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00:08 John Nichols, national affairs correspondent for The Nation, on why Donald Trump is still a favorite for the Republican presidential nomination, and what that means for the party. 00:35 Kavitha Surana, reporter at ProPublica, on how anti-abortion activists plan to defend and expand the nation’s strictest abortion bans 00:48 Tarini Hardikar, graduate student researcher at UC … Continued
On today’s show: 0:08 – John Feffer (@johnfeffer), Director of Foreign Policy in Focus discusses the latest news from Russia’s war in Ukraine. 0:33 – Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health joins us to answer listeners’ COVID questions.
On today’s show: 0:08 – We spend the hour with Lisa Hajjar (@lisahajjar), Professor of Sociology at UC Santa Barbara, discusses her book The War in Court: Inside the Long Fight against Torture.
On today’s show: 0:10 – Rebecca Nagle (@rebeccanagle), a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, the host of the podcast This Land which has devoted an entire season to the Supreme Court challenge to the Indian Child Welfare Act. She discusses Haaland v. Brackeen the case challenging the Indian Child Welfare Act that the Supreme Court … Continued
On today’s show: 0:08 – We roundup the results of key elections around the country with Steve Phillips (@steveptweets), host of the podcast Democracy in Color and author of the new book How We Win the Civil War; and John Nichols (@NicholsUprising), national affairs correspondent for The Nation magazine. 0:33 – Tim Redmond (@timredmondsf), long-time … Continued
On today’s show: 0:08 – It’s election day! LaTosha Brown (@MsLaToshaBrown), co-founder of the Black Voters Matter Fund joins us from Georgia. 0:15 – John Nichols (@NicholsUprising), national affairs correspondent for The Nation magazine rounds up the key House and Senate races across the country as well as a few state initiatives and gubernatorial elections. … Continued
On today’s show: 0:08 – John Feffer (@johnfeffer), Director of Foreign Policy in Focus discusses the latest news from Russia’s war in Ukraine. 0:33 – Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health joins us to answer listeners’ COVID questions.
On today’s show: 0:08 – Dan Kalb (@DanKalb), Oakland city Councilmember for District 1 discusses Measure W, a proposal he co-authored to provide public financing for elections. 0:18 – Katherine Blunt (@KatherineBlunt) discusses her latest book, California Burning: The Fall of Pacific Gas And Electric – And What It Means For America’s Power Grid.
On today’s show: 0:08 – We unpack the results of the Israeli election with Richard Silverstein (@richards1052), an independent journalist and author of the Tikun Olam blog and Khury Petersen-Smith (@kpyes), Michael Ratner Middle East Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies. 0:33 – Vic Bedoian (@vicbedoian) reports on the California House District 22 Race … Continued
On today’s show: 0:08 – Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC), legal analyst and Supreme Court correspondent for Slate rounds up the arguments heard by the Supreme Court on Monday in two cases that could end affirmative action. 0:33 – What radicalized David DePape—the man charged with the assault and attempted kidnapping of Paul Pelosi? Abner Hauge, … Continued
