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Letters & Politics seeks to explore the history behind today’s major global and national news stories. Hosted by Mitch Jeserich.
A nationwide prison strike begun on Sept. 9 on the 45th anniversary of the Attica uprising. Prisoners are demanding the end of forced labor. Today our host Christina Aanestad discusses the national labor prison strike and the legal framework that denies worker protections in the U.S. perpetuating a form of modern labor slavery. Guest: Paul … Continued
With Karen J. Greenberg, Director of the Center on National Security at Fordham University School of Law and author of several books including The Least Worst Place: Guantanamo’s First 100 Days, The Torture Debate in America, Al Qaeda Now: Understanding Today’s Terrorists. Her latest is Rouge Justice: The Making of the Security State.
With Attorney Chad Peace, legal counsel to the Independent Voter Project, Jeff Cohen, founder of FAIR, a media watchdog group, and Roots Action, a public interest advocacy group, and Attorney Bruce Fein, a constitutional lawyer whose lawsuit challenging the Commission of Presidential Debates‘ process under anti-trust laws was recently turned down by the courts and … Continued
with Tamar Todd, Senior Director of the Drug Policy Alliance‘s Office of Legal Affairs. Todd also directs the work of DPA’s Marijuana Law and Policy Unit, which focuses primarily on medical marijuana, marijuana decriminalization, and the implementation of marijuana legalization and regulation initiatives across the United States. David Downs, a journalist and author who covers … Continued
With Anthony D’Agostino, Professor of History at San Francisco State University, and an expert on the history of Russia, including the Russian revolution and the Cold War and the history of Europe during the World Wars..
In this episode of Letters and Politics interim host Christina Aanestad talks with Emily Crockett, a staff writer for Vox Media, who was part of a team that counted and broadcast the amount of times Trump interrupted Clinton during the presidential debate. She also speaks with Sara Angevine, Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Political … Continued
With William K. Black, an Associate Professor of Economics and Law at the University of Missouri-Kansas City in the Department of Economics and the School of Law. He was the Executive Director of the Institute for Fraud Prevention from 2005-2007. During this segment interim host Phillip talks with our guest about the Wells Fargo fraud controversy that … Continued
With Greg Palast, a New York Times-bestselling author and a freelance journalist for the BBC as well as the British newspaper The Guardian. Throughout his career he has investigated and uncovered many instances of election fraud and political malfeasance, exposing the corporate interests and big-money involved in who gets elected in the United States. His most recent documentary, The Best … Continued
With Arun Gupta, journalist and co-founder of The Indypendent and the Occupied Wall Street Journal. In this episode he speaks with Mitch Jerserich about the state of American politics. A long time third party voter, for the first time he urges voters to vote against Trump, in voting for Clinton. His latest article is The Left Underestimates the … Continued
With Chris Jennings, an author who grew up in New York City. He graduated from Deep Springs College and Wesleyan University. He lives in Northern California with his dog. His most recent book is Paradise Now: The Story of American Utopianism. About the book: By any measure, Ann Lee, the illiterate daughter of a Manchester blacksmith, led one … Continued
