Nationally, American prisons release more than 650,000 people into society every year. That’s equivalent to the entire population of Memphis or Boston. On this edition, producer Aaron Mendelson followed ex-prisoner Kevin Tindall on his journey out of prison. Special thanks to Claire Schoen and the University of California Berkeley, School of Journalism. Featuring: Gordon Brown, ex-prisoner; Monta … 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).
Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice.
Host Doug Henwood covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global.
Guatemala President Faces Arrest as Business Interests and U.S. Scramble to Contain Uprising; Remembering Hurricane Katrina 10 Years Later: Voices from the Storm; New Orleans After Katrina: Inequality Soars as Poor Continue to Be Left Behind in City’s “Recovery”; If You are Poor, It’s Like the Hurricane Just Happened: Malik Rahim on Katrina 10 Years … Continued
Guatemala President Faces Arrest as Business Interests and U.S. Scramble to Contain Uprising; Remembering Hurricane Katrina 10 Years Later: Voices from the Storm; New Orleans After Katrina: Inequality Soars as Poor Continue to Be Left Behind in City’s “Recovery”; If You are Poor, It’s Like the Hurricane Just Happened: Malik Rahim on Katrina 10 Years … Continued
Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice.
We spend the hour with Rick Perlstein, who has devoted three sweeping books to chronicling the rise of the right in American politics. The first, Before The Storm, covers Barry Goldwater, the insurgent Republican primary candidate who galvanized a generation of movement conservatives. The second, Nixonland, covers the president who looked like he would be … 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
