Womens Magazine – February 17, 2025
This hour long radio program presents and discusses women’s lives and issues globally and locally from a radical, multiracial, feminist, mujerist, womanist perspective.
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Every year, more than 80,000 African Americans die prematurely. The medical establishment relies on genetics or dietary patterns to explain such appalling numbers. But sociologist George Lipsitz argues that black people, as well as Native Americans and Latinos, are made sick by where they live — and that the most important cause of health hazards … Continued
Israelis and Palestinians Standing Together
Ralph welcomes back Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson to share his view of Pete Hegseth as Secretary of Defense and to get his take on the military and political situation in the Middle East. Then, from Tel Aviv we are joined by Alon-Lee Green, co-director of the Israeli peace organization “Standing Together” a progressive grassroots movement based … Continued
Guest: David W. Blight is Sterling Professor of History and African American Studies at Yale University. He is the author of several books on Slavery and Abolition including, Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom.
Democracy Now 9am (rebroadcast) – February 17, 2025
Democracy Now! is a daily national independent award-winning news program, hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. This hour rebroadcasts the 6am hour. For daily episode descriptions, see Democracy Now! (6am).
Violent Use of Artificial Intelligence as Border Enforcement w/ Petra Molnar
The intersection of immigration, border enforcement, new technology and specifically artificial intelligence, is racing toward more intense and more violent border enforcement strategies that are fueled by problematic algorithms, that mostly replicate the social and economic systems of power and exclusion that western societies are rooted in. On today’s show, we’ll explore part of how … Continued
Manisha Sinha thinks Reconstruction starts with the election of Lincoln
00:08 Manisha Sinha is the James L. and Shirley A. Draper Chair in American History at the University of Connecticut. Her new book is The Rise and Fall of the Second American Republic. Reconstruction: 1860 – 1920 [rebroadcast – originally recorded in July 2024]
Democracy Now 6am – February 17, 2025
On today’s show: Trump vs. Public Health: Funding Cuts Gut CDC’s Disease Detectors, Medical Research, and More Patients “Abandoned”: Trump Order to Halt Global Medical Trials “Profoundly Unethical,” Says Dr. Faden Rebels Take 2nd Major City in Eastern DRC, Amid Fight to Control Congo’s Vast Mineral Wealth Congo, Jazz, and the CIA: Oscar-Nominated “Soundtrack to … Continued
Charles Kupchan / Kim Lane Scheppele / James D. Zirin
Vance Tells Allies Russia is Not the Enemy, Europe’s Enemy is Within, and It’s … Wokeness!
A Global Alliance of Autocrats and Kleptocrats Emerges, as Trump Follows Orban’s Playbook
Our Top Law Enforcer Pam Bondi Embraces Lawlessness and Corruption
Setting the Standard 2 – February 17, 2025
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