24 hours. We dig into the budget deal that took Capitol Hill by surprise, and the man … Continued
When School Cops Go Bad: South Carolina Incident Highlights Growing Police Presence in Classrooms; Texas Student Spent 52 Days in Coma After Being Tased by Police at School; Criminalizing the Classroom: Inside the School-to-Prison Pipeline; The Armor of Light: New Documentary Makes the Evangelical Case for Gun Reform.
