USA-Cuba
President Obama announced USA and Cuba are moving towards normalized diplomatic relations, today we hear his address and discuss it with Miguel Tinker Salas, Professor of History and Latin American Studies at Pomona College.
Letters and Politics
10:00 AM Pacific Time: Monday - Thursday
Letters & Politics seeks to explore the history behind today’s major global and national news stories. Hosted by Mitch Jeserich.
Martin Luther King Jr’s Last Year
On his last year f life Martin Luther King Junior gave radical speeches that alienated people in his own camp. Tavis Smiley is here to discuss about 1967-1968 the last year of MLK Jr, he is the co-author of the book The Death of a King.
Protestation against Police Violence
There has been protestations about police violence against minorities, we feature clips of the protestation and then discuss with Dani McClain of The Nation magazine.
How Slaves Were Used by The South to Compete With The North On the Electoral College
On today’s show Mitch Jeserich features an address by John A. Powell, Professor of Ethnic Studies, African American Studies and Law at UC Berkeley, about how the question race evolves in the US not because we move toward a more inclusive society but because politicians have been able to use race as a mean to secure their … Continued
Senate Report on the Use of Torture
Yesterday the Senate released its report on the use of torture during the war against terrorism. We discuss with Michael Ratner, he is president of the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR).
Protest in berkeley and a MLK speech of 1967
In the first part of the show we discuss with Alisa Bierria, Ali Winston and Ali Obaba about the protests in Berkeley. Ali Winston covers law enforcement, criminal justice and surveillance. His writing has won awards from the National Association of Black Journalists, the New York City Community Media Alliance, CUNY’s John Jay College of … Continued
berkeley’s protests and Post Traumatic Slave Syndrom
On today’s show we first talk of the major protestations breakout against police brutality. Then, we feature clips from a speech about post traumatic slave syndrome given by Joy DeGruy.
Protests Around the Country
On today’s show Mitch Jeserich talks to Glen Ford from the Black Agenda Report about the protests happening all around the country in response to the court not to prosecute a white policeman for the death of a black man. Then, we feature clips of a protest that happened yesterday in Oakland.
Alan Turing
Alan Turing was a genius British mathematician and was considered a national hero after cracking the code of Enigma during WW2. This did not stop the British government to prosecute him for homosexuality. We are in conversation with Andrew Hodges who wrote a book Alan Turing: an enigma, he also is a gay rights activist.
The Kerner Commission and The Making of Ferguson
On today’s show Mitch Jeserich discusses with Christopher S. Parker, professor of African-American studies at Washington university, about the Kerner Commission. Then, Mitch Jeserich speaks segregation in the 21st Century with Richard Rothstein. Richard Rothstein is Senior Fellow at the Chief Justice Earl Warren Institute on Law and Social Policy at the University of California, … Continued