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Latest Episodes
Liliana Segura on Trump’s Execution Spree, Gaurav Laroia on Ajit Pai’s FCC
As with many aspects of his presidency, the execution spree is both Trump being especially gruesome, and his simply making use of a gruesome machinery he certainly didn't create.
Ricardo Salvador on US’s Dysfunctional Food System
As those of who do so celebrate Thanksgiving, we ought also to acknowledge the work that brings the harvest from the earth to the plate.
Ravi Gupta on Vaccine Infrastructure, Murtaza Hussain on Trump’s War on Yemen
The coronavirus crisis highlights the urgent need to reimagine our vaccine infrastructure.
Julie Hollar on Moving Democrats to the Right, Josh Bivens on Pandemic Unemployment
Blaming the left has been the practice of elite Democrats and their media abettors for decades.
Steven Rosenfeld on Vote Counting, Rey Fuentes on Rigging the Gig Economy
Even after election 2020, corporate media fail to highlight the break between those who believe in the democratic project and those who do not.
‘We Have the World’s Largest System to Imprison and Exile Immigrants’
"I think we also have to be wary of not taking advantage of this moment, because it’s unveiling what the system truly is meant to do."
‘The Candidates Who Are Opposed to Fracking Are Winning’
"In addition to all of the environmental problems, and the public health issues, the climate issues that we just mentioned, the business model that fracking is built upon is essentially almost a Ponzi scheme."
‘We Have a Long History of Criminalizing Communities of Color Through Drugs’
"The Nixon administration went about policing drugs...as if it were a real war. The same way that we would fight foreign adversaries, we were fighting our own citizens."
US Media Lie About Bolivia’s Movement Toward Socialism—Before, During and After Election
That Bolivia's MAS won this month’s election in an apparent landslide hasn’t meant an end to US media hostilities.
Special Program on Trump & Immigration
In our final pre-election show, we use the lens of one issue, immigration, to look back at four years of Trump policy and of coverage.