New Trump Immigration Memo Revives Call for Obama to Pardon All Undocumented Immigrants, Extend DACA; Rep. Grijalva: Power of the People Key to Stopping Repeal of Obamacare & Worst Instincts of Trump; Trump Treasury Pick Steven Mnuchin’s Bank OneWest Accused of Widespread Misconduct; Privacy Advocates Warn of Potential Surveillance Through Listening Devices Like Amazon Echo, … Continued
New Trump Immigration Memo Revives Call for Obama to Pardon All Undocumented Immigrants, Extend DACA; Rep. Grijalva: Power of the People Key to Stopping Repeal of Obamacare & Worst Instincts of Trump; Trump Treasury Pick Steven Mnuchin’s Bank OneWest Accused of Widespread Misconduct; Privacy Advocates Warn of Potential Surveillance Through Listening Devices Like Amazon Echo, … Continued
Thousands of local social justice organizers passed away this year. People doing crucial work in their communities, whose deaths didn’t make the headlines. On this edition of Making Contact, we’ll hear about some of the fallen heroes of 2016. Featuring: Joani Blank, founder of Good Vibrations; Carol Queen, Sexologist; Darren Seals, Ferguson activist; Ebony Williams, … Continued
The Get On The Bus program coordinated by the Center for Restorative Justice Works that offers support and free transportation services to families affected by the criminal justice system by bringing children and their guardians/caregivers from throughout California to visit their mothers and fathers in prison. These ride happen for several weekends, from Mother’s Day … Continued
The Murder of Fred Hampton began as a film portrait of Hampton and the Illinois Black Panther Party, but half way through the shoot, Hampton was murdered by Chicago police. In an infamous moment in Chicago history and politics, over a dozen policemen burst into Hampton’s apartment while its occupants were sleeping, killing Hampton and … Continued
Given the Trump Election and the difference between popular votes and Electoral votes, we explore the Electoral College. Who are the electors, anyway? And will the United States ever join the rest of the world, and adopt a popular vote for president? Yale University Law & Political Science Professor Akhil Reed Amar says the Electoral … Continued
Mitch hosts a round table on the Presidential election results–the how and the why with: Adele M. Stan is a columnist for The American Prospect, and AlterNet‘s Washington editor. Rick Perlstein, is the author of The Invisible Bridge: The Fall of Nixon and the Rise of Reagan. Before that, he published Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the … Continued
