Our Palestine Post guests this morning are Phyllis Bennis from the Institute for Policy Studies and Samer Araabi from the Arab Resource and Organizing Center. This week’s Resistance in Residence artist is pianist, trumpeter, composer, and music producer who dabbles on the borders of jazz and hip hop, Javier Santiago. Check out Javier Santiago’s website: … Continued


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Opposing Solitary Confinement from Behind Bars w/ Christopher Blackwell

We’ll spend the hour today in conversation with Christopher Blackwell, an award-winning journalist currently incarcerated at the Washington Corrections Center. He is serving a 45-year prison sentence for taking another human’s life during a drug robbery and has been incarcerated since 2003. We’ll talk about the book he’s contributing to about the terrors of solitary … Continued


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Death by Prison – Examining Life Without the Possibility of Parole Sentencing

In recent decades, life imprisonment without the possibility of parole (LWOP) has developed into a distinctive penal form in the United States, one firmly entrenched in US policy-making, judicial and prosecutorial decision-making, correctional practice, and public discourse. LWOP is now a routine practice, but how it came to be so remains in question. Fifty years … Continued


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Palestine Post: Healthcare Workers Reportback from Gaza and Lebanon; Israel Expands Annexations into Lebanon, Syria, West Bank, Gaza

As we’ve done just about every Monday since October of last year, Law & Disorder returns to our recurring segment – The Palestine Post, discussing the latest news from Israel’s genocide in Gaza and on their border regions, and the efforts that people are taking around the world, to stop it. We’ll start in conversation … Continued


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States with anti-abortion policies are refusing to track maternal mortality; Survivors reach settlements after widespread sexual abuse at women’s prison FCI Dublin

Today our show opens with Cassandra Jaramillo, an investigative journalist and reporter at ProPublica. Her latest story for ProPublica, co-reported with Kavitha Surana, Mariam Elba, Robin Fields and Ziva Branstetter, is titled “Are Abortion Bans Across America Causing Deaths? The States That Passed Them Are Doing Little to Find Out.” Follow Cassandra on social media … Continued