Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. Palestinians mourn the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar as others hope it can spur the end of Israel’s ongoing war. Hezbollah prepared for escalation in fighting with Israel in wake of Sinwar’s death. UNIFIL Peacekeepers to … Continued
Today on the Show: We’ll spend the hour with legendary investigative filmmaker, the late John Pilger. We will air sound from John Pilger’s award winning and moving documentary, Stealing A Nation. We play this powerful doc in response to Great Britain and the USA finally announcing they are giving up sovereignty of a remote but … Continued
In a recent episode of Hard Knock Radio, we sit down with Dr. Jeffrey O.G. Ogbar, author of America’s Black Capital: How African Americans Remade Atlanta in the Shadow of the Confederacy. His book explores how Atlanta, despite being steeped in Confederate symbolism, became a beacon of Black excellence. Dr. Ogbar reveals how African Americans … Continued
Host Timothy Regan and IFS Therapeutic Coach Kara Stella present an authentic demonstration of how to face and resolve the breaks of family relationship around politics that so many of us are experiencing. It turns out that where you have power to heal separation and contempt is within yourself. So we show you how to … Continued
This Saturday, the longest running disability film festival in the world begins. Whether online or in person, you’re sure to see diverse, unabashed and engaging cinema. In the two decades of Pushing Limits, we’ve watched the ethos of disability organizing from the 1970s be embraced by a new generation of disabled cultural workers and organizations. Superfest’s … Continued
Almost half of Puerto Rico’s doctors have fled the island over the past decade, leading to a lack of specialists and treatment and incredibly long wait times. And this isn’t just an inconvenience. People are dying from lack of care. Why is Puerto Rico’s health care system collapsing, and why are doctors fleeing the island? … Continued
Julian Assange has been a free man since June, but the issue of his long confinement in a UK prison is still in the news. Recently he testified before the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), and the Council then passed a resolution declaring that Assange could be designated a political prisoner. Independent … Continued
The cultural, the intellectual, the political, the spiritual — and the silly. Life as we know it, fear it, love it, question it, live it. Hosted by Kris Welch.
Three young activists from across the US — Asa Miller, Amelia Southern-Uribe, and Austin Picinich, who received the 2024 Brower Youth Awards at a ceremony in Berkeley last week talk with Earth Island Journal editor-in-chief and Terra Verde cohost Maureen Nandini Mitra about their outstanding efforts to promote ecological sustainability and environmental justice, what inspires … Continued
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