Behind the News – December 8, 2016
Host Doug Henwood covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global.
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The death toll climbs to 36 in Friday night’s Oakland warehouse fire at the artists collective known as the “ghost ship”. Artists say if they report unsafe work/live conditions they risk being put out on the street when their buildings are red-tagged. Lawmakers return to the state capitol, promising new legislation to protect … Continued
Womens Magazine – December 5, 2016 – Fun with Feminism
Kate talks with Bonnie Burton about Crafting With Feminism. Learn how to make tampons buddies with sequins, Ruth Bader Ginsburg finger puppets and huggable uterus pillows just in time for the holidays. Plus riffs on pop culture. Sharon Sobotta talks with playwright AJ Baker about ENTANGLEMENT, a play about a play about the quantum mechanics … Continued
Immigrants have faced harsh deportation and detention under President Obama. What will they face under Trump? We’ll turn to Olga Tomchin of the National Day Laborer Organizing network to learn about the case of Mayra Machado and what it means for immigrant rights. And, Greg Palast joins us to explain what the Green Party vote … Continued
CounterSpin – December 2, 2016
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).
Behind the News – December 1, 2016
Host Doug Henwood covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global.
with Bernadine Dohrn, former Professor of Law at Northwestern University and Bill Ayers, an American elementary education theorist and former Professor of Education at University of Illinois Chicago . They were both involved with the Weather Underground Organization, an American militant, radical left-wing organization founded on the Ann Arbor campus of the University of Michigan in 1969. The … Continued
The following IGDCAST is much more than our usual offering, instead this is a full on audio-documentary from the front lines of the ongoing struggle against the Dakota Access Pipeline, recorded in the midst of police clashes and front line action. This episode is only the first in a series of on the ground reporting that seeks … Continued
WorkWeek – November 29, 2016
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
Nurse Rona and Lisa Frederiksen will address alcohol addiction as a chronic and treatable brain disease that requires medical intervention, not moral judgment. Alcoholism is not a switch that can be turned off and on. It and other alcohol use disorders develop over time, and usually involve certain preexisting risk factors that make the individual … Continued