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On today’s show, guest host Philip Maldari interviews Medea Benjamin, co-founder of CodePink and author of the book “Kingdom of the Unjust: Behind the U.S.-Saudi Connection. Benjamin speaks about the U.S. war machine and our current situation in the Middle-East. Medea’s latest piece with co-author Kate Harveston is “Sorry, Meals on Wheels, Our War Machine Is Hungry.” … Continued
On today’s show, host Cat Brooks interviews Wesley Lowery, author of the book “They Can’t Kill Us All: Ferguson, Baltimore, and a New Era in America’s Racial Justice Movement.” Lowery was the Washington Post’s lead reporter in Ferguson in 2014, and his book tries to tackle the magnitude of police violence on black people, and what these … Continued
On today’s episode, host Cat Brooks interviews Walter Earl Fluker, professor at the Boston University School of Theology and author of the book “The Ground Has Shifted: The Future of the Black Church in Post-Racial America.” The book offers insight into the historical and cultural roles of the Black Church, the dilemmas it faces, and its … Continued
Today host Cat Brooks interviews University of Wyoming Gender & Women’s Studies Professor Susan Dewey, co-author of the book “Women of the Street: How the Criminal Justice-Social Services Alliance Fails Women in Prostitution” with Tonia St. Germain. The book explores encounters between those who make their living by engaging in street-based prostitution, and the criminal justice … Continued
On today’s show Cat Brooks and Mitch Jeserich are joined by Robert Pollin to discuss ways the single payer health system can funded. Indeed, yesterday the Healthy California Act, or SB 562, has been pulled from further consideration this year by Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon. Robert Pollin is Distinguished Professor of Economics and Co-Director of the Political … Continued
On today’s show Cat Brooks and Mitch Jeserich speak of the healthcare senate bill, and the disrupted Oakland City Council. In the second half of the show they interview Scott Michelman, senior staff attorney with the ACLU of DC and Shay Horse, independent photojournalist that was arrested on Inauguration Day, about the lawsuit that challenges excessive force, … Continued
On today’s episode hosts Cat Brooks and Mitch Jeserich talk to Ruth Conniff, editor-in-chief of The Progressive magazine, about the healthcare bill that the senate is attempting to push through before its July 4th recess. Then Brooks and Jeserich interview Maria Noel Fernandez, the director of the Silicon Valley Rising Campaign, about the negotiations Google is attempting to enter … Continued
Today host Salima Hamirani talks with activist Ripley Marie Bennett, who was arrested during a Black Lives Matter protest in Columbus during Pride, about protests at Pride and why they are important. Then Hamirani speaks with LGBT documentary filmmaker Glenne McElhinney about the history of pride, starting with a police riot at the Stonewall Inn. Finally she … Continued
On today’s show hosts Cat Brooks and Mitch Jeserich talk with Steve Phillips about Georgia’s Special Election. Steve Phillips, is the founder of Democracy in Color, an organization focused on race, politics and the New American Majority. Phillips is a civil rights lawyer and senior fellow at the Center for American Progress. Democracy in Color released … Continued
On today’s show, hosts Cat Brooks and Mitch Jeserich discuss yesterday’s elections in Georgia and South Carolina elections and their implications on the forthcoming Republican healthcare bill. Brooks and Jeserich also talk with Zainab Chaudry, spokeswoman for the Council on American Islamic Relations, about the shocking weekend slaying of Virginia high school student Nabra Hassanen. Civil … Continued
