Cat Brooks speaks with University of Texas professor and historian Dr. Jacqueline Jones about her book on Lucy Parsons. The text, Goddess of Anarchy covers the life of 19th-century radical black anarchist and labor activist Lucy Parsons. Meera Nabulsi reports on the protests that occurred on the birthday of Ahed Tamimi, a Palestinian teenager who has been detained … Continued
On today’s Making Contact, we head to Soseongri, a small village nestled in the mountains of Seongju County. There, grandmas and grandpas in the 70s, 80s, and 90s have gone from quietly farming to organizing daily protests and blockades to stop THAAD. THAAD is part of a missile defense system that gives the U.S. the … Continued
CounterSpin provides a critical examination of the each week’s major news stories, and exposes what the mainstream media may have missed in their own coverage. Produced by the national media watch group FAIR (Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting).
Douglas Preston, author of “The Lost City of the Monkey God”, now out in trade paper, in conversation with Richard Wolinsky.
Host Doug Henwood covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global.
On today’s show, we are in conversation with David Cay Johnston, journalist investigator who has been covering the business transactions of Donald Trump for almost 30 years. In his latest book, It’s Even Worse Than You Think: What the Trump Administration Is Doing to America, he highlights what the White House is doing and how … Continued
NYC Taxi Driver Kills Himself at City Hall after Condemning Uber & Politicians for Financial Ruin; “They were Both Cops & Robbers”: Baltimore Police Scandal Exposes Theft, Cover-Ups & Drug Peddling; Bresha Meadows, Teenage Girl Who Killed Her Abusive Father, Finally Freed After 10 Months in Jail; NAACP vs. Trump: Racial Discrimination Suit Filed to … Continued
NYC Taxi Driver Kills Himself at City Hall after Condemning Uber & Politicians for Financial Ruin; “They were Both Cops & Robbers”: Baltimore Police Scandal Exposes Theft, Cover-Ups & Drug Peddling; Bresha Meadows, Teenage Girl Who Killed Her Abusive Father, Finally Freed After 10 Months in Jail; NAACP vs. Trump: Racial Discrimination Suit Filed to … Continued
Layna Berman and Jeffry Fawcett, PhD discuss the film Vaxxed: From Cover-up to Catastrophe, which is about the coverup by the CDC of its own science showing a link between vaccination of children and the risk of autism. Visit Your Own Health And Fitness
As part of UpFront’s monthlong coverage of notable black figures who have had a significant impact on black history but are less broadly known, we hear from Melvin Dickson. Melvin was a member of the Black Panther Part and has worked over the last decades to preserve the organizations legacy. Our guest is Chin Jou, lecturer … Continued
