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Alex Morash – Media Matters – Tin Foil Hat Awards
September 22, 2017

Media Matters Researcher Alex Morash joins us to announce this week’s winners of the tinfoil hat awards! You don’t want to miss this, Alex explains the link between Fox News ...

Livia Gershon – VICE News – Unions Aren’t Obsolete, They’re Being Crushed by Right-Wing Politics
September 22, 2017

Livia Gershon, a Freelance Reporter writing for VICE News joins us to discuss her article, “Unions Aren’t Obsolete, They’re Being Crushed by Right-Wing Politics.” Livia goes on to discuss the ...

Informed Action – Republicans Try To Ram Healthcare Through Before The End Of The Month
September 21, 2017

Tom Balya joins former Senator Allen Kukovich to discuss the healthcare proposal that Republicans are trying to ram through by the end of the month.

Mark McDermott – Immigration Solidarity
September 21, 2017

Labor educator Mark McDermott discusses immigration, solidarity, and the idea of sanctuary unions.

The Education Watchdog – Schools In The Florida Keys Will Hopefully Open Again Within A Week
September 21, 2017

This week on The Education Watchdog with Butch Santicola we have Holly Hamell Gordon from Southern Florida to report on the 10 schools between Key Largo and Key West that ...

Jenny Hopkinson – POLITICO – Farmers Embracing Soil Quality Reap The Benefits
September 21, 2017

Jenny Hopkinson from POLITICO joins us to talk about the importance of soil quality. Many farmers that are rotating crops more and embracing soil health are seeing tangible benefits in ...

Matt Gertz – Media Matters – Republican Governors Association Makes Propaganda Website To Influence Voters
September 21, 2017

Today from Media Matters we have Matt Gertz on the program to talk about a website created by the Republican Governors Association which was designed to bash democratic governors and ...

Joan Walsh – The Wages of Neglect Part 4
September 21, 2017

Joan Walsh, writer at The Nation, joins us to continue our series The Wages of Neglect. Joan is an expert on the white working class and why the democratic party ...

Rich Fiesta – ARA – The Graham-Cassidy Repeal Is Even Worse Than The Previous “Skinny Repeal”
September 21, 2017

Rich Fiesta from the Alliance for Retired Americans comes on the program to talk about how the most recent Graham-Cassidy Bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act is even worse ...

The New American Economy: Revitalizing a Community
September 20, 2017

This week on The New American Economy with Dr Patty DeMarco we have the President of The Homewood Children’s Village out of Pittsburgh, Dr Fred Brown on the program. The ...