The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, ICAN. The Trump Administration dumps Obama-era rules requiring most employers to provide contraceptive coverage in their employees’ health insurance plans. The French parliament overwhelmingly approves an anti terrorism bill that human rights groups say will give police greater surveillance and other … 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).
There has been a great deal of coverage of the alt-right neo-Nazi movement since the civil unrest in Charlottesville, Virginia but, despite the Nazi murder of 70 thousand people with disabilities in the period leading up to the Holocaust, little has been said about alt-right, neo-Nazi attitudes toward people with disabilities. In this program, Nadin … Continued
Host Doug Henwood covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global.
The top of this mornings episode opens with guest Congressmember Ro Khanna, who represents California’s 17th district, which covers western Santa Clara County and part of Alameda County. He recently introduced House Resolution 81, which directs the President to remove U.S. armed forces from Yemen, and the GAIN Act, which would expand the federal Earned Income Tax … 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.
Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice.
Activists with Black Lives Matter in Los Angeles are confronting LA County DA Jackie Lacey over why she has refused to charge a single police officer during her tenure. LA County leads the country on police killings. On today’s show we’ll speak with Prof. Melina Abdullah with BLM LA about it. Then, a new study … 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).
