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Where do you draw the line at too much treatment? Many of us think we don’t want heroic measures to drag out our deaths. But everything from the way we fund medical research to the way most doctors practice medicine pushes us in the opposite direction. We’ll spend the hour probing the intersection of industry, … Continued
Lafayette, Louisiana, has just witnessed America’s latest shooting spree: less than five weeks after the massacre in Charleston, John Russell Houser shot 11 and killed 2 in a movie theater showing Amy Shumer’s “Trainwreck.” We look at the right-wing and white supremacist forums he frequented online, and the rise of “lone wolf” attacks. Plus: President … Continued
Kathryn Steinle, Sanctuary Cities, Race and White Women The House of Representatives passed a bill yesterday to punish cities with sanctuary laws that prevent police from handing over information about undocumented immigrants to Immigrations and Customs Enforcement. The measure would withhold federal money from cities with sanctuary laws. Both Republican President candidate Donald Trump and … Continued
Investigative journalist Abrahm Lustgarten joins us in studio to walk us through everything you never knew was wrong about how we manage water. We discuss federal crop subsidies, use-it-or-lose-it water rights, and why the former director of the agency that built our biggest dams thinks at least one of them should be torn down. Plus: … Continued
We’re going deep on climate change, starting with wildfires here in California, a “climate bomb” lurking in Alaska’s melting permafrost, and a staggering new study by one the world’s most prominent climate scientists on sea level rise this century. Guests: Patrick Gonzalez, forest ecologist and climate change scientist with the U.S. National Park Service; co-author … Continued
Self-described socialist and Democratic primary contender Bernie Sanders is turning out record-breaking crowds to hear him call out billionaires and oligarchs. His track record and positions on the issues are closer than any other candidate to what most unions espouse – but when most unions get involved in electoral politics, they want to bet on … Continued
Today Cuba opens an embassy in Washington for the first time in 54 years, drawing angst from hard-line anti-communists, and applause from US companies hoping to expand markets there. So what will the new opening do to Cuba? We’ll talk to Sujatha Fernandes. Plus: If you listen to this radio station for any significant amount … Continued
Puerto Rico is inching closer to defaulting on its $72 billion debt. The country missed a debt payment yesterday. This comes as no surprise since governor Alejandro Garcia Padilla, announced last month that there’s no way Puerto Rico can pay. The governor has already announced further austerity measures – he’s calling it a “consensual adjustment” … Continued
Greece’s government votes through the first package of austerity measures required to secure a possible bailout from creditors – and also faces its first riots since the left-wing Syriza coalition took power. We go live to Greece. Plus: a fact-check on immigrants and crime, and how a neighborhood sandwiched between San Francisco’s most upscale shopping district, and … Continued
But first: public-sector unions in Greece have called their first mass demonstrations since the left-wing Syriza government took power—this as the Parliament debates an austerity plan more severe than what voters rejected last week. We go live to Greece. Plus: Mark Bittman has used his perch as a food columnist at The New York Times … Continued
