Robert Burgdorf, original author of the Americans with Disabilities Act and Professor Emeritus at the David A. Clarke School of Law. And Beth Shapiro, associate professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of California, Santa Cruz and author of the book How to Clone a Mammoth: The Science of De-Extinction. About the book:  … Continued


Long-time political activist Ajamu Baraka on Sandra Bland’s arrest and death; Bernie Sanders; and Black Lives Matter. Last night the Texas Department of Public Safety released video of Sandra Bland’s arrest from a dashboard camera. And Christian Hageseth, author of the book Big Weed: An Entrepreneur’s High-Stakes Adventures in the Budding Legal Marijuana Business. About the … Continued


Democratic Presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Martin O’Malley were interrupted by Black Lives Matter protests during the Netroots conference in Arizona. Excerpts from Sanders’ and O’Malley’s speeches, and an interview with Alicia Garza of the Black Lives Matter movement. And Johanna Fernandez on Mumia Abu-Jamal, his health, and writing. Fernandez is editor of Writing on … Continued


With Kelsey Davenport, Director for Nonproliferation Policy at the Arms Control Association, where she provides research and analysis on the nuclear and missile programs in Iran, North Korea, India, and Pakistan and on nuclear security issues. Davenport’s most recent brief on the Iran Nuclear Deal, Iran Nuclear Policy Brief: An Effective, Verifiable Nuclear Deal With … Continued


Iran and six other nations reached a nuclear deal today, capping more than a decade of negotiations with an agreement. We’ll discuss the Iran Nuclear Deal with Kaveh Ehsani, Professor of International Studies at DePaul University and Ervand Abrahamian, Professor of History at Baruch College, City University of New York. Then, Vladimir Lenin, Imperialism, and … Continued


Eurozone leaders have agreed to offer Greece a third bailout, after marathon talks in Brussels. With Richard Wolff, professor emeritus of economics at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and currently a visiting professor in the Graduate Program for International Affairs at the New School University in New York City. Author of such books as Democracy … Continued