Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice.   Hong Kong lawmakers approve strict new law cracking down on dissent. UN labor organization says profits from forced labor going up. Child hunger increasing in Gaza strip. Candidates focus on crime issues as election season heats … Continued


We speak with Eric Foner the author of The Second Founding: How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution. The Reconstruction amendments abolished slavery, guaranteed all persons due process and equal protection of the law, and equipped black men with the right to vote. They established the principle of birthright citizenship and guaranteed the … Continued