Sojourner Truth Radio
1,518 episodes - English - Latest episode: 18 days ago - ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsSojourner Truth with Margaret Prescod is a news & public affairs program that airs Tuesday through Friday on KPFK Radio from 7 to 8 AM (PST), and nationwide on Pacifica Radio networks.
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Sojourner Truth brings you news and views on local, national & international policies and stories that affect us all. We draw out how those of us most impacted -women, communities of color and other communities are responding. We also discuss the inter-relationship between art and politics.
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Sojourner Truth Radio: November 23, 2021 - India Farmers, Rittenhouse Verdict, Arbery Trial
November 23, 2021 00:00 - 57 minutes - 52.8 MBToday on Sojourner Truth: The closing arguments happen today in the Ahmaud Arbery case. The verdict in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial is being celebrated by white supremacists who see him as a hero. Meanwhile, Black and Brown people are concerned that the message being sent is that it is open season on people of color; and that any white person can shoot and kill a person of color and get away with it by claiming they felt they were under threat. Although the Rittenhouse victims were white peopl...
News Headlines: November 23, 2021
November 23, 2021 00:00 - 5 minutes - 4.96 MBToday on Sojourner Truth: The closing arguments happen today in the Ahmaud Arbery case. The verdict in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial is being celebrated by white supremacists who see him as a hero. Meanwhile, Black and Brown people are concerned that the message being sent is that it is open season on people of color; and that any white person can shoot and kill a person of color and get away with it by claiming they felt they were under threat. Although the Rittenhouse victims were white peopl...
News Headlines: November 19, 2021
November 19, 2021 00:00 - 5 minutes - 4.98 MBToday on Sojourner Truth, a one-hour in-depth conversation with Dr. Gerald Horne. We speak with him about the latest on the murder of Malcolm X, the trials going on now in the United States that reflect the state of race relations, including Charlottesville, Kyle Rittenhouse, and Ahmaud Arbery. Also, reparatory justice. What does the Global North owe to the Global South? Lastly, U.S.-China relations, and much more.
Sojourner Truth Radio: November 19, 2021 - Conversation With Dr. Gerald Horne
November 19, 2021 00:00 - 55 minutes - 50.6 MBToday on Sojourner Truth, a one-hour in-depth conversation with Dr. Gerald Horne. We speak with him about the latest on the murder of Malcolm X, the trials going on now in the United States that reflect the state of race relations, including Charlottesville, Kyle Rittenhouse, and Ahmaud Arbery. Also, reparatory justice. What does the Global North owe to the Global South? Lastly, U.S.-China relations, and much more.
News Headlines: November 18, 2021
November 18, 2021 00:00 - 5 minutes - 4.85 MBToday on Sojourner Truth: We focus on the inter-relationship between caregiving and environmental protection. Family unwaged caregivers " most of whom are women, including mothers and grandmothers, and the most impoverished women on welfare " provide care for relatives, children, the elderly and persons with disabilities. Caregivers are expected to pick up the slack without any acknowledgement of the value or resources for their work. The International Labor Office has estimated that women d...
Sojourner Truth Radio: November 18, 2021 - Care Income for People and Planet
November 18, 2021 00:00 - 58 minutes - 80 MBToday on Sojourner Truth: We focus on the inter-relationship between caregiving and environmental protection. Family unwaged caregivers " most of whom are women, including mothers and grandmothers, and the most impoverished women on welfare " provide care for relatives, children, the elderly and persons with disabilities. Caregivers are expected to pick up the slack without any acknowledgement of the value or resources for their work. The International Labor Office has estimated that women d...
Earth Minute: COP26 Overview
November 17, 2021 00:00 - 1 minute - 1.08 MBToday on Sojourner Truth: We bring you audio from a recent webinar on the climate crisis, hosted by the Policy and Education Working Group of the California Poor Peoples Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival. The webinars speakers help us better understand the nature of this crisis while providing critical insight into ways Indigenous communities and people of color are especially impacted. It was hosted on Sunday, November 14, following the COP26 conference. During today's show, you w...
News Headlines: November 17, 2021
November 17, 2021 00:00 - 5 minutes - 4.97 MBToday on Sojourner Truth: We bring you audio from a recent webinar on the climate crisis, hosted by the Policy and Education Working Group of the California Poor Peoples Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival. The webinars speakers help us better understand the nature of this crisis while providing critical insight into ways Indigenous communities and people of color are especially impacted. It was hosted on Sunday, November 14, following the COP26 conference. During today's show, you w...
Sojourner Truth Radio: November 17, 2021 - Poor People's Campaign Climate Special
November 17, 2021 00:00 - 56 minutes - 76.9 MBToday on Sojourner Truth: We bring you audio from a recent webinar on the climate crisis, hosted by the Policy and Education Working Group of the California Poor Peoples Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival. The webinars speakers help us better understand the nature of this crisis while providing critical insight into ways Indigenous communities and people of color are especially impacted. It was hosted on Sunday, November 14, following the COP26 conference. During today's show, you w...
Sojourner Truth Radio: November 16, 2021 - COP26 Review & Kyle Rittenhouse Trial
November 16, 2021 00:00 - 57 minutes - 53 MBToday on Sojourner Truth: One of two contentious and highly-watched court trials in U.S. history are now taking place, both of which will have an impact on race relations in the country. One of them is the trial of three white men accused of killing a young Black jogger last year in broad daylight in Georgia. Ahmaud Arbery was shot on February 23, 2020 by Gregory and Travis McMichael, and pursued by William Bryan. Today, we focus on the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, the 18-year-old young white ...
Kieran Knutson On Kyle Rittenhouse Trial & Systemic Racism
November 16, 2021 00:00 - 13 minutes - 12.4 MBToday on Sojourner Truth: One of two contentious and highly-watched court trials in U.S. history are now taking place, both of which will have an impact on race relations in the country. One of them is the trial of three white men accused of killing a young Black jogger last year in broad daylight in Georgia. Ahmaud Arbery was shot on February 23, 2020 by Gregory and Travis McMichael, and pursued by William Bryan. Today, we focus on the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, the 18-year-old young white ...
Tom Goldtooth On COP26 & Environmental Devastation
November 16, 2021 00:00 - 33 minutes - 31 MBToday on Sojourner Truth: One of two contentious and highly-watched court trials in U.S. history are now taking place, both of which will have an impact on race relations in the country. One of them is the trial of three white men accused of killing a young Black jogger last year in broad daylight in Georgia. Ahmaud Arbery was shot on February 23, 2020 by Gregory and Travis McMichael, and pursued by William Bryan. Today, we focus on the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, the 18-year-old young white ...
News Headlines: November 16, 2021
November 16, 2021 00:00 - 4 minutes - 4.5 MBToday on Sojourner Truth: One of two contentious and highly-watched court trials in U.S. history are now taking place, both of which will have an impact on race relations in the country. One of them is the trial of three white men accused of killing a young Black jogger last year in broad daylight in Georgia. Ahmaud Arbery was shot on February 23, 2020 by Gregory and Travis McMichael, and pursued by William Bryan. Today, we focus on the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, the 18-year-old young white ...
Sojourner Truth Radio: November 12, 2021 - Roundtable Discussion
November 12, 2021 00:00 - 58 minutes - 53.9 MBToday on Sojourner Truth, our weekly roundtable. Our panelists are Laura Carlsen and Dr. Gerald Horne. We focus on COP26, the UN Climate Conference that is wrapping up in Glasgow, Scotland. After thousands there, including most world leaders, there is little left to show in the outcome thus far, except for a watered-down mention of coal and fossil fuels. Even though it's watered-down, the United States has refused to sign on to it. This, as the Biden administration bends to the coal and oil ...
News Headlines: November 12, 2021
November 12, 2021 00:00 - 5 minutes - 4.95 MBToday on Sojourner Truth, our weekly roundtable. Our panelists are Laura Carlsen and Dr. Gerald Horne. We focus on COP26, the UN Climate Conference that is wrapping up in Glasgow, Scotland. After thousands there, including most world leaders, there is little left to show in the outcome thus far, except for a watered-down mention of coal and fossil fuels. Even though it's watered-down, the United States has refused to sign on to it. This, as the Biden administration bends to the coal and oil ...
Sojourner Truth Radio: November 11, 2021 - COP26, India Forests, Climate Crisis Event
November 11, 2021 00:00 - 55 minutes - 51.1 MBToday on Sojourner Truth: On Sunday, October 31, the United Nations Climate Change Conference kicked off the COP26 (Conference of the Parties) in Glasgow, Scotland. Twenty-five thousand delegates from 200 countries are attending, and around 120 heads of state. The conference, which was delayed for a year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, will run until Friday, November 12. Wednesday, November 10, marked one of the most critical days in the ongoing COP26 Conference of the Parties in Glasgow,...
News Headlines: November 11, 2021
November 11, 2021 00:00 - 5 minutes - 4.88 MBToday on Sojourner Truth: On Sunday, October 31, the United Nations Climate Change Conference kicked off the COP26 (Conference of the Parties) in Glasgow, Scotland. Twenty-five thousand delegates from 200 countries are attending, and around 120 heads of state. The conference, which was delayed for a year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, will run until Friday, November 12. Wednesday, November 10, marked one of the most critical days in the ongoing COP26 Conference of the Parties in Glasgow,...
Earth Watch: Souparna Lahiri On COP26 & India's Forests
November 11, 2021 00:00 - 13 minutes - 12.8 MBToday on Sojourner Truth: On Sunday, October 31, the United Nations Climate Change Conference kicked off the COP26 (Conference of the Parties) in Glasgow, Scotland. Twenty-five thousand delegates from 200 countries are attending, and around 120 heads of state. The conference, which was delayed for a year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, will run until Friday, November 12. Wednesday, November 10, marked one of the most critical days in the ongoing COP26 Conference of the Parties in Glasgow,...
Patrick Ioakimedes On Poor People's Campaign Climate Crisis Event
November 11, 2021 00:00 - 5 minutes - 5.05 MBToday on Sojourner Truth: On Sunday, October 31, the United Nations Climate Change Conference kicked off the COP26 (Conference of the Parties) in Glasgow, Scotland. Twenty-five thousand delegates from 200 countries are attending, and around 120 heads of state. The conference, which was delayed for a year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, will run until Friday, November 12. Wednesday, November 10, marked one of the most critical days in the ongoing COP26 Conference of the Parties in Glasgow,...
Vijay Kumar On Nature's Solutions To Climate Change In India
November 11, 2021 00:00 - 16 minutes - 15.4 MBToday on Sojourner Truth: On Sunday, October 31, the United Nations Climate Change Conference kicked off the COP26 (Conference of the Parties) in Glasgow, Scotland. Twenty-five thousand delegates from 200 countries are attending, and around 120 heads of state. The conference, which was delayed for a year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, will run until Friday, November 12. Wednesday, November 10, marked one of the most critical days in the ongoing COP26 Conference of the Parties in Glasgow,...
News Headlines: November 10, 2021
November 10, 2021 00:00 - 5 minutes - 4.92 MBToday on Sojourner Truth: We are in an emergency. Our planet is experiencing an urgent state of crisis. The environmental devastation of our planet, accelerated by climate change, is getting worse by the day. According to the World Health Organization, climate change is the greatest threat to global health in the 21st century, surpassing even the ongoing and deadly COVID-19 pandemic. Land temperatures have increased about twice as fast as the global average. Globally, 2020 was the hottest ye...
Winnie Overbeek On COP26 & Environmental Devastation
November 10, 2021 00:00 - 12 minutes - 11.7 MBToday on Sojourner Truth: We are in an emergency. Our planet is experiencing an urgent state of crisis. The environmental devastation of our planet, accelerated by climate change, is getting worse by the day. According to the World Health Organization, climate change is the greatest threat to global health in the 21st century, surpassing even the ongoing and deadly COVID-19 pandemic. Land temperatures have increased about twice as fast as the global average. Globally, 2020 was the hottest ye...
Barbados Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley Addresses COP26
November 10, 2021 00:00 - 8 minutes - 11.1 MBToday on Sojourner Truth: We are in an emergency. Our planet is experiencing an urgent state of crisis. The environmental devastation of our planet, accelerated by climate change, is getting worse by the day. According to the World Health Organization, climate change is the greatest threat to global health in the 21st century, surpassing even the ongoing and deadly COVID-19 pandemic. Land temperatures have increased about twice as fast as the global average. Globally, 2020 was the hottest ye...
Tina Gerthardt On COP26 & Environmental Devastation
November 10, 2021 00:00 - 12 minutes - 11.5 MBToday on Sojourner Truth: We are in an emergency. Our planet is experiencing an urgent state of crisis. The environmental devastation of our planet, accelerated by climate change, is getting worse by the day. According to the World Health Organization, climate change is the greatest threat to global health in the 21st century, surpassing even the ongoing and deadly COVID-19 pandemic. Land temperatures have increased about twice as fast as the global average. Globally, 2020 was the hottest ye...
Sojourner Truth Radio: November 10, 2021 - COP26 Environment Special
November 10, 2021 00:00 - 58 minutes - 53.2 MBToday on Sojourner Truth: We are in an emergency. Our planet is experiencing an urgent state of crisis. The environmental devastation of our planet, accelerated by climate change, is getting worse by the day. According to the World Health Organization, climate change is the greatest threat to global health in the 21st century, surpassing even the ongoing and deadly COVID-19 pandemic. Land temperatures have increased about twice as fast as the global average. Globally, 2020 was the hottest ye...
News Headlines: October 1, 2021
October 01, 2021 00:00 - 5 minutes - 4.74 MBToday on Sojourner Truth, our weekly roundtable. Our panelists are Laura Carlsen, Jackie Goldberg, and Dr. Gerald Horne. The future of economic and social policy in the United States is at stake, as Congress is in a log jam on President Biden's care economy agenda. Progressive Democrats are holding out, refusing to be held hostage, by so-named Democratic Senators Manchin and Sinema. The deadline to raise the debt ceiling is fast approaching. Meanwhile, Biden is swiftly dropping in the polls...
Sojourner Truth Radio: October 1, 2021 - Roundtable Discussion
October 01, 2021 00:00 - 58 minutes - 53.2 MBToday on Sojourner Truth, our weekly roundtable. Our panelists are Laura Carlsen, Jackie Goldberg, and Dr. Gerald Horne. The future of economic and social policy in the United States is at stake, as Congress is in a log jam on President Biden's care economy agenda. Progressive Democrats are holding out, refusing to be held hostage, by so-named Democratic Senators Manchin and Sinema. The deadline to raise the debt ceiling is fast approaching. Meanwhile, Biden is swiftly dropping in the polls...
Earth Minute: Carbon Capture Technology
September 30, 2021 00:00 - 1 minute - 1.75 MBToday on Sojourner Truth: Women in Southern California and across the nation are gearing up to march for reproductive rights. This, as Texas passes a law that basically bans a women's right to decide whether or not to be a mother. Other Republican-controlled states are moving in the same direction. This is a fundamental threat to Roe v. Wade, the decades-old Supreme Court decision that protects a women's right to choose. Our guest is Emiliana Guereca, founder of the Women's March Foundation ...
Robert Mejia On 2021 Justice On Trial Film Festival
September 30, 2021 00:00 - 11 minutes - 10.4 MBToday on Sojourner Truth: Women in Southern California and across the nation are gearing up to march for reproductive rights. This, as Texas passes a law that basically bans a women's right to decide whether or not to be a mother. Other Republican-controlled states are moving in the same direction. This is a fundamental threat to Roe v. Wade, the decades-old Supreme Court decision that protects a women's right to choose. Our guest is Emiliana Guereca, founder of the Women's March Foundation ...
Sojourner Truth Radio: September 30, 2021 - Women's Rights, Earth Watch, Justice On Trial
September 30, 2021 00:00 - 58 minutes - 53.4 MBToday on Sojourner Truth: Women in Southern California and across the nation are gearing up to march for reproductive rights. This, as Texas passes a law that basically bans a women's right to decide whether or not to be a mother. Other Republican-controlled states are moving in the same direction. This is a fundamental threat to Roe v. Wade, the decades-old Supreme Court decision that protects a women's right to choose. Our guest is Emiliana Guereca, founder of the Women's March Foundation ...
News Headlines: September 30, 2021
September 30, 2021 00:00 - 5 minutes - 5.03 MBToday on Sojourner Truth: Women in Southern California and across the nation are gearing up to march for reproductive rights. This, as Texas passes a law that basically bans a women's right to decide whether or not to be a mother. Other Republican-controlled states are moving in the same direction. This is a fundamental threat to Roe v. Wade, the decades-old Supreme Court decision that protects a women's right to choose. Our guest is Emiliana Guereca, founder of the Women's March Foundation ...
Earth Watch: Ivonne Yanez On Industrial Tree Monocultures
September 30, 2021 00:00 - 10 minutes - 9.54 MBToday on Sojourner Truth: Women in Southern California and across the nation are gearing up to march for reproductive rights. This, as Texas passes a law that basically bans a women's right to decide whether or not to be a mother. Other Republican-controlled states are moving in the same direction. This is a fundamental threat to Roe v. Wade, the decades-old Supreme Court decision that protects a women's right to choose. Our guest is Emiliana Guereca, founder of the Women's March Foundation ...
Emiliana Guereca On Women's Right To Choose
September 30, 2021 00:00 - 25 minutes - 23.6 MBToday on Sojourner Truth: Women in Southern California and across the nation are gearing up to march for reproductive rights. This, as Texas passes a law that basically bans a women's right to decide whether or not to be a mother. Other Republican-controlled states are moving in the same direction. This is a fundamental threat to Roe v. Wade, the decades-old Supreme Court decision that protects a women's right to choose. Our guest is Emiliana Guereca, founder of the Women's March Foundation ...
News Headlines: September 29, 2021
September 29, 2021 00:00 - 5 minutes - 4.91 MBOn August 5, 2021, Richard Trumka, President of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, known simply as the AFL"CIO, unexpectedly passed away. He was 72 years old. Today on Sojourner Truth, we honor the life and legacy of Richard Trumka. We bring you exclusive audio from his keynote speech at the 2013 AFL-CIO conference in Los Angeles, California. We also speak with Jerry Acosta, a former regional director and senior national representative for the Utility W...
Sojourner Truth Radio: September 29, 2021 - Honoring Richard Trumka
September 29, 2021 00:00 - 59 minutes - 54.3 MBOn August 5, 2021, Richard Trumka, President of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, known simply as the AFL"CIO, unexpectedly passed away. He was 72 years old. Today on Sojourner Truth, we honor the life and legacy of Richard Trumka. We bring you exclusive audio from his keynote speech at the 2013 AFL-CIO conference in Los Angeles, California. We also speak with Jerry Acosta, a former regional director and senior national representative for the Utility W...
News Headlines: September 28, 2021
September 28, 2021 17:00 - 5 minutes - 4.95 MBNews Headlines: September 28, 2021 by Sojourner Truth with Margaret Prescod
Sojourner Truth Radio: September 28, 2021 - Hoodwinked in the Hot House Pt. 1
September 28, 2021 00:00 - 58 minutes - 80.8 MBIndigenous peoples have been on the frontlines protecting the planet from environmental devastation. They are also part of frontline communities severely impacted by the exploitation of Mother Earth, and have asked that we have another relationship with nature. They have made significant gains. In September of 2021, the Indigenous Environmental Network and Oil Change International released a report entitled Indigenous Resistance Against Carbon. The report analyzes the impact Indigenous resist...
Sojourner Truth Radio: September 24, 2021 - Roundtable Discussion
September 24, 2021 00:00 - 58 minutes - 53.1 MBToday on Sojourner Truth, our weekly roundtable. Our guests are Laura Carlsen, Jackie Goldberg, and Dr. Gerald Horne. The crisis at the border and the devaluation of lives. Meanwhile, in Capitol Hill, Democrats are in-fighting on Biden's Build Back Better plan and infrastructure. Can President Biden calm the waters? There's a row over the debt ceiling with a looming government shutdown. And, again, a debate over taxes. Who pays? Who does not? Inflation fears as a political football. Meanwhil...
News Headlines: September 24, 2021
September 24, 2021 00:00 - 5 minutes - 5.02 MBToday on Sojourner Truth, our weekly roundtable. Our guests are Laura Carlsen, Jackie Goldberg, and Dr. Gerald Horne. The crisis at the border and the devaluation of lives. Meanwhile, in Capitol Hill, Democrats are in-fighting on Biden's Build Back Better plan and infrastructure. Can President Biden calm the waters? There's a row over the debt ceiling with a looming government shutdown. And, again, a debate over taxes. Who pays? Who does not? Inflation fears as a political football. Meanwhil...
Pierre Labossiere On Haiti Refugees
September 23, 2021 00:00 - 30 minutes - 27.9 MBToday on Sojourner Truth: An update on the mistreatment and deportation of thousands of Haitians by the Biden administration. But what conditions do deportees face when they return to Haiti? Is there any credibility to the Biden administration's claim, via Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Majorkas, that Haiti is able to handle thousands of deported Haitians. Here to discuss the situation on the ground in Haiti is Pierre Labossiere, a co-founder of the Haiti Action Committee. He hails fr...
Sojourner Truth Radio: September 23, 2021 - Haiti Refugees & CELAC Summit
September 23, 2021 00:00 - 58 minutes - 53.2 MBToday on Sojourner Truth: An update on the mistreatment and deportation of thousands of Haitians by the Biden administration. But what conditions do deportees face when they return to Haiti? Is there any credibility to the Biden administration's claim, via Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Majorkas, that Haiti is able to handle thousands of deported Haitians. Here to discuss the situation on the ground in Haiti is Pierre Labossiere, a co-founder of the Haiti Action Committee. He hails fr...
News Headlines: September 23, 2021
September 23, 2021 00:00 - 4 minutes - 4.39 MBToday on Sojourner Truth: An update on the mistreatment and deportation of thousands of Haitians by the Biden administration. But what conditions do deportees face when they return to Haiti? Is there any credibility to the Biden administration's claim, via Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Majorkas, that Haiti is able to handle thousands of deported Haitians. Here to discuss the situation on the ground in Haiti is Pierre Labossiere, a co-founder of the Haiti Action Committee. He hails fr...
Laura Carlsen On CELAC Summit 2021
September 23, 2021 00:00 - 18 minutes - 16.5 MBToday on Sojourner Truth: An update on the mistreatment and deportation of thousands of Haitians by the Biden administration. But what conditions do deportees face when they return to Haiti? Is there any credibility to the Biden administration's claim, via Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Majorkas, that Haiti is able to handle thousands of deported Haitians. Here to discuss the situation on the ground in Haiti is Pierre Labossiere, a co-founder of the Haiti Action Committee. He hails fr...
News Headlines: September 22, 2021
September 22, 2021 00:00 - 4 minutes - 5.99 MBToday on Sojourner Truth: President Biden and other world leaders descend on the United Nations for the annual general assembly meeting. Focused areas include COVID-19, the environmental crisis, and growing income inequality worldwide. What has emerged from presentations by heads of state so far? Our guest is Dr. Gerald Horne, Moores Professor of History & African-American Studies at the University of Houston. The Democrats' economic agenda is hanging by a thread in Congress, as there is pu...
Earth Minute: Wooly Mammoth Genetic Engineering
September 22, 2021 00:00 - 1 minute - 1.64 MBToday on Sojourner Truth: President Biden and other world leaders descend on the United Nations for the annual general assembly meeting. Focused areas include COVID-19, the environmental crisis, and growing income inequality worldwide. What has emerged from presentations by heads of state so far? Our guest is Dr. Gerald Horne, Moores Professor of History & African-American Studies at the University of Houston. The Democrats' economic agenda is hanging by a thread in Congress, as there is pu...
Dr. Gerald Horne On United Nations General Assembly 2021
September 22, 2021 00:00 - 21 minutes - 19.8 MBToday on Sojourner Truth: President Biden and other world leaders descend on the United Nations for the annual general assembly meeting. Focused areas include COVID-19, the environmental crisis, and growing income inequality worldwide. What has emerged from presentations by heads of state so far? Our guest is Dr. Gerald Horne, Moores Professor of History & African-American Studies at the University of Houston. The Democrats' economic agenda is hanging by a thread in Congress, as there is pu...
Max Wolff On Biden's Economy & Build Back Better
September 22, 2021 00:00 - 17 minutes - 15.7 MBToday on Sojourner Truth: President Biden and other world leaders descend on the United Nations for the annual general assembly meeting. Focused areas include COVID-19, the environmental crisis, and growing income inequality worldwide. What has emerged from presentations by heads of state so far? Our guest is Dr. Gerald Horne, Moores Professor of History & African-American Studies at the University of Houston. The Democrats' economic agenda is hanging by a thread in Congress, as there is pu...
Sherriel Weithers On California Stimulus & SSDI Recipients
September 22, 2021 00:00 - 9 minutes - 8.42 MBToday on Sojourner Truth: President Biden and other world leaders descend on the United Nations for the annual general assembly meeting. Focused areas include COVID-19, the environmental crisis, and growing income inequality worldwide. What has emerged from presentations by heads of state so far? Our guest is Dr. Gerald Horne, Moores Professor of History & African-American Studies at the University of Houston. The Democrats' economic agenda is hanging by a thread in Congress, as there is pu...
Sojourner Truth Radio: September 22, 2021 - UNGA, Biden's Economy, California Stimulus
September 22, 2021 00:00 - 58 minutes - 53.6 MBToday on Sojourner Truth: President Biden and other world leaders descend on the United Nations for the annual general assembly meeting. Focused areas include COVID-19, the environmental crisis, and growing income inequality worldwide. What has emerged from presentations by heads of state so far? Our guest is Dr. Gerald Horne, Moores Professor of History & African-American Studies at the University of Houston. The Democrats' economic agenda is hanging by a thread in Congress, as there is pu...
Alberto Saldamando On COP26 & Indigenous Resistance
September 21, 2021 00:00 - 11 minutes - 10.8 MBToday on Sojourner Truth: Thousands of Haitians are being deported by the Biden Administration. Video has emerged of U.S. Border Patrol agents chasing down Haitians on horseback and whipping them. One can be heard referring to Haiti as a s-hole country. What's going on? Our guest is Nana Gyamfi, an attorney, consultant, educator, activist, the Executive Director of Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI), and the President of the National Conference of Black Lawyers. The Indigenous Envir...