WorkWeek – July 11, 2017
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
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
Federal Judge Thelton Henderson holds a hearing today that will determine whether the Oakland Police Department becomes the first in the nation to go into federal receivership – we talk to investigative journalists Ali Winston and Darwin BondGraham about the scandal and coverup that brought things to this point. Plus: Cat Brooks discusses the lives … Continued
Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice.
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).
Host Doug Henwood covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global.
North Korea announced it has successfully tested the Hwasong-14, its first intercontinental ballistic missile. Christine Ahn with Women Cross the DMZ talks with Amy. Ari Berman latest article in the Nation covers the path toward voter suppression, “The Trump Administration Is Planning an Unprecedented Attack on Voting Rights.” Rami Khouri about Saudi Arabia’s demands of Qatar, including closing … Continued
Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice.
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
Former chemist Marie Veronique is a skin specialist with a line of completely natural skin care products. She discusses the problems with conventional sun screens, including nano technology products, the need for some daily sun, and how to feed and repair skin, check out if you want to know about Why do people bleach their … Continued
On today’s show, host Cat Brooks interviews Wesley Lowery, author of the book “They Can’t Kill Us All: Ferguson, Baltimore, and a New Era in America’s Racial Justice Movement.” Lowery was the Washington Post’s lead reporter in Ferguson in 2014, and his book tries to tackle the magnitude of police violence on black people, and what these … Continued