We speak with attorney Benjamin Crump about the water crisis in Flint, how it ties in with Covid-19 and other crisis facing our community. In the second half of the program we speak Phillip Agnew of the Dream Defenders about the coronavirus, Florida and Sen. Bernie Sanders. Photo Image: Crump on the left and Agnew … Continued
Pandemics and other public health crises often require exceptional measures — some of them voluntary and some imposed from above. Historical geographer Graham Mooney reflects on the history of measures like isolation and quarantines — as well as elite indifference to the plight of the poor and working classes during infectious disease outbreaks. Resources: Graham … Continued
We speak with Ph.D James Taylor about elections and politics around CoVid-19.
We speak with president of the ILWU – International Longshore and Warehouse Union about the Grand Princess and corona virus. We speak with Ph.D James Taylor about elections and politics around coronavirus.
When looking back at pandemics in modern history, the 1918 Spanish influenza stands out. It took the lives of somewhere between 50 and 100 million people — and while it devastated the countries of the Global North, it took its greatest toll in the Global South. Science writer Laura Spinney reflects on the similarities — … Continued
we speak with Rosa Clemente about coronavirus and politics around it, Bernie Sanders and the DNC Primaries.
Risk of Nuclear War Rises as U.S. Deploys a New Nuclear Weapon for the First Time Since the Cold War; Laurie Garrett: World Can’t Let Racist Attitudes Impact Handling of Coronavirus Outbreak; Human Rights Watch: 200 Salvadoran Asylum Seekers Killed, Raped or Tortured After U.S. Deportation.
Risk of Nuclear War Rises as U.S. Deploys a New Nuclear Weapon for the First Time Since the Cold War; Laurie Garrett: World Can’t Let Racist Attitudes Impact Handling of Coronavirus Outbreak; Human Rights Watch: 200 Salvadoran Asylum Seekers Killed, Raped or Tortured After U.S. Deportation.
