On the Ground w Esther Iverem

On the Ground w Esther Iverem


Latest Episodes

Voting Rights in Crisis…Pro-Palestine Encampment Protests Outside Corporate Media DC Offices… Plus Headlines
August 08, 2025

To thwart a redistricting scheme that will disenfranchise Black and Latinx voters in Texas, state Democratic lawmakers have fled the state to deny Republicans the quorum needed to pass the legislation

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR AUGUST 1, 2025: $1Billion in Taxpayer Funds for an NFL Stadium?… While Cutting Public Services, DC Set to Give Billionaire NFL Owner 22 Acres for $1 Rent… Plus Headlines On Freedom for Chris Smalls and More
August 01, 2025

The DC Council is set to vote on a controversial plan to spend one billion dollars in taxpayer funding toward a new NFL stadium for the Washington Commanders. In this debate, both sides do want to bri

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JULY 25, 2025: Jon Jeter on Media and Culture… The U.S. Looks More Like a Police State (Especially if You’re Black or Brown)… Plus Headlines With Gerald Horne on ICE, Jacksonville Police Brutality, DC Budget and Mo
July 25, 2025

From brutal immigration raids, to police attacks on peaceful protesters, to inhumane immigration detention facilities, the U.S. is looking more and more like a police state. And we speak to our media

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JULY 18, 2025: Wilmer Leon on Fascism and Education… Francesca Albanese on Profit from Genocide… Plus Headlines on Epstein, the DC Budget, and More…  
July 18, 2025

Trump just fired half of the staff at the U.S. Department of Education, which serves more than 60 million people in the country. So for this month's episode of the F-word, we speak to political scient

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JULY 11, 2025: Protesters Denounce Netanyahu’s Visit to DC… Gerald Horne on Gaza, Iran, BRICS…. And More 
July 11, 2025

In an upside down world, where an indicted war criminal is feted at the White House, those here in the U.S, fighting against the Gaza holocaust are determined to fight back the only way they knowby c

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JULY 4, 2025: Faith Leaders Rally on Capitol Hill, and are Arrested, Protesting Trump’s ‘Immoral’ Budget
July 04, 2025

On Friday,, July fourth , Trump is scheduled to sign into law his so-called big beautiful bill which eliminates health care and food assistance for millions of Americans, adds $150 billion more for th

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JUNE 27, 2025: Jon Jeter… It’s Official: Alternative Media is the Only Place to Get News… Walking for Juneteenth in DC… Plus Headlines, Sports and Culture
June 27, 2025

Poor news coverage of the Israeli-U.S. attack on Iran reinforces alternative media as the only place for truth about the empire. We speak to Jon Jeter for this month's episode of On the Media. And the

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JUNE 20, 2025: The F-Word on Fascism with Wilmer Leon…Vet Speaks at Rally Against War with Iran… Plus Headlines .. 
June 20, 2025

As the possibility of a new U.S. war looms in West Asia, we speak to political scientist Wilmer Lemon for this month's episode of the F-Word on fascism. And a U.S. veteran was among those speaking out

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JUNE 13, 2025: Israel Goes to War On Iran… Trump Tests Illegal Domestic Use of Military… Federal Workers Continue to Fight For Jobs and Public Services 
June 13, 2025

Israel, the U.S. armed outpost in West Asia, bombs Iran, assassinating several military leaders and at least one nuclear scientist. We speak to historian Gerald Horne. And here at home, the Trump admi

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JUNE 6, 2025: U.S. Vetoes Fifth U.N. Gaza Ceasefire Resolution… Algeria, Pakistan and Somalia Speak Up for Palestine… Gerald Horne on Ukraine’s Attack on Russia and the End of Trump-Musk Bromance
June 06, 2025

After the United States vetoes, for a fifth time, a UN resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza, the U.S. and Israel are more isolated than ever on the world stage. We hear from some countries, Alge