On this edition of Hard Knock, we’ll speak with Louisiana based community organizer Sukura Kone, about Hurricane Katrina ten years later and the visible differences between the old and new populations residing in New Orleans.
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Food justice activists sometimes set up gardens in low-income communities. Margaret Ramírez studied a pair of food organizations in Seattle, including one led by Rev. Robert Jeffrey. Ramírez describes how the racial makeup of the staffers, the legacy of plantation slavery, and the gentrifying momentum created by “white spaces” affected what the two groups were able … Continued
Music of the World with Jose Ruiz – August 26, 2015
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International, Eclectic & Contemporary Grooves with DJ Jose Ruiz aka MundoMuzik
The 14th Amendment
A wide-ranging discussion on the history, understanding, and application of the 14th Amendment, which grants citizenship to “all persons born or naturalized in the United States.” In addition, it forbids states from denying any person “life, liberty or property, without due process of law” or to “deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection … Continued
We spend the hour with Rick Perlstein, who has devoted three sweeping books to chronicling the rise of the right in American politics. The first, Before The Storm, covers Barry Goldwater, the insurgent Republican primary candidate who galvanized a generation of movement conservatives. The second, Nixonland, covers the president who looked like he would be … Continued
Two Separate Americas: David Simon’s New Mini-Series Looks at “Hypersegregation” in Public Housing; David Simon on Katrina Anniversary: New Orleans “May Be the Greatest Gift We Have to Offer”; The Drug War Has to End: David Simon on “The Wire” & Over-Policing of the Poor.
La Raza Chronicles – August 25, 2015
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Tonight we hear the thoughts, politics, and songs of San Francisco mayoral candidate, Francisco Herrera speaking about the “Francisco for Mayor” campaign; Salazar, of Chicanas for Third World Liberation Day, discusses the upcoming historic celebration of the Chicano Moratorium against the Vietnam War and how now, 44 years later, we are fighting a war at … Continued
Today on Flashpoints, we present a special encore of our Haiti coverage of recent parliamentary elections held this past August 9. We begin with political analysts Jocelyn Gaye in New York and Frantz Jerome in Florida with their predictions of the outcome of the elections six days before they were held. We then feature an … Continued
What is behind the gigantic El Niño for 2015? Will it end the Calif. drought? And Dr. Richard Gott of Princeton, speaks of time travel. With Host Michio Kaku.
With Robert Pollin, American economist, professor of economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and founding co-director of its Political Economy Research Institute. And Gerard Roland, Belgian economist, and a professor of economics and political science at the University of California, Berkeley, on China’s transition to state capitalism from communism.