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A daily digest of independent news analysis, investigation, education, artistic expression, and activism in the public interest, emphasizing the connection between global issues and those in local communities.
Hosted by Sonali Kolhatkar.
First, our daily news headlines. In the wake of former Senator Joe Liebermans incendiary op-ed urging a vote for Joe Crowley through the Working Families Party challenging Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, well speak on todays show with a spokesperson for the Working Families Party. Joe Dinkin will explain what happened, why Crowley will remain on the ballot, … Continued
On todays show, daily news headlines. Then, our immigration correspondent Juan Escalante will give us a progress report on the governments reunification of the families it separated. Well also discuss a devastating report that was filed in court detailing abuses of immigrants in detention since June. Then, the ACLU of Southern California is suing Riverside … Continued
On today s show we’ll look into the main news of the day. Then, our foreign policy and empire correspondent Rahul Majahan joins us to discuss the top issues that are being left out of media coverage of the Trump-Putin summit in Helsinki. We ll discuss Syria, Israel, Iran, and the Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty. … Continued
On today’s show we first cover the main news of the day; then, we’ll delve into the indictment of 12 Russian military officers by Special Counsel Robert Mueller – the first such charges in the on-going inquiry. We’ll turn to Stephen Spaulding for what the indictment says and means. Then, we’ll go to the UK … Continued
As a Sheriff in Wisconsin certifies his deputies to enforce federal immigration laws under the 287G program, activists respond with their own community defence and training. On today s show we ll speak with Christine Neumann-Ortiz, Executive Director of the Wisconsin-based Voces De La Frontera. Then we ll hear about an innovative approach to ending … Continued
Mass protests are taking place this week in the UK as Donald Trump starts his first visit to the UK since he became President. On our show today well go to London to speak with social justice organizer Sebastian Ordoñez Muñoz with the group War Against Want who will explain what is happening on the … Continued
A daily digest of independent news analysis, investigation, education, artistic expression, and activism in the public interest, emphasizing the connection between global issues and those in local communities. Hosted by Sonali Kolhatkar.
A daily digest of independent news analysis, investigation, education, artistic expression, and activism in the public interest, emphasizing the connection between global issues and those in local communities. Hosted by Sonali Kolhatkar.
Then, Scott Pruitt, head of the Environmental Protection Agency resigned last week clouded by unprecedented scandal and allegations of corruption. On our show today Mary Anne Hitt from the Sierra Club will join us to discuss Pruitt’s disastrous legacy at the EPA in terms of the gutting of public safety standards. We’ll also discuss the … Continued
On our show today, Isa Blumi joins us from Stockholm to discuss the brutal and terrifying war in Yemen. He’ll put the brutal US-backed Saudi war on Yemen into a critical historical context. Then, Travis Lupick, an award winning journalist, joins us to discuss his new book Fighting for Space: How a Group Of Drug … Continued
