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Sam Knight – The District Sentinel – The Problematic Notion That We Can Replace Troops With Mercenaries
Sam Knight from The District Sentinel comes on the program to talk about how Trump is possibly planning to take our troops out of Afghanistan and replace them with private ...
Frank Emspak – WIN – People are Optimistic About the Nissan Union Vote
Frank Emspak of Workers Independent News joins us to continue our coverage of the unionization process happening at the Nissan plant in Mississippi. Many are optimistic that the union will ...
The Legal Checkup: Dr. Rodriguez on Aging, pt 1
Gerontologist Dr. Eric Rodriguez joins Vince to discuss Alzheimer’s disease and dementia. How do we care for ourselves physically and mentally as we age?
The New American Economy: How do we get chemical pollution out of our drinking water?
Even micro-doses of hormones can have a drastic impact on the human body. How are hydrocarbons and endocrine disruptors ending up in our water supply, and what can we do ...
Mike Healey – Healey & Hornack – Trump’s NLRB Appointees are Anti-Union
Mike Healey from Healey & Hornack, comes on the program to talk about some of the work that his law firm does for working people. He also fills us in ...
Rich Fiesta – Alliance For Retired Americans – It’s Medicare’s Birthday!
Rich Fiesta, president of the Alliance for Retired Americans, joins us to celebrate Medicare/Medicaid’s birthday. With all the talk about healthcare changes, will these programs last?
Luiza Savage – POLITICO – Former Navy SEAL fights trangender ban
A former Navy SEAL is fighting the military’s potenetial transgender ban. Politico’s Luiza Savage discusses the powerful story of Kristin Beck, a transgender war veteran and Purple Heart recipient. http://www.politico.
Cristina Lopez – Media Matters – Lies Bouncing Around Right-Wing Media
Media Matters’ Cristina Lopez discusses the lies riccocheting in the right-wing media bubble. https://www.mediamatters.org/blog/2017/08/01/five-lies-are-ricocheting-infinitely-within-right-wing-media-bubble/217449
Sonya Romero – AFT – Teachers Buy Their Own Supplies. What Can We Do To Help?
Teachers are spending thousands of their own dollars every year on school supplies that the districts won’t provide. Kindergarten teacher Sonya Romero says she even has to provide her own ...
Rev Charles Johnson – AFT – Unions Aren’t Perfect, But They Are Good
Rev. Charles Johnson says that unions, like churches and other organizations, are not perfect, as they are composed of fallible humans. But “something does not have to be perfect in ...