Freshwater is our most vital natural resource. It’s a finite one too, although we don’t always treat it that way. Contamination, overconsumption, misuse and abuse have made freshwater increasingly scarce around the world. So how do we protect our water supply? Many say start at the source––take care of the rivers. On this edition, we … Continued
Who polices the police? Do you or your neighbors have any say in the way your town’s cops and sheriffs do business? For more than 35 years, cities around the country have been creating civilian oversight agencies – trying to make local police and sheriffs accountable to the communities they serve. On this edition, producer … Continued
In this week’s program, we take you to Tehran and Paris to get a sense of the unfolding political situation in Iran in the aftermath of the presidential election in that country. Following an official announcement by Iran’s interior ministry declaring incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad the winner of the presidential election, millions of disaffected Iranians spontaneously … Continued
The Morning Show features Vivek Chibber giving a lecture at a Brecht Forum program at the New York Marxist School on Class, Empire, and Marxian Theory. In the second hour Chris Hedges speaking on “Empire of illusion: The End of Literacy and The Triumph of Spectacle”, and Eduardo Galeano, author of “Mirrors: Stories of Almost … Continued
