Jonathan Latham, PhD, founder and executive director of the Bioscience Resource Project, discusses the implications of the Poison Papers, a collection of documents dating from the 1920s showing how regulators collude with industry in promoting harmful chemicals. Visit Your Own Health And Fitness
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Essayist Roy Scranton with his new collection, We’re Doomed, essays on war and climate change. PLUS: Carolyn Brandy with an option to drum. With host Kris Welch.
Who Is Brett Kavanaugh? Inside the Right-Wing History of Trump’s Supreme Court Nominee; “It’s a Very Scary Time for Women”: Cecile Richards on Brett Kavanaugh and the Future of Roe v. Wade; ACLU’s David Cole on the Critical Questions Lawmakers Need to Ask Judge Brett Kavanaugh; LGBT & Healthcare Advocates Warn Kavanaugh Confirmation Could Mean … Continued
Then, Scott Pruitt, head of the Environmental Protection Agency resigned last week clouded by unprecedented scandal and allegations of corruption. On our show today Mary Anne Hitt from the Sierra Club will join us to discuss Pruitt’s disastrous legacy at the EPA in terms of the gutting of public safety standards. We’ll also discuss the … Continued
When, after the U.S. entered World War I, Emma Goldman continued to speak out – this time against the draft – the authorities threw her in prison. The influential anarchist and agitator was deported two years later. Candace Falk, who directs the Emma Goldman Papers Project, is working on the fourth and final volume in … Continued
Ralph greets Princeton classmate and nuclear non-proliferation expert, Ambassador Thomas Graham, a former senior U.S. diplomat, who was involved in the negotiation of every single international arms control and non-proliferation agreement from 1970 to 1997. Also, the original Nader’s Raider, Robert Fellmeth rejoins us to talk about the campaign to protect children on Facebook.
Mexican president-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador claims the political legacy of early 20th century anarchist Ricardo Flores Magon, who fought in the 1910 Mexican Revolution not with a gun but with ink and paper in exile from Los Angeles. Today we host a conversation on the life, politics and legacy of Ricardo Flores Magon. Guest: … Continued
CIA-Linked Military Contractor Used Arizona “Black Site” to Secretly Jail Dozens of Migrant Children
CIA-Linked Military Contractor Used Arizona “Black Site” to Secretly Jail Dozens of Migrant Children; Human Rights Lawyer Jennifer Harbury on How Trump Is Punishing Cartels’ Victims—Not Its Members; From CIA-Backed Wars to Cartel Violence: Inside the Roots of the Refugee Crisis in Central America.
Entrevista con Pablo Cantú, de la banda mexicana Reyno. Entrenos musicales y comentarios. Cunducción por Miguel Guerrero y El Nahual Producción por Miguel Guerrero.
From Black Panther and A Wrinkle in Time to Janelle Monae and Erykah Badu, Afrofuturism is gaining popularity. Filmmaker and author Ytasha Womack more defines Afrofuturism as “the intersection between black culture, technology, liberation and the imagination, with some mysticism thrown in, too,” On this episode of Making Contact, authors Nalo Hopkinson, Nnedi Okorafor, and Jewelle … Continued