Guest: Raj Patel is an award-winning writer, activist, and academic. He is Research Professor in the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas, Austin and Senior Research Associate at the Unit for the Humanities at Rhodes University. He is the author of Stuffed and Starved: The Hidden Battle for the World … Continued
Today on the Show: A tale of two cities in the age of the novel CoronaVirus. Also many families standing by to take migrant kids but the US Government won’t let them out. And more China bashing from Trump and company as the USA marks over 90 thousand dead and counting…fast
The CDC reports that 80% of coronavirus deaths are people 65 and older. Join Nurse Rona in conversation with Geriatrician, Dr. Louise Aronson, to discuss how elders are fairing during this deadly pandemic.
Guest: Nobel Prize winning Economist, Joseph Stiglitz is University Professor at Columbia University, and chief economist of the Roosevelt Institute. He is a former senior vice president and chief economist of the World Bank and is a former member and chairman of the (US president’s) Council of Economic Advisers. His most recent book is People, Power, and Profits: Progressive Capitalism for … Continued
We speak with Mark Dimondstein, the president of the American Postal Workers Union about the GOP blocking potential emergency funding for the agency and the fight to avoid bankruptcy and privatization. Later music historian Rickey Vincent discusses the legacy of singer and songwriter Betty Wright.
0:08 – South Africa is on a “Level 4” of a five-level emergency system, entering one of the world’s strictest lockdowns. Lynsey Chutel is a journalist and television news producer based in Johannesburg, South Africa, and talks about how the country is slowly re-opening. The government also implemented an alcohol ban, Chutel says, both out … Continued
Live Broadcast of the U.S. Health Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing: “Protecting Scientific Integrity in the COVID-19 Response (Panel I). Witnesses Richard A. Bright, Ph.D. Senior Advisor National Institutes of Health –Testimony Hosts: Mitch Jeserich, Cat Brooks, and Brian Edwards-Tiekert. Guests: Zain Rizvi, Law and Policy Researcher with Public Citizen. He … Continued
We’ve been following the story of Darryl Geyer for the past few weeks. In our first story, Darryl is released from “deplorable” conditions in Santa Rita Jail and lands in a motel room. In today’s installment, we hear about what happens when he starts to feel sick. May 13, 2020 – When I … Continued
0:08 – The Supreme Court heard arguments in three cases on May 12 about whether President Trump’s tax returns can be subpoenaed. We speak with Erwin Chemerinsky, a constitutional law scholar and dean of Berkeley Law. 0:20 – California prisoners are continuing to perish from the coronavirus in crowded and unsafe conditions. In one women’s … Continued
We speak with Rashad Robinson, the president of Color Of Change about the impacts of Covid-19 on communities of color and the government’s response.
