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0:08 – Andrea Bernstein (@AndreaWNYC) is the Peabody Award-winning cohost of the acclaimed WNYC/ProPublica podcast Trump, Inc., which investigates how President Trump’s business works and who might be profiting from his administration. She joins us to talk about her new book, American Oligarchs: The Kushners, the Trumps, and the Marriage of Money and Power. 1:08 … Continued
0:08 – Across what’s called “Canada,” First Nations peoples are fighting for their land, water and way of life as multibillion-dollar corporations attempt to build pipeline projects on unceded territories. Members of the Wet’suwet’en Nation are resisting the Coastal GasLink pipeline, facing arrests while defending their ancestral territories. We speak with Molly Wickham, the spokesperson … Continued
0:08 – President Trump is set to unveil his so-called “peace” plan for the Middle East, which was created without any input whatsoever from Palestinians. Thousands have taken to the streets of Gaza ahead of the announcement. For more we speak to Khury Petersen-Smith of the Institute for Policy Studies. He researches U.S. empire, borders, … Continued
0:08 – Last week, news broke that Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ phone had been hacked in 2018 after he received a WhatsApp message from Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. We speak with the two U.N. investigators who reviewed the forensic analysis: U.N. Special Rapporteur on freedom of expression David Kaye, author of Speech Police: The … Continued
0:08 – John Nichols, Washington correspondent for The Nation joins us to talk about the scope of the impeachment investigation as the Democrats make their final arguments in the Senate today. His latest book is The Genius of Impeachment: The Founders’ Cure for Royalism. 0:21 – The Arab Resource Organizing Center (@AROCBayArea) is planning a mass march on … Continued
0:08 – The Trump administration has moved hundreds of immigration cases out of San Francisco courts. It’s a move that alarms immigrants’ rights advocates, who say it will deny needed legal representation to Bay Area residents facing deportation. Raha Jorjani, founder and director of the Alameda County Public Defender’s Immigration Representation Unit, talks about what … Continued
0:08 – Impeachment proceedings Tuesday night went through midnight, with Democrats and Republicans clashing over whether the public will see testimony from witnesses and earning admonishment from Chief Justice John Roberts. Independent journalist Marcy Wheeler (@emptywheel) says Mitch McConnell risks crossing independent voters who want to see an open and thorough trial. 0:19 – More … Continued
Brian Edwards-Tiekert and Cat Brooks of UpFront interview Ian Haney Lopez (@IanHaneyLopez), who teaches in the areas of race and constitutional law. He holds an endowed chair as the Chief Justice Earl Warren Professor of Public Law at the University of California, Berkeley. His latest book is Merge Left: Fusing Race and Class, Winning Elections, … Continued
0:08 – The U.S. Senate begins impeachment proceedings. Sen. Mitch McConnell has proposed rules to govern the impeachment process that Democrats say are undemocratic and will hamper the trial. We discuss with Mitch Jeserich of Letters and Politics. 0:35 – Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts will be presiding over the impeachment trial. We interview … Continued
0:08 – On December 7, 1964, days before he received the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, King gave a major address in London on segregation, the fight for civil rights and his support for Nelson Mandela and the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa. 0:34 – We hear excerpts from Martin Luther King Jr’s famous speech … Continued
