ON THE GROUND FOR FEBRUARY 28, 2020 Sixty five years after the lynching of Emmett Till shocked the nation and spurred the civil rights movement, Congress passes legislation making lynching a federal hate crime. Meanwhile,

ON THE GROUND FOR FEBRUARY 21, 2020 As Bernie Sanders continues to surge in the presidential race , he gets an assist in putting billionaires in their place. We speak to political scientist Niambi Carter about the competition in the Democratic Part...

ON THE GROUND FOR FEBRUARY 14, 2020 If you think that this year's Iowa Caucus is proof that the U.S. is quickly becoming a banana republic, wait until you hear about the proceedings inside the federal court where the Venezuela Embassy Protectors are...

A tumultuous week in U.S. politics includes a State of the Union reality show, an acquittal for the third U.S. president impeached, and a dubious beginning to the 2020 Democratic presidential primary. Also,

The impeachment trial of Donald Trump may be winding down but the assault by the U.S. on human rights here and abroad goes on unabated. And we speak to April Goggans of Black Lives Matter DC about the case of a police officer arrested and charged with ...

With increased attacks on presidential candidate Bernie Sanders by corporate media, and with reporters, whistleblowers and truthtellers around the world under assault, we talk to journalist Jon Jeter about today's world of news, lies and videotape.

ON THE GROUND FOR JANUARY 17, 2020 For this hour, voices from the Fire Drill Fridays climate protest held January 10, 2020 outside the U.S. Capitol, organized and mced by actress Jane Fonda, This protest focused on the role of banks and other financ...

The U.S. assassination of Iran's top general is ratcheting fears of war around the globe and re-awakening the anti-war movement in the United States. Voices from the No War on Iran protest in front of the White House on January 4, 2020,

The first of two shows featuring extraordinary testimony from former Exxon scientists about the oil giant knowing and lying for decades about climate change. Experts say that an intense corporate disinformation campaign has led to decades of inaction a...

OUR 2019 YEAR-END SPECIAL WITH ON THE GROUND CONTRIBUTORS Professor Gerald Horne, Chantal James and Lydia Curtis weighing in with their  top stories, from the right to affordable housing in DC, to the movement for Black Lives to the imperialist posture...