Harvard Law professor and civil rights scholar Dr. Lani Guinier speaks on “Rethinking Race and Class: A New Vision of Social Justice.” Part of the Andrea Neves and Bart Evans Social Justice Lecture Series.
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- Powernomics: A Better Way to Protest for Black People May 26, 2021”Power is the ability to get things done despite the resistance and opposition of others. Economicsdixon1380
- In metro Atlanta, another cop gets away with killing a Black person May 19, 2021The warehouse in Austell where Officer Max Karneol murdered Vincent Truitt. About 15 to 20 minutes oCommunity Movement Builders
- The Fight for Our Minds | A Black Revolutionary Perspective on America’s Mental Health System April 6, 20212020 was a psychologically taxing year for Black people. Not only did we contend with anxietieCommunity Movement Builders
- Folk You Better Listen Carefully March 16, 2021I am watching folk and listening carefully to what is going on. Don’t think it is all White foCurmilus Dancy 2 (Butch)
- “A Case for Gatekeeping Black Music” March 7, 2021I studied classical music for a few years in college.To no one’s surprise this included a veryCommunity Movement Builders
- Powernomics: A Better Way to Protest for Black People May 26, 2021
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- An End to Impunity for Dictators—and Their Backers—Makes the World Safer June 2, 2016By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan It was a bad week for dictators, and a good one for international justice. Two brutal, U.S.-backed dictators who ruled decades ago were convicted for crimes they committed while in power. Hissene Habre took control of the northern African nation of Chad in 1982, and unleashed a reign of terror against his own people, killi […]
- Dave Zirin & Jules Boykoff on the 2016 Rio Olympics & Brazil’s Collapsing Political System June 1, 2016We continue our conversation with Dave Zirin, author of the book "Brazil's Dance with the Devil: The World Cup, the Olympics, and the Fight for Democracy," and Jules Boykoff, author of "Power Games: A Political History of the Olympics." In early August, more than 10,000 athletes across the world will convene in Rio de Janeiro's […]
- "I Want the World to Wake Up": Hiroshima Survivor Criticizes Obama for Pushing New Nuclear Weapons May 27, 2016Extended interview with Setsuko Thurlow, who survived the Hiroshima atomic bombing, about the bombing of 1945 and her push to eliminate nuclear weapons. On August 6, 1945, Thurlow was at school in Hiroshima when the U.S. dropped the first atomic bomb on a civilian population. She has been an anti-nuclear activist for decades. Watch Part 1
- Peace Activist and Holocaust Survivor Hedy Epstein Dies at 91 May 27, 2016Holocaust survivor and peace activist Hedy Epstein has died at the age of 91. Epstein was born in Germany and left in 1939 on a Kindertransport to England. Her parents died in Auschwitz. She later returned to Germany to work as a research analyst for the prosecution during the Nuremberg trials. She was involved in civil rights and antiwar movements throughou […]
- Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson Takes High-School Detention to a New Level May 26, 2016By Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan Thursday, Jan. 28, was a cold morning in Durham, North Carolina. Wildin David Guillen Acosta went outside to head to school, but never made it. He was thrown to the ground and arrested by agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement ( ICE ). He has been in detention ever since. Wildin, now 19 years old, fled his home […]
- An End to Impunity for Dictators—and Their Backers—Makes the World Safer June 2, 2016
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- US Catholic Bishops Have Heated Debate Before End-Of-Week Vote On Communion June 18, 2021U.S. Catholic bishops clashed virtually Thursday over whether Catholic politicians who support abortion rights should continue to receive Communion.The Associated Press
- Israel Launches Airstrikes After Incendiary Balloons Are Flown From Gaza June 18, 2021There were no immediate reports of casualties from the strikes.The Associated Press
- The Couple Who Waved Guns At BLM Protesters Plead Guilty To Misdemeanors June 18, 2021The wealthy duo's defense lawyer told NPR they "understand that what they did is a violation of Missouri law" but if faced with a similar situation, Mark McCloskey would do it again.Vanessa Romo
- Notable Women Will Be Honored On U.S. Quarters June 18, 2021Poet Maya Angelou, astronaut Sally Ride, suffrage activist Adelina Otero-Warren, film star Anna May Wong and Cherokee Nation leader Wilma Mankiller will appear on quarters starting in 2022.The Associated Press
- US Catholic Bishops Have Heated Debate Before End-Of-Week Vote On Communion June 18, 2021
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- Obamacare Is Here to Stay. Brace for New Health Care Battles. June 17, 2021Republicans in Congress have largely abandoned efforts to repeal the law. With the latest Supreme Court ruling, health policy now shifts to new territory.Margot Sanger-Katz and Sarah Kliff
- Obamacare Survives Latest Supreme Court Challenge June 17, 2021The court sidestepped the larger issue in the case, whether the 2010 health care law can stand without a provision that required most Americans to obtain insurance or pay a penalty.Adam Liptak
- Supreme Court Backs Catholic Social Services in Case on Gay Rights and Foster Care June 18, 2021The unanimous ruling was further evidence that claims of religious liberty almost always prevail in the current court.Adam Liptak
- Supreme Court Limits Human Rights Suits Against Corporations June 17, 2021Six citizens of Mali had sued Nestlé USA and Cargill, accusing the companies of profiting from child slavery on Ivory Coast cocoa farms.Adam Liptak
- Joe Manchin and the Magic 50th Vote for Democrats’ Voting Rights Bill June 18, 2021Democrats know that their election overhaul has no chance as long as the filibuster exists, but they are eager to show that all that stands in its way are Republicans.Carl Hulse
- Obamacare Is Here to Stay. Brace for New Health Care Battles. June 17, 2021
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- Biden Tells Putin To Crackdown On Ransomware. What Are The Odds He Will?The president says the U.S. will respond if it keeps getting hit with cyber attacks linked to Russia. But Putin has shown little interest in combatting cyber crimes called 'ransomware-as-a-service.'Greg Myre
- Unpaid Caregivers Were Already Struggling. It's Only Gotten Worse During The PandemicA new CDC study finds that people who provide unpaid care for their children or adult loved ones are twice as likely as noncaregivers to have experienced depression or anxiety, or thoughts of suicide.Rhitu Chatterjee
- Biden Tells Putin To Crackdown On Ransomware. What Are The Odds He Will?
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- The NBA Season That WasThis week we speak to the Athletic’s national NBA columnist about the 2018-2019 NBA season that has come and gone and whether anyone has a chance to upset the set up against the Warriors. We talk the Washington Wizards troubles, Lebron’s first year in Los Angeles, and MVP picks. We also have ‘Choice Words’ on the plan to demolish the San Jose State track and […]Dave Zirin / The Nation
- The Wild and Crazy USFLThis week we speak to NY Times bestselling author Jeff Pearlman about his book Football for a Buck: The Crazy Rise and Crazier Demise of the USFL. We go into the league’s history, why it went under, and lessons to be learned from its eventual demise. We also have ‘Choice Words’ about proposed cuts to the Special Olympics and we have the same person getting t […]Dave Zirin / The Nation
- NCAA Exploitation Word AssociationThis week we speak to DC-based sports journalist and editor Patrick Hruby about the rot that envelops the NCAA, more visible than ever this March. We do all this through the prism of word association, talking coaches, players, apparel companies, and the NCAA. We also have ‘Choice Words’ about Mike Trout’s mega contract. We then got ‘Just Stand Up’ and ‘Just […]Dave Zirin / The Nation
- The Attack on Trans AthletesThis week we speak to Katie Barnes of ESPNW about the right wing movement against trans athletes particularly trans women, recent comments by tennis legend Martina Navratilova, and we get their thoughts about the future of the struggle as well. We also have ‘Choice Words’ about Russell Westbrook’s confrontation with a so-called fan in Utah. Also we’ve got ‘ […]Dave Zirin / The Nation
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- Iranians vote in presidential election marred by disqualification rowAll but one of the four candidates to succeed Hassan Rouhani are regarded as hardliners.
- Kim Jong-un prepares for 'dialogue and confrontation' with the USNorth Korea had earlier snubbed efforts by the Biden's administration to establish diplomatic talks.
- Why US millennials are quitting big citiesRemote workers are freer than ever to relocate, especially when smaller cities dangle incentives.
- US Supreme Court blocks child slavery lawsuit against chocolate firmsIn their lawsuit, a group of men say they were forced to work on cocoa firms in Ivory Coast.
- Iranians vote in presidential election marred by disqualification row
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- Farewell, summer October 1, 2015
- Oregon college shooting live updates: 'There's been another mass shooting in America,' Obama says October 1, 2015
- Farewell, summer October 1, 2015
- Oregon college shooting live updates: 'There's been another mass shooting in America,' Obama says October 1, 2015
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- Lobbyist Paid for DeLay's Airfare April 24, 2005House ethics rules bar lawmakers from accepting travel and related expenses from registered lobbyists. The House Majority Leader has said that his expenses on a 2000 trip were paid by a nonprofit organization, and that the financial arrangements for it were proper.R. Jeffrey Smith
- Panel to Start Writing Social Security Bill April 24, 2005Five months after President Bush launched his drive to overhaul Social Security, the difficult, if not impossible, task of drafting legislation begins Tuesday when the Senate Finance Committee holds the first hearing on options to secure Social Security's future.Jonathan Weisman
- DNC Is Told Where to Move Into Bush Bloc April 24, 2005Howard Dean's Democratic National Committee has been studying the electorate, and the party's problem with voters of faith is both worse and better than he feared.Dan Balz
- U.S. Loan Proposed to Rescue Alaska Power Plant April 24, 2005Years ago, the federal government spent $117 million on an experimental "clean coal" power plant in Alaska designed to generate electricity with a minimum of air pollution -- but the project never got up and running.Justin Blum
- The Talk Shows April 24, 2005Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows:
- Lobbyist Paid for DeLay's Airfare April 24, 2005
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