California essential workers on strike TODAY for hazard pay and PPE. PLUS: a new assault on the Census brings even more urgency to this count. AND: The town crier, Raymond Nat Turner. With host Kris Welch. COVER PHOTO: Screenshot, Democracy Now!
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What’s in the news, what’s behind what’s in the news, what’s not in the news that should be in the news—and who’s doing what about it, here and now. Celebration and support from our vibrant, diverse community. Hosted by Kris Welch.
This year is the 75th anniversary of the U.S. bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. And there is more potential for nuclear holocaust now. Gar Alperovitz connects the past, present —and future. Hosted by Kris Welch. Gar Alperovitz is a historian, political economist, activist, and the author of critically acclaimed books on the atomic bomb and … Continued
Hosted by Kris Welch. Guest: Isaiah J. Poole is the Editorial Manager of the The Next System Project at The Democracy Collaborative. Photo by Joshua Hoehne on Unsplash
Barack Obama speaks live at John Lewis funeral. PLUS: A growth of an anti-BLM militia in Utah. With host Kris Welch. Guest: Nicolle Okoren, freelance investigative journalist. Her article The birth of a militia: how an armed group polices Black Lives Matter protests, can be found in the Guardian. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
Federal paramilitaries in Democratic cities could provoke an Election Day constitutional crisis, say voting rights and legal experts. Host Kris Welch talks to Candice Bernd, senior editor/staff reporter at Truthout. Her latest piece is Trump’s Federal Police Surge Could Provoke an Election Day Constitutional Crisis. Photo by Max Pixel
Camouflaged anonymous federal troops have created violent havoc in Portland, and are scheduled for a city near you next. We discuss process, legality, response. PLUS Raymond Nat Turner, the Town Crier, with a new poem. Hosted by Kris Welch.
Host Kris Welch talks to award-winning investigative reporter, author, and documentarian, Greg Palast. His latest book is “How Trump Stole 2020”.
“Trump’s occupation of American cities has begun”—with Portland. We get an eyewitness report. PLUS: the U.S. Postal Service, vital to vote-by-mail, among many other things, is nearing bankruptcy: thanks to Charles Koch! Hosted by Kris Welch. Photo by Tito Texidor III on Unsplash
Guests: David Bacon is a photo journalist, writer, activist. Lately he has been documenting the farmworker populations and the COVID-19 spikes Raymond Nat Turner is a poet-in-residence for Black Agenda Report. Harry Britt obit, by Dr. Ellen Shaffer Photo by Liz Caldwell on Usplash.com
Why and how the wealth of the very rich has grown, while all other public and private wealth has shrunk during COVID 19. Detailed analysis from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. With host Kris Welch.