Background Briefing

Background Briefing – February 21, 2024

Increasing Signs That Christian Nationalists Plan to Impose an American Theocracy We begin with the increasing signs of the rise of American theocracy, with a theocratic Supreme Court in Alabama ruling that frozen embryos are people and to think otherwise invites “the wrath of God,” Mike Johnson’s invocation of God at a House Republican retreat … Continued


Democracy Now! (Rebroadcast)

Democracy Now 02-21-24

On today’s show: “Political Prosecution”: WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange Faces Final U.K. Appeal to Avoid U.S. Extradition “Moral Failure”: Democrats Rep. Khanna & Michigan State Rep. Aiyash Urge Biden to Change Gaza Policy Colonialism, Occupation & Apartheid: African Countries See “Shared Experiences” with Palestinians



Law & Disorder

Ancestral Healing from Syria to the Sinai – Fund Drive Special

We’re joined today by the author of a brand new book that ties cultural survival to earth-based knowledge. In The Land in Our Bones: Plantcestral Herbalism and Healing Cultures from Syria to the Sinai, Lebanese ethnobotanist, sovereignty steward, and cultural worker Layla K Feghali offers a layered history of the healing plants of Cana’an (the … Continued