Following Friday’s youth-led climate strike — the largest-ever global protest focused on climate — we speak with Bill McKibben, longtime journalist and co-founder of 350.org. McKibben’s latest piece for The New Yorker is titled “Money Is the Oxygen on Which the Fire of Global Warming Burns,” and his cover piece for Time magazine is headlined … Continued
Following Friday’s youth-led climate strike — the largest-ever global protest focused on climate — we speak with Bill McKibben, longtime journalist and co-founder of 350.org. McKibben’s latest piece for The New Yorker is titled “Money Is the Oxygen on Which the Fire of Global Warming Burns,” and his cover piece for Time magazine is headlined … Continued
Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice.
Today on Flashpoints: We cover the student walkout in NYC which is to kick off Climate Change summit happening in New York next week. Also the latest podcast from The Electronic Intifafa, with host, Nora Barrows-Friedman.
With speak with Bill Budington of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) out of the bay area, about building up an online self-defense against State and corporate surveillance. We cover topics related to social media, your phone, and personal computer.
Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. Whistleblower complaint about President Trump blocked from reaching congress Democrats introduce sweeping bill to lower prescription drug prices Trump’s pick for Labor Secretary, Eugene Scalia, grilled at confirmation hearing for anti labor work Fresno to join lawsuit … Continued
Many families can’t afford to live in good performing school districts, and sometimes, parents like Tonya McDowell, of Bridgeport, Connecticut, may not abide the school requirements to get their child a good education. Yet many school districts considers that theft. Tonya McDowell, a 34-year old, single mother was sentenced to five years in prison for … Continued
Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice.
Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. Protests as President Trump attends multi-million dollar fundraisers in Bay Area and LA HUD Secretary Ben Carson tours San Francisco facility as part of quest to cure homeless crisis Homeless advocates criticize Trump administration’s new report on … Continued
Covering issues facing working people and the trade union movement from education, healthcare, housing, the environment and public workers. It also examines the role of international labor and the US trade union movement
