Today on Flashpoints: We revisit the issue of police brutality as tension grows, following the one year anniversary of Michael Brown’s murder in Ferguson, Missouri. Next, we cover protests in Japan, following a decision by the Japanese government to reactivate the first nuclear power plant, since the Fukushima disaster in 2011. Then, as Secretary of … Continued


Today on Flashpoints, we discuss Haiti’s long awaited parliamentary elections, which just wrapped up yesterday. Next we talks with an organizer of the boycott against Driscoll berries in response to the terrible working conditions in the field of Baja California. Then, we’ll take a look at controversy surrounding Bernie Sanders with the backlash he’s received … Continued


Today on Flashpoints, we discuss President Obama’s recent statements addressing the importance of climate change and global warming. Next we’ll talk with Jenna McLaughlin who writes for The Intercept about Justice Department efforts to create a backdoor to all commercial encryption programs.  Then, we’ll feature an exclusive interview with our special correspondent on the ground … Continued


Today on Flashpoints: Portland activists continue their battle to block Shell’s ice breaker from heading out to the Arctic to commence the drilling process. Private prison owners getting rich on Obama’s massive record-breaking deportation program. And, a Palestinian-American college professor arrested and deported from Israel/Palestine for no reason and brutalized along the way.