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The New American Economy – The Hip Hop Caucus On Environmental Justice
This week, Dr. Patricia DeMarco invites Mustafa Santiago Ali, environmental justice advocate. After 24 years at the Environmental Protection Agency, Mustafa became the Senior Vice President of Climate, Environmental Justice ...
Andrew Restuccia – POLITICO – Executive Order On Welfare May Be Coming Soon
Politico reporter Andrew Restuccia comes on the program to wan us about a possible executive order that may be coming down that will effect welfare recipients. It appears that there ...
Alex Kaplan – Media Matters – Teamsters Truck Drivers In Puerto Rico Did Not Strike
Alex Kaplan of Media Matters joins us to follow up the report about right wing media falsely reporting a strike of Teamster truck drivers. He says that the report started ...
Berry Craig – KY AFL-CIO – Janus Vs AFSCME May Result In National Right To Work For Less For All Public Sector Workers
From the Kentucky Labor Institute was have Berry Craig on the program to talk about the Janus vs AFSCME Supreme Court Case which would ostensibly make all public sector work ...
Doug Cunningham – WIN – Newark Teachers Win Settlement of $8-10 Million
Doug Cunningham of Worker’s Independent News joins us to give us good news about Newark, NJ teachers and how they won a legal battle giving them $8-10 million after the ...
The Point Of Pittsburgh – How To Create Good Local Jobs
This week on The Point of Pittsburgh with Rosemary Trump and Charlie McCollester we talk about states posing legislative restrictions on cities and how we create good local jobs.
Helen Hutchison – LWV – Gerrymandering Is Heading To The Supreme Court
President of the League of Women Voters in California Helen Hutchison joins us to report on the Gill vs Whitford case that will be heard by the SCOTUS. This is ...
The Thomas Merton Center – PNC Should Divest From Nuclear Weapons Manufacturers
The Thomas Merton Center program on We Are Pittsburgh invites Paul Dordal and Bonnie DiCarlo on the program to talk about how PNC should divest from nuclear weapons manufactures as ...
The Labor Intensive: Forced Arbitration Needs to Be Stopped and SCOTUS Can Do It
Rosemary Trump and Charlie McCollester join us for their weekly segment to talk about modern politics from a historical perspective. We discuss the shooting in Las Vegas and what the ...
George Miranda – Union Workers Are Providing Huge Amounts Of Relief In Puerto Rico
From Teamsters Joint Council 16 we have George Miranda on the program to give us the direct news on the relief efforts by union workers in Puerto Rico. He says ...