Background Briefing

Lisa Graves / Robert Young Pelton / Gregory Treverton

Trump’s Choice to Head the DOJ is an Unqualified and Incompetent Ideologue Who Has Been Investigated for Sex Trafficking an Underaged Girl Across State Lines
Trump’s Choice of a Fox Propagandist, Grifter, and Supporter of For-Profit Colleges That Rip off Veterans to be Secretary of Defense
Trump Wants a Member of a Fringe Hindu Cult and Fan of the Syrian and Russian Dictators to be the Next Head of Our Intelligence Agencies


The Visionary Activist Show

The Visionary Activist Show – Sacrament of Kinship

Grief & Mourning artfully expressed becomes a Sacrament of Kinship Caroline welcomes Eiren Caffall, author of “The Mourner’s Bestiary” “Lyrical reports from the apocalypse” The Mourner’s Bestiary is a meditation on grief and survival told through the stories of animals in two collapsing marine ecosystems—the Gulf of Maine and the Long Island Sound—and the lives of … Continued


Guest: Rafael A. Martínez is an assistant professor in the Southwest Borderlands Initiative at Arizona State University whose work focuses on immigrant rights, mixed-status families, and Latinx cultural and historical productions in the Southwest borderlands.  He is the author of Illegalized: Undocumented Youth Movements in the United States and is the founder of the podcast … Continued


Democracy Now!

Democracy Now 6am – November 14, 2024

On today’s show: Trump Picks Far-Right Loyalist Matt Gaetz to Be Attorney General as He Moves to Weaponize the Department of Justice Against “Enemies” Report from Gaza: Palestinians Feel They Are Being “Slowly Exterminated” in Israel’s Genocide Iraqis Tortured at Abu Ghraib Win $42 Million Judgment Against U.S. Military Contractor CACI