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Letters & Politics seeks to explore the history behind today’s major global and national news stories. Hosted by Mitch Jeserich.
Mitch speaks with Steven Rosenfeld about the latest on recounting votes in Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania. Steven Rosenfeld covers national political issues for AlterNet, including America’s democracy and voting rights, campaigns and elections, and many social justice issues. He is the author of “Count My Vote: A Citizen’s Guide to Voting.”
with Rachel Jackson, researcher of radical Oklahoma history at the University of Oklahoma. The Green Corn Rebellion was an armed uprising that took place in rural Oklahoma on August 2 and 3, 1917. The uprising was a reaction by radicalized European-Americans, tenant farmers, Seminoles, Muscogee Creeks and African-Americans to an attempt to enforce the Selective … Continued
With historian Ian Mortimer, author of the book Millenium From Religion to Revolution: How Civilization Has Changed Over a Thousand Years. Ian is a keen advocate of the public importance of history, at national level and in the community. About Millenium From Religion to Revolution In Millennium, bestselling historian Ian Mortimer takes the reader on a … Continued
With Arsalan Iftikhar, international human rights lawyer, and global media commentator. Arsalan is the founder of TheMuslimGuy.com and he also serves as senior editor for The Islamic Monthly magazine. He is author of the book SCAPEGOATS: How Islamophobia Helps Our Enemies & Threatens Our Freedoms. About the book: When a murderous psychopath goes on a … Continued
With Ryan Grim, Washington bureau chief for The Huffington Post. Pratap Chatterjee, investigative journalist and author. He is executive director of CorpWatch, and Oakland-Base corporate accounbtability organization. Author of The Earth Brokerers, Iraq Inc.: A profitable Occupation and Haliburton’s Army. And an update on Haiti’s Presidential Election with Margaret Prescod reporting from Haiti. Margaret Prescod is the … Continued
with Laura Carlsen, Director of the Center for International Policy’s Americas Program, and with Hiroshi Motomura, a Professor at UCLA Law, and influential scholar on immigration and citizenship law.
with Thomas Frank, is an American political analyst, historian, journalist, and columnist for Harper’s Magazine. He has written many books, his latest is Listen Liberal: or What Ever Happened to the Party of the People?.
A look at burning political issues and debates and their historical context within the US and worldwide, hosted by Mitch Jeserich.
Medea Benjamin, co-founder of Code Pink and Global Exchange. She is one of America’s best-known and courageous activists. Medea is the recipient of the 2012 U.S. Peace Memorial Foundation’s Peace Prize. She is the author of the book Drone Warfare. And her latest “Kingdom of the Unjust: Behind the U.S. – Saudi Connection.” About “Kingdom … Continued
with Mark Potok, Senior Fellow at the Southern Poverty Law Center, an experienced journalist and expert on hate and extremism in America. and The Electoral College with Akhil Reed Amar, Sterling Professor of Law at Yale University, renowned legal thinker, and the author of many books. His latest is The Constitution Today: Timeless Lessons for the Issues of Our Era. … Continued
