Background Briefing

William Arkin / Halie Soifer / Johnathan Buma

The Pentagon’s Slow Learning Curve on Asymmetrical Warfare, Which Ukraine’s Attacks on Russian Bombers and the Kerch Bridge Just Demonstrated
The Latest Attacks on Jewish Americans As Our President, who Weaponizes Antisemitism, Continues to Signal his Antisemitic Leanings
A Former FBI Counterintelligence Whistleblower on the Wrecking of the FBI by Patel and Bongino


Join Renée Camila for an exploration of herbs to support caring for the blood. She discusses the energetics and functions of the blood, as well as how the plants can support the integrity of the blood. Hosted and produced by Emiliano Lemus and Renée Camila. Find archived episodes of The Herbal Highway here.


At the height of leftwing activism in the Sixties, conservatives funded tax-deducible rightwing groups on campuses to counter Black Power, demands for ethnic studies, and the New Left. As historian Lauren Shepherd illustrates, such groups like Young Americans for Freedom groomed future Republican leaders and influential conservatives, like Karl Rove and Newt Gingrich. There they … Continued


This week on the show, veteran investigative journalist and co-founder of Drop Site News Jeremy Scahill joins us to discuss US and Hamas negotiations and what he thinks are Trump’s real Gaza ceasefire terms. The Electronic Intifada’s contributor Donya Abu Sitta joins us from Gaza to tell us about the bombing of her neighbor’s home … Continued


Law & Disorder

Schooling and the Construction of American Racism; Plus Resistance in Residence Artist Ella Rae Feingold

Regular listeners of this show know that we frequently explore interpretations and nuances of abolition. When we think of abolition, we often conjure Angela Davis’ articulation, that prisons are a way of disappearing people and the social problems that are associated with those people. From that framing, abolition tells us to rethink the social problems … Continued


Democracy Now!

Democracy Now 6am – June 3, 2025

On today’s show: “Panic, Terror, Chaos, Trauma”: SCOTUS Ruling Lets Trump Strip Protections for 500K+ Immigrants ICE Raids on Restaurants, Farmworkers, Students Spark Community Resistance Across Country “Detention Facilitates Deportation”: Trump’s Budget Bill Would Massively Increase ICE Jail Capacity Palantir: Peter Thiel’s Data-Mining Firm Helps DOGE Build Master Database to Surveil, Track Immigrants