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- 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
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- The Fight for Our Minds | A Black Revolutionary Perspective on America’s Mental Health System April 6, 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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- Columbus Activists Call For Federal Probe Of Police After Ma'Khia Bryant Shooting April 23, 2021"I have an 18-year-old ... and I tell him, unfortunately, never called the cops for anything because ... things can unfortunately end up like this," a neighbor said.Frank Morris
- GOP Arizona State Senator Rejects Controversial Voting Bill Pending Election Audit April 23, 2021A Republican Arizona state senator broke ranks and voted against a GOP-backed measure that could remove tens of thousands of voters from the state's early ballot mailing list.Ben Giles
- UC And Cal State Systems To Require COVID-19 Vaccinations For In-Person Fall Classes April 23, 2021The CSU Chancellor called the directive "the most comprehensive and consequential university plan for COVID-19 vaccines in the country." It will affect more than 1 million students and employees.Vanessa Romo
- Republican Sen. Tim Scott Will Deliver GOP Response To Biden Address April 23, 2021The opposing speech will give the Senate's lone Black Republican an opportunity to pitch himself to the American public, but the spotlight often comes with harsher scrutiny.Alana Wise
- Columbus Activists Call For Federal Probe Of Police After Ma'Khia Bryant Shooting April 23, 2021
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- Biden Wants to Slash Emissions. Success Would Mean a Very Different America. April 23, 2021Hitting the targets could require a rapid shift to electric vehicles, the expansion of forests nationwide, development of complex new carbon-capture technology and many other changes, researchers said.Brad Plumer
- Biden, Calling for Action, Commits U.S. to Halving Its Climate Emissions April 23, 2021Addressing leaders at a virtual summit meeting he convened, the president cast the fight against global warming as an economic opportunity for the world.Lisa Friedman, Somini Sengupta and Coral Davenport
- Biden Rallies Global Partnership to Fight Climate Change April 23, 2021President Biden declared America “has resolved to take action” on climate change and committed the U.S. to halving greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. Watch live here.The New York Times
- With Few New Clotting Cases, Johnson & Johnson Pause Could Be Lifted Soon April 22, 2021Top federal health officials said in interviews this week that the number of rare blood clotting disorders in recipients of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine has remained small.Noah Weiland and Sharon LaFraniere
- South Africa, Like E.U., Moves Forward With Johnson & Johnson Vaccine April 23, 2021No cases of clots have been reported among the 290,000 health care workers across the country who have received the dose. Here’s the latest Covid news.The New York Times
- Biden Wants to Slash Emissions. Success Would Mean a Very Different America. April 23, 2021
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- As At-Home Coronavirus Tests Hit Pharmacies, What Role Can They Play In The Pandemic?Rapid COVID-19 tests are now available at pharmacies in the U.S. Dr. Michael Mina of Harvard's T.H. Chan School of Public Health says these can help people wondering if they are infectious right now.Mary Louise Kelly
- Critics Say The U.S. Isn't Doing Enough To Help Haiti With Its Deteriorating SecurityKidnappings and a deadly crime wave is crippling Haiti. Critics say the U.S. isn't doing enough to help the hemisphere's poorest country find a solution for the current crisis.Carrie Kahn
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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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- Covid-19: Delhi hospitals run out of oxygen suppliesHospitals are overwhelmed in the Indian capital, with the majority of intensive care beds occupied.
- Alexei Navalny urged to end hunger strike immediatelyRussia's opposition leader could die, warn the doctors who had treated him before he was jailed.
- Daunte Wright: Hundreds attend Minneapolis funeral of man shot by policeThe death of Daunte Wright, who was shot near Minneapolis earlier this month, sparked mass protests.
- Juror in the Derek Chauvin trial speaks outLisa Christensen listened to the whole trial, but as an alternate juror did not deliberate on verdict.
- Covid-19: Delhi hospitals run out of oxygen supplies
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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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