On today’s show, we hear an interview with Jared Bernstein (Senior Fellow at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and Chief Economist and Economic Adviser to Vice President Joseph Biden in the Obama Administration) about attempts to roll back Dodd-Frank. Then, some refreshingly good news. We talk to Jane Kim (SF District 6 representative, chair of the Government Audit and … Continued
ACLU: We’re in a Dangerous Situation as Gov’t Claims That Courts Have No Role Reviewing Muslim Ban; A Violation of Tribal & Human Rights: Standing Rock Chair Slams Approval of Dakota Access Pipeline; Water Protectors Call for Global Mass Mobilizations as Army Plans to Approve Dakota Access Pipeline; Inside the ACLU’s Fight Against Trump’s Muslim … Continued
We speak with Twilight Bey about the Brexit, where it stands and the influence of Trump. We also talk about the possibilities of a Calexit and what all this means for Black people.
Guest: Dr. David Archer, will our cities one day be under water? Hosted by Dr. Michio Kaku.
Larry Bensky on Rising Up
On today’s show, we hear an interview with Guardian political reporter Sabrina Siddiqui about the Muslim ban. Then, we talk to Elizabeth Dwoskin (Silicon Valley Correspondent for The Washington Post) about the tech industry under the Trump administration. We also talk to Tiny aka Lisa Gray-Garcia (co-founder and executive director of POOR Magazine/ Poor News Network) about the … Continued
Rep. Maxine Waters: DeVos is a Billionaire Wannabe Teacher Who Doesn’t Care About Public Education; Iranian Student Blocked from Entering U.S.: Trump Remarks on Muslim Ban Remind Me of the Nazis; Muslim: From Israel to Iran to Mexico, Trump Has Already Blown It on Foreign Policy; Rep. Maxine Waters: Trump Should Be Impeached If He … Continued
The Surgeon General calls social isolation our nation’s biggest health problem. The risk of death among people who are socially isolated is similar to those who smoke. Join Dr. Will Courtenay discussing the health effects of social isolation and what can be done about this problem with his guests Dr. Matt Pantell and Anne Richards.
Until the last year or two, most people had never heard of the alt-right. But the lead up to the election of Donald Trump has highlighted its noxious influence, including in the corridors of power. Is the term the “alt-right” just a fig leaf for neo-Nazism? Or is the alternative right a new formation of … Continued
Ralph welcomes former Labor Secretary and Chairman of Common Cause, Robert Reich, to talk about how to fight back in Donald Trump’s America. And children’s studies scholar, Heidi Tilney Kramer, talks about her book Media Monsters: Militarism, Violence, and Cruelty in Children’s Culture.
