Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine podcast
293 episodes - English - Latest episode: 2 days ago - ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsBetween The Lines is a weekly syndicated half-hour radio newsmagazine featuring progressive perspectives on national and international political, economic and social issues. Since 1991, Between The Lines has provided in-depth, timely analysis on a wide range of political, economic and social issues including: the history and consequences of two U.S. wars with Iraq; increasing disparity in wealth in the U.S.; coverage of the global social justice movement and related protests challenging the free trade, corporate-driven policies of the World Trade Organization and World Bank/International Monetary Fund; post-9/11 erosion of civil liberties; constitutional protections and international law in the U.S.; the crisis in the U.S. health care system; international grassroots mobilization to confront global climate change; racism permeating the prison industrial complex; and efforts to repair flaws in the U.S. electoral system.Squeaky Wheel Productions is our 501(c)(3) nonprofit production company and distributor. This consumer podcast may occasionally contain a fundraising pitch. 233680
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After Iran Retaliation Against Israel’s Bombing of Embassy in Syria, Netanyahu Threatens Counterattack
April 17, 2024 14:00 - 29 minutes - 20 MBBoston University professor Assaf Kfoury: After Iran Retaliation Against Israel’s Bombing of Embassy in Syria, Netanyahu Threatens Counterattack Independent journalist Julie Dermansky: Media Coverage Lapse of 2023 Marathon Petroleum Refinery Fire Leaves Residents Vulnerable Mother Jones fellow Katie Herchenroeder: Arizona Supreme Court Revives ‘Zombie’ 1864 Abortion Ban Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary • Tension between China and the Philippines heating up • Why did the US Navy ki...
Israel’s Attack on Iran’s Syrian Embassy Could Trigger a Perilous Regional War
April 10, 2024 13:00 - 29 minutes - 20 MBFormer CIA analyst and author Melvin Goodman: Israel’s Attack on Iran’s Syrian Embassy Could Trigger a Perilous Regional War The Lever investigative reporter Katya Schwenk: The Supreme Court May be Poised to Weaken Federal Anti-Corruption Laws, Legalize Bribery FAIR intern Phillip HoSang: Trump, GOP, Right-wing Media Weaponize Disinformation on Immigration Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary Russia’s Black Sea naval base ambitions in Abkhazia, Georgia Rural America’s ‘hidden’ homele...
Abortion and Reproductive Rights are on the 2024 Election Ballot
April 03, 2024 14:00 - 29 minutes - 20 MBPhysicians for Reproductive Health former board chairwoman Dr. Kristyn Brandi: Abortion and Reproductive Rights are on the 2024 Election Ballot Hartford Catholic Worker co-founder Jackie Allen Doucot: Activists at Groton Submarine Base Protest the Ongoing Threat of Nuclear War Independent journalist Arvind Dilawar: Israeli Propagandists Target US Journalists, Skewing Coverage of Gaza War Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary • Niger coup regime closes US counter-terrorism military base...
After 5 Months of Palestinian Carnage, US Finally Allows Passage of UN Gaza Ceasefire Resolution
March 27, 2024 14:00 - 29 minutes - 20 MBGeorgetown University Justice and Peace Program Adjunct Lecturer Josh Ruebner: After 5 Months of Palestinian Carnage, US Finally Allows Passage of UN Gaza Ceasefire Resolution Faith Coalition to Stop Cop City member Rev. Keyanna Jones: ‘Stop Cop City’ Opponents Fight for Atlanta Voters to Decide Fate of Militarized Police Training Facility Institute for Policy Studies Fellow Karen Dolan: Assessing Biden’s Domestic Policy Agenda as 2024 Election Campaign Heats Up Bob Nixon's Under-reporte...
Biden's Contradictory, Deadly Gaza Policies Prioritize Rhetoric Over Action
March 20, 2024 16:00 - 29 minutes - 20 MBThe Nation Senior Editor Jack Mirkinson: Biden’s Contradictory, Deadly Gaza Policies Prioritize Rhetoric Over Action Center for Economic and Policy Research Senior Research Associate Jake Johnston: US and Other Nations Intervene Once Again in Haiti to Address a Crisis They Helped Create Elder Climate Activist Karen 'River' Bixler Risks Freedom and Health in Mountain Valley Pipeline Protest Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary India enacts law seen as ‘discriminatory’ to Muslims Four...
Immediate Ceasefire Urgently Needed as Israel Uses Starvation as Weapon of War in Gaza
March 13, 2024 15:00 - 29 minutes - 20 MBOxfam America President Abby Maxman and Harvard Medical School assistant professor and Doctors Against Genocide member Dr. Karameh Kuemmerle: Humanitarian Crisis and Starvation Used as a Weapon of War in Gaza Demands Immediate Ceasefire Palestine Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability founder Mazin Qumsiyeh: Beyond the Devastation in Gaza, Repression & Violence Impact Palestinians in the Occupied West Bank Journalist, historian and author Rick Perlstein: Corporate Media Coverage of ...
Ongoing Gaza Catastrophe Rouses Michigan Primary Voters to Send Biden a Message
March 06, 2024 15:00 - 29 minutes - 20 MBArab American Institute President James J. Zogby: Ongoing Gaza Catastrophe Rouses Michigan Primary Voters to Send Biden a Message Jewish Israeli anti-apartheid peace activist Ofer Neiman: The World and Americans Must Hold All Israeli Institutions Accountable for Occupation, Apartheid and Genocide Former Connecticut Judge Thomas G. Moukawsher: SCOTUS Review of Trump’s Total Immunity Claim Effectively Delays Jan. 6 Trial Until After Election Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary US eye...
Julian Assange Fights Last Battle to Stop UK Extradition to US
February 28, 2024 15:00 - 29 minutes - 20 MB"The Dissenter" Editor Kevin Gosztola: Julian Assange Fights Last Battle to Stop UK Extradition to US For a Better Bayou founder James Hiatt: Worldwide Protests Demand Insurance Companies Stop Fueling the Climate Crisis St. Joseph's University associated professor Theodore Hamm: New Information Emerges in the Assassination of Malcolm X Implicating the FBI Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary • Thousands march in protest against Mexican President Lopez Obrador • Dwindling water source f...
As Ukraine War Enters 3rd Year, It’s Time to Stop the Killing
February 21, 2024 15:00 - 29 minutes - 20 MBFormer CIA analyst Melvin Goodman: As Ukraine War Enters 3rd Year, It’s Time to Stop the Killing Veterans for Peace National Director Mike Ferner and Eisenhower Media Network Associate Director Matthew Hoh: Veterans for Peace Demands Biden Stop Sending Weapons to Israel, Investigate Violation of US Law Appalachian Voices Director of Govern Affairs and Strategy Chelsea Barnes: Coalition Proposes Federal Legislation to Clean-up Zombie Coal Mines’ Environmental Hazards Bob Nixon's Under-repo...
Biden’s Ineffectual Response to Israel’s Ongoing Carnage in Gaza War
February 14, 2024 11:00 - 29 minutes - 20 MBInstitute for Policy Studies' Phyllis Bennis: Biden’s Ineffectual Response to Israel’s Ongoing Carnage in Gaza War Unity Council for East Palestine, Ohio Train Derailment's Hilary Flint: One Year After East Palestine Toxic Train Derailment, Residents Still Seeking Help on Heath Impacts Free Speech for People's Amira Mattar: SCOTUS Hearing on Colorado’s Removal of Trump from State Ballot Ignores Role as Insurrectionist Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary • Germany's far right AfD has ...
Preventing a Wider Middle East War Linked to Ending Israel’s Brutal War in Gaza
February 07, 2024 15:00 - 29 minutes - 20 MBCode Pink Women for Peace Co-Founder Medea Benjamin: Preventing a Wider Middle East War Linked to Ending Israel’s Brutal War in Gaza Vessel Project founder and CEO Roishetta Ozane: Biden Pause on Approving LNG Export Terminals Won’t Solve Frontline Communities’ Health Hazards San Diego City College professor Justin Akers Chacón: GOP and Far Right Forces Provoking National Emergency at Southern Border Bob Nixon’s Under-reported News Summary Former NSO Group CEO may be 'whitewashing' Pegas...
Israel’s Brutal Gaza War Has Now Killed 25,000 Palestinians
January 24, 2024 13:00 - 29 minutes - 20 MBFormer UN Human Rights Special Rapporteur Michael Lynk: Israel’s Brutal Gaza War Has Now Killed 25,000 Palestinians Climate Defiance organizer Maxwell Downing: Direct Action Climate Group Targets Retiring Sen, Joe Manchin as “Climate Super Villain” Stand Up America's Tishan Weerasooriya: Supreme Court Poised to Decimate Federal Regulations on Pollution, Climate, Public Health Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary • 4 ways to ease Cuba's humanitarian crisis • NYPD faces backlash as it pl...
US Media Downplays Trump's Fascist Threat to Democracy
January 17, 2024 15:00 - 29 minutes - 20 MBYale professor and author of 'How Fascism Works' Jason Stanley: Trump's Fascist Threat to Democracy Downplayed by US Media National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws' Political Director Morgan Fox: US Dept of Health and Human Services Recommends Marijuana be Classified as a Schedule III Drug Smith College professor and MS magazine Contributing Editor Carrie Baker: U.S. Courts Uphold States’ Extremist Abortion Laws Endangering Lives Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary Soma...
South Africa Files International Court of Justice Case Accusing Israel of Genocide in Gaza
January 10, 2024 15:00 - 29 minutes - 20 MBHuman rights laywer Robert L. Herbst: South Africa Files International Court of Justice Case Accusing Israel of Genocide in Gaza Nonviolence International Director Michael Beer: Protest at US Holocaust Museum Demands Response to Israel’s Atrocities in Gaza Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington senior counsel Nikhel Sus: Two States Rule Insurrectionist Donald Trump Ineligible to Appear on 2024 Ballot Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary • Myanmar's internal conflict could...
Physician Relates the Horror Palestinians Face in Gaza as Israel-Hamas War Continues into 2024
January 03, 2024 16:00 - 29 minutes - 20 MBPalestinian-American Dr. Dana Elborno: Physician Relates the Horror Palestinians Face in Gaza as Israel-Hamas War Continues into 2024 National Popular Vote's Christopher Pearson: Group Challenging America’s Undemocratic Electoral College System Gaining Support Clean Slate's Rodney Moore, Phil Kent and Helen Caraballo: Connecticut’s Clean Slate Law Seals Criminal Records of People Convicted of Misdemeanors, Some Felonies Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary • US conducts a high-profile ...
If Re-elected, Trump Vows to Impose a Fascist Regime. But Are Americans Listening?
December 27, 2023 14:00 - 29 minutes - 20 MBSalon senior politics writer Amanda Marcotte: If Re-elected, Trump Vows to Impose a Fascist Regime. But Are Americans Listening? Social Security Works Executive Director Alex Lawson: A Bipartisan ‘Fiscal Commission’ is GOP’s Latest Threat to Cut Social Security, Medicare Benefits Yale University Local 33 grad student union member Sasha Tabachnikova: After 30 Years of Organizing, Yale Grad Student Union Local 33 Wins First Contract Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary • Brazil's presid...
Biden Has The Power to Stop Israel’s Carnage in Gaza
December 20, 2023 16:00 - 29 minutes - 20 MBPalestinian-American writer Samer Badawi: Biden Has The Power to Stop Israel’s Carnage in Gaza Greenfaith Executive Director Fletcher Harper: COP28 Showcase for False Solutions Fails to Make Urgently Needed Progress Addressing Climate Crisis SUNY economics professor emeritus Michael Zweig: New Book Examines the Issues of Class, Race, Gender and the Injuries of Capitalism Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary • French President Emmanuel Macron's immigration bill fails • U.S. labor law i...
Protecting Free Speech on Campus as Israel-Hamas War Stokes Anti-Semitism, Islamophobia
December 13, 2023 16:00 - 29 minutes - 20 MBFoundation for Individual Rights and Expression's Will Creeley: Protecting Free Speech on Campus as Israel-Hamas War Stokes Anti-Semitism, Islamophobia National Immigration Law Center's Kica Matos: Republicans Tie Support for Israel, Ukraine Aid to Imposing New Draconian Immigration Laws Climate activist and NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Peter Kalmus: Too Little, Too Late at the UN COP28 Climate Summit in Dubai Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary • Italy ends participation in Chin...
Biden Pays High Price for Embrace of Israel’s Deadly Gaza Attack
December 06, 2023 16:00 - 29 minutes - 20 MBQuincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft Executive Vice President Trita Parsi: Biden Pays High Price for Embrace of Israel’s Deadly Gaza Attack Palestinian engineer and social justice activist Salma Abu Ayyash: Indigenous Activists Embrace Palestinian Struggle for Human Rights & Self-Determination Pulitzer Prize-winning author and Yale history professor Greg Grandin and National Security Archive's Peter Kornbluh: The Dark, Violent Legacy of Henry Kissinger Bob Nixon's Under-reported Ne...
After Gaza Humanitarian Pause, Hostage/Prisoner Release, Activists Push for Permanent Ceasefire
November 29, 2023 16:00 - 29 minutes - 20 MBThe Friends Committee on National Legislation Legislative Director Hassan El-Tayyab: After Gaza Humanitarian Pause, Hostage/Prisoner Release, Activists Push for Permanent Ceasefire Harvard University Kirkland & Ellis professor of law Nicholas Stephanopoulos: Federal Appeals Court Ruling Further Erodes 1965 Voting Rights Act and US Democracy Canadian Indian residential school system survivor Harriet Prince: Canadian Indian School Survivor Shares Her Story at Annual ‘National Day of Mourning...
Ralph Nader on Israel’s War in Gaza and the Shocking Loss of Over 13,000 Palestinian Lives
November 22, 2023 15:00 - 29 minutes - 20 MBAmerica's leading public interest lawyer Ralph Nader: Ralph Nader on Israel’s War in Gaza and the Shocking Loss of Over 13,000 Palestinian Lives Documentary producer, author and journalist James Bamford: Israel’s US Spy Network Aims to ‘Smash’ Student Activists who Support Palestinian Rights Belkis Teran: Mother of ‘Stop Cop City’ Activist Slain by Atlanta Police Brings her Healing Message to Mid-November Protest Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary • Mass killings as Sudanese paramili...
Israel’s Mass Killing of Palestinian Civilians in Gaza, War Crimes and U.S. Complicity
November 15, 2023 15:00 - 29 minutes - 20 MBDemocracy for the Arab World Now Executive Director Sarah Leah Whitson: Israel’s Mass Killing of Palestinian Civilians in Gaza, War Crimes and U.S. Complicity Jewish Voice for Peace Media Coordinator Liv Kunins-Berkowitz: Jewish Voice for Peace Protests Demand Biden, Congress Pressure Israel to Accept Gaza Ceasefire Ohio Democratic Party former chairman David Pepper: Ohio Voters Overcome GOP Obstacles to Approve Abortion Access Constitutional Amendment Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Sum...
As Israeli Bombs Kill 10,000 Palestinians in Gaza, Worldwide Protests Demand Humanitarian Ceasefirepisode
November 08, 2023 15:00 - 29 minutes - 20 MBArab American Institute co-founder and President James J. Zogby: As Israeli Bombs Kill 10,000 Palestinians in Gaza, Worldwide Protests Demand Humanitarian Ceasefire Empire State College Assistant Professor of labor studies Jeff Schuhrke: UAW Strike Ends Winning Historic Agreements with Big 3 Automakers Concerned Health Professionals of New York co-founder Dr. Sandra Steingraber: New Edition of ‘Compendium on Fracking’ Finds Health Hazards Linked to Home Use of Natural Gas Bob Nixon's Unde...
As Netanyahu Rejects Ceasefire, Israel Escalates Gaza Assault, Worsening Humanitarian Catastrophe
November 01, 2023 16:00 - 29 minutes - 20 MBNew York University professor Zachary Lockman: As Netanyahu Rejects Ceasefire, Israel Escalates Gaza Assault, Worsening Humanitarian Catastrophe Huffington Post senior politics reporter Jennifer Bendery: GOP's New Speaker of the House is a Christian Right Extremist Amistad Catholic Worker activist Mark Colville: New Haven Activists Address Housing Crisis, Building Tiny Houses in Their Backyard Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary • U.S. eases Venezuelan oil sanctions after Maduro agre...
As Netanyahu Rejects Ceasefire, Israel Escalates Gaza Assault Worsening Humanitarian Catastrophe
November 01, 2023 16:00 - 29 minutes - 20 MBNew York University professor Zachary Lockman: As Netanyahu Rejects Ceasefire, Israel Escalates Gaza Assault, Worsening Humanitarian Catastrophe Huffington Post senior politics reporter Jennifer Bendery: GOP's New Speaker of the House is a Christian Right Extremist Amistad Catholic Worker activist Mark Colville: New Haven Activists Address Housing Crisis, Building Tiny Houses in Their Backyard Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary • U.S. eases Venezuelan oil sanctions after Maduro agre...
Gaza Humanitarian Disaster: 5,000 Civilians Killed as Water, Food, Fuel & Medical Supplies Blocked
October 25, 2023 13:00 - 29 minutes - 20 MBMiddle East Children's Alliance Executive Director Zeiad Shamrouch: 5,000 Gaza Civilians Killed in Humanitarian Disaster as Water, Food, Fuel & Medical Supplies Blocked Center for International Policy Senior Fellow Mel Goodman: Israel’s Planned Gaza Ground Offensive Could Trigger Wider Middle East War Environmental Working Group advocate Susan Little: California Food Safety Act Banning Use of Four Chemical Food Additives Likely to Impact the Nation Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary ...
Only a Ceasefire and De-Escalation Can Stop the Rising Civilian Death Toll in Gaza and Israel
October 18, 2023 13:00 - 29 minutes - 20 MBInstitute for Policy Studies and author Phyllis Bennis: Only a Ceasefire and De-Escalation Can Stop the Rising Civilian Death Toll in Gaza and Israel Jewish-Israeli anti-apartheid peace activist Ofer Neiman: Israelis United in Response to Hamas Attack, But Many Blame Netanyahu for his Failure to Protect the Nation University of California research professor Nelson Lichtenstein: The UAW Strike: What’s at Stake for the U.S. Labor Movement Visit our website at BTLonline.org for more informat...
Hamas’ Brutal Attack on Israel Provokes New Cycle of Bloodshed and Vengeance
October 11, 2023 13:00 - 29 minutes - 20 MBThe Nation Magazine's National Affairs Correspondent John Nichols: Hamas’ Brutal Attack on Israel Provokes New Cycle of Bloodshed and Vengeance Yale-New Haven Hospital's Dr. Sharon Chekijian: Azerbaijani Military Operation Succeeds in Ethnic Cleansing of Nagorno-Karabakh Stop Cop City organizer Jamie Peck: Major ‘Stop Cop City’ Protest Action Planned for Nov. 10-13 Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary • South China Sea's other crisis: irreparable environmental damage & deep sea mining...
Biden Effort to Normalize Israel–Saudi Relations Bolsters Repressive Governments
October 04, 2023 12:00 - 29 minutes - 20 MBDemocracy for the Arab World Now's Advocacy Director Raed Jarrar: Biden Effort to Normalize Israel–Saudi Relations Provides Support to Repressive Governments Environment California's Director Laura Deehan: California Leads Nation with Climate Legislation and Launches Lawsuit Targeting Big Oil Just Associate's Global Solidarity & Learning Coordinator Laura Carlsen: Mexico Poised to Make History by Electing First Woman President in June 2024 Election Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary ...
Cult Expert Concerned a Trump 2024 Defeat will Again Incite Supporters to Violence
September 27, 2023 12:00 - 29 minutes - 20 MB"Cult of Trump" author Steven Hassan: Cult Expert Concerned a Trump 2024 Defeat will Again Incite Supporters to Violence Climate Defiance activist Betty Moose: 'Climate Defiance' Targets Government Officials Who Aren’t Using Their Power to Address (the) Climate Crisis Economics professor emeritus Richard D. Wolff: BRICS Nations' Rise: Shaping a New Global Economy the US and its Allies No Longer Dominate Bob Nixon's Under-reported News • Southeast Asian nations flooded with West's plastic ...
UAW Strike Demands Fairness for Workers, as US Automakers Spend Billions on Stock Buybacks
September 20, 2023 14:00 - 29 minutes - 20 MBThe Lever Editor Lucy Dean Stockton: UAW Strike Demands Fairness for Workers, as US Automakers Spend Billions on Stock Buybacks Wisconsin Examiner Editor-in-Chief Ruth Conniff: GOP Attacks Wisconsin’s Democratic Institutions to Maintain Grip on Minority Rule Leonard Peltier supporters Holly Cook Macarro and Fawn Sharp: Supporters of America’s Longest Serving Political Prisoner Urge Biden His Release Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary Kenya launches inquiry into British soldiers' ab...
22 Years After 9/11, It’s time to Reassess the U.S. War on Terror
September 13, 2023 15:00 - 29 minutes - 20 MB"War Made Invisible" author Norman Solomon: 22 Years After 9/11, It’s time to Reassess the U.S. War on Terror NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory climate scientist Peter Kalmus: Climate Activists are Doing the Most Important Work on Planet Earth Right Now Vote to Stop Cop City spokesperson Paul Glaze: RICO Indictment of 61 ‘Stop Cop City’ Activists Criminalizes Dissent, Sets Dangerous Precedent Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary • Mexico’s Supreme Court eliminates all federal criminal p...
'Best States to Work’ Report Highlights State Policies Helping & Hurting American Workers
September 06, 2023 14:00 - 29 minutes - 20 MBOxfam America Seniors Research Adviser Dr. Kaitlyn Henderson: ‘Best States to Work’ Report Highlights State Policies Helping and Hurting American Workers Prison Policy Institute Communications Strategist Wanda Bertram: Climate Change-Driven Higher Temperatures in Prisons Leads to Increased Deaths Beyond Nuclear Radiation and Health Hazard Specialist Cindy Folkers: Japan’s Dumping Fukushima’s Radioactive Water in Pacific Linked to Long-Term Health Hazards Bob Nixon's Under-reported News S...
Confronting GOP’s Racist Rhetoric and Rising Terrorist Hate Crimes
August 30, 2023 15:00 - 29 minutes - 20 MBRight-wing Watch Managing Director Peter Montgomery: Confronting Link Between GOP’s Racist Rhetoric and Rising Terrorist Hate Crimes Physicians for Social Responsibility Pennsylvania board president Dr. Ned Ketyer: New Pennsylvania Study Links Fracking Extraction Operations to Childhood Cancer & Asthma Award-winning investigative journalist Allan Nairn: Guatemalans Elect New President who Pledges to Restore Democracy Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary • Ecuador voters reject Amazon d...
Campaign to Disqualify Trump from 2024 Election Ballot Gains Traction
August 23, 2023 13:00 - 29 minutes - 20 MBCitizens for Responsibility & Ethics Vice President & Chief Counsel Donald Sherman: Campaign to Disqualify Trump from 2024 Election Ballot Gains Traction Public Citizen's Democracy Campaign Co-Director Jonah Minkoff-Zern: Georgia’s RICO Indictment Seeks to Tell Full Story of Trump-GOP Election Subversion Palestine Institute for Biodiversity & Sustainability founder Mazin Qumsiyeh: Israeli Occupation and Colonization’s Impact on Palestinian West Bank’s Biodiverse Ecosystem Bob Nixon's Unde...
US Media Repeating Same Mistakes Covering Trump ’24 Presidential Campaign
August 16, 2023 15:00 - 29 minutes - 20 MBThe Nation DC Bureau Chief Chris Lehmann: US Media Repeating Same Mistakes Covering Trump ’24 Presidential Campaign Hartford, CT Catholic Worker community member Jackie Allen Doucot: Civil Disobedience Actions at European Air Base Links Threat of Nuclear Weapons with Climate Crisis City College of San Francisco emeritus professor Abdul Jabbar: Report Charges US Pressured Pakistan to Oust the Nation’s Prime Minister Imran Khan Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary • Is Cameroon the next ...
US Democracy Hangs in Balance as Trump Faces 2020 Election Subversion Indictment
August 09, 2023 16:00 - 29 minutes - 20 MBJournalist and author Sasha Abramsky: US Democracy Hangs in Balance as Trump Faces 2020 Election Subversion Indictment Pen America Managing Director Nadine Farid Johnson: Pen America & Penguin-Random House Sue a Florida School District Over Book Bans Freelance reporter Tim Rowland: Adirondacks Affordable Housing Crisis Echoes Pervasive US Trend Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary: • Russia's Wagner Group disappeared and executed civilians in Mali • China is far ahead of the U.S. in ...
‘Step Aside Joe’ Campaign Underscores Risks for Democracy as Biden Runs for Re-election
August 02, 2023 15:00 - 29 minutes - 20 MBRootsAction co-founder Jeff Cohen: ‘Step Aside Joe’ Campaign Underscores Risks for Democracy as Biden Runs for Re-election Fossil Free Media Director Jamie Henn: Fossil Fuel Industry Must Pay for the Climate Crisis They’ve Profited From University of Southampton (UK) professor of oceanography and climate Robert Marsh: Predictions of a Future Collapse of a Vital Atlantic Ocean Current Linked to the Climate Crisis Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary • Putin to miss BRICS summit to evade...
Israeli Pro-Democracy Activists Detached from Palestinian Struggle for Basic Human Rights
July 26, 2023 12:00 - 29 minutes - 20 MBInstitute for Policy Studies' New Internationalism Project Director Phyllis Bennis: Israeli Pro-Democracy Activists Detached from Palestinian Struggle for Basic Human Rights Thacker Pass activist and attorney Will Falk: Indigenous Tribes and Conservationists Oppose Nevada Lithium Mine on Sacred Site Get Free Executive Director Nicole Carty: Youth Activists Protest Regressive SCOTUS Rulings and Larger Attack on US Multi-Racial Democracy Bob Nixon: This Week’s Under-reported News Summary ...
Ohio GOP’s Aug. 8th ‘Issue 1’ Referendum Would Impose Minority Rule
July 19, 2023 14:00 - 29 minutes - 20 MBFormer Ohio Democratic Party Chairman David Pepper: Ohio GOP’s August 8th ‘Issue 1’ Referendum Would Impose Minority Rule Jacobin Staff Writer Alex N. Press: Teamsters Union Prepares for Historic Strike Against UPS New York psychiatrist Dr. Yochai Re’em: Long COVID Patients Band Together to Share Data on Effective Treatment Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary Brazil's electoral judges ban Bolsonaro from running for office until 2030 Biden pledge to build new chip plant with union la...
House Progressives Propose Measure to Block Biden’s Transfer of Cluster Bombs to Ukraine
July 12, 2023 14:00 - 29 minutes - 20 MBArms Control Association Executive Director Daryl Kimball: House Progressives Propose Measure to Block Biden’s Transfer of Cluster Bombs to Ukraine Rutgers University adjunct professor of philosophy Ben Burgis: Biden Believes Right-Wing Extremist Supreme Court ‘Not Normal,’ But Resists Calls for Reform Public Services Loan Forgiveness support website founder Christina Ceballos: After Supreme Court Rejects Biden Student Debt Relief Plan, Public Service Workers Have Another Option Bob Nixon...
Extremist Supreme Court Majority Ignores Decades of Precedent and Systemic U.S. Racism to Overturn Affirmative Action
July 05, 2023 11:00 - 29 minutes - 20 MBAmerican Association of University Professors General Counsel Risa Lieberwitz: Extremist Supreme Court Majority Ignores Decades of Precedent and Systemic U.S. Racism to Overturn Affirmative Action Young Invincibles' Executive Director Kristin McGuire: After Supreme Court Blocks Biden Student Debt Relief Plan, Advocates Continue to Push for Debt Cancellation Independent filmmaker Josh Fox: New Documentary Film ‘The Welcome Table’ Brings Attention to the Global Climate Migration Crisis Bob...
A Nation Transformed: One Year After the Demise of Roe v. Wade
June 28, 2023 21:00 - 29 minutes - 20 MBThe Nation magazine's abortion access correspondent Amy Littlefield: A Nation Transformed: One Year After the Demise of Roe v. Wade Jewish Voice for Peace's New Haven, CT chairperson Shelly Altman: Israel’s Far-Right Government’s Expansion of Illegal Settlements Incites Escalating Violence Investigative journalist Greg Palast: Billionaire Paul Singer’s Lavish Gifts to Justice Alito Further Erodes Public Confidence in Supreme Court Bob Nixon’s Under-reported News Summary • Colombian Presi...
Opponents Gear Up to Fight GOP’s Latest Plan to Cut Social Security & Medicare
June 21, 2023 14:00 - 29 minutes - 20 MBSocial Security Works Executive Director Alex Lawson: Opponents Gear Up to Fight GOP’s Latest Plan to Cut Social Security & Medicare Environmental and climate justice leader Elizabeth Yeampierre: As Climate Crisis Worsens, Environmental Regulations Sacrificed to Reach Debt Ceiling Deal Clafkin University Assistant Professor Robert Greene II: Juneteenth Federal Holiday Must Remain Radical and Relevant to Today's Civil Rights Struggles Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary • Global deman...
GOP Threat of Violence After Trump’s Federal Indictment Spreads Across the Nation
June 14, 2023 16:00 - 29 minutes - 20 MBSalon.com senior politics writer Amanda Marcotte: GOP Threat of Violence After Trump’s Federal Indictment Spreads Across the Nation Rep. Rashida Tlaib: Protesting Deal to Build Mountain Valley Pipeline, Rep. Tlaib Says Corporate Greed is Killing Us Portland State University professor emeritus of political science Mel Gurtov: The Urgent Need to Reduce Rising US-China Tensions and Avert Future Conflict Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary Germany's far right polling at record high Braz...
Nation’s Poor, Students & Climate Lose in Deal to End GOP Debt Ceiling Extortion
June 07, 2023 15:00 - 29 minutes - 20 MBAmericans for Tax Fairness policy consultant Will Rice: Nation’s Poor, Students & Climate Lose in Deal to End GOP Debt Ceiling Extortion Food & Water Watch Legal Director Tarah Heinzen: Supreme Court Weakens EPA Enforcement of Clean Water Act, Endangering Wetlands Atomic veteran Hank Bolden, Golden Rule Captain Kiko Johnston-Kitazawa and crew member Bill Good: Historic Cold War-Era Peace Boat Sails Again to Demand Nuclear Abolition Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary: • United Nation...
Candidate Ron DeSantis Poses Unique Threat to Democracy
May 31, 2023 15:00 - 29 minutes - 20 MBNew York University history professor Ruth Ben-Ghiat: Candidate Ron DeSantis Poses Unique Threat to Democracy National Priorities Project Program Director Lindsay Koshgarian: Massive Pentagon Budget Increased Under Proposed Debt Ceiling Deal Haven's Harvest Executive Director Lori Martin: Food Rescue Group Feeds The Hungry, Protects the Environment Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary South Africa’s non-alignment is challenged Western states agree to breakthrough water deal New gene...
Biden’s Invocation of 14th Amendment Would Neutralize GOP Debt Ceiling Threat
May 17, 2023 15:00 - 29 minutes - 20 MBCornell University law professor Robert C. Hockett: Biden’s Invocation of 14th Amendment Would Neutralize GOP Debt Ceiling Threat National Immigration Law Center President Kica Matos: After Title 42 Biden’s New Immigration Policies Make it More Difficult for People Seeking Asylum in the US "How Fascism Works" author and Yale professor Jason Stanley: Fascist Republican Party Declares War on U.S. Democracy, While Imposing Minority Rule Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary Tens of thous...
MoveOn Targets Fox News’ Corporate Advertisers for Funding Dangerous Lies and Disinformation
May 10, 2023 16:00 - 29 minutes - 20 MBMoveOn.org Executive Director Rahna Epting: MoveOn Targets Fox News’ Corporate Advertisers for Funding Dangerous Lies and Disinformation Prison Policy Initiative Communications Director Mike Wessler: Census Bureau Prison Gerrymandering Policy Skews Electoral Representation The Lever Senior Editor Andrew Perez: Right-wing Billionaire-Funded ‘No Labels’ Group Financing 2024 Third Party Spoiler Presidential Bid Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary Climate change drives East Africa droug...
Right-Wing Push for Article V Constitutional Convention Threatens Basic Liberties
May 03, 2023 15:00 - 29 minutes - 20 MBCommon Cause Director of Constitutional Convention & Protect Dissent Program Viki Harrison: Right-Wing Push for Article V Constitutional Convention Threatens Basic Liberties Christians for the Mountains Co-Founder Allen Johnson: Despite Drop in Coal Production, Destructive Mountain Top Removal Coal Mining Continues In These Times Magazine Executive Director Alex Han: New In These Times Magazine Director Ponders the Future of Progressive Media Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary Soma...