Talkies

Talkies – Iran Diplomacy, the 2026 Elections, and AI’s Economic Impact

This week, the show examines the latest developments surrounding a potential Iran deal, the 2026 elections, and the impact of artificial intelligence on the economy. Later, a conversation on the legacy of Juneteenth and the ongoing fight for racial justice, followed by the weekly Town Crier segment.   The cultural, the intellectual, the political, the … Continued


Author and speaker Jeremy Lent suggests that as climate change, inequality, and social fragmentation intensify, humanity faces an imminent choice. We can either continue with the same system of extraction, exploitation, and endless growth that created the polycrisis we now face—which will almost certainly lead to collapse—or, we can reimagine civilization itself.  In his new … Continued


Economic Update

Supermarket Jobs, Super Exploitation

This week on Economic Update, Professor delivers updates on the so-called Social Security Crisis, the gross inequality of stock ownership in the U.S. today, the exploited and underpaid non-tenure track faculty (“adjuncts,” etc.) who are joining unions, especially the UAW, which won a union election on June 3 at the University of Southern California, which … Continued


Democracy Now! (Rebroadcast)

Democracy Now! (Rebroadcast) – June 26, 2026

On today’s show: In “Devastating” Immigration Ruling, Supreme Court Allows Trump Admin to “Turn Back” Asylum Seekers Venezuela Earthquakes: U.S. Sanctions Impede Rescue Efforts as Death Toll Soars Supreme Court Strips Protections for Haitian & Syrian Immigrants in “Racially Inflected” Decision Bayer/Monsanto Wins Roundup Case as Supreme Court Blocks Suit over Link Between Herbicide & … Continued


UpFront

Trans March Kicks Off Pride Weekend; Plus, Boyle Heights Community After the Lineage Warehouse Fire; Gender Apartheid in Afghanistan Exacerbated by International Community’s Normalization of Taliban

00:08 — Mar Omega is a community organizer and head of the media team for the San Francisco Trans March. She also goes by Mar xoxo, the Bay Area’s finest trans pinay pop princesa. Both her music and social work are intimately intertwined as she creates audiovisual and physical spaces for everyone to be liberated and … Continued


Democracy Now!

Democracy Now! – June 26, 2026

On today’s show: In “Devastating” Immigration Ruling, Supreme Court Allows Trump Admin to “Turn Back” Asylum Seekers Venezuela Earthquakes: U.S. Sanctions Impede Rescue Efforts as Death Toll Soars Supreme Court Strips Protections for Haitian & Syrian Immigrants in “Racially Inflected” Decision Bayer/Monsanto Wins Roundup Case as Supreme Court Blocks Suit over Link Between Herbicide & … Continued