Sep 15 2014
The fatal shooting of 18 year old African American teen Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, has prompted discussions in our media about racial inequalities that have long been neglected, and that continue to persist in a country whose power was built on the foundations of slavery.
Ta-Nehisi Coates, a writer for The Atlantic, had …
Sep 15 2014
(This is Episode 2. Click here to listen to Episode 1.) The events of this summer in Ferguson, Missouri, highlighted an ugly truth to mainstream Americans – that Black men in this country are viewed as so suspicious by law enforcement that they are shot first and questioned later. It is a reality …
Sep 12 2014
We’ll speak with author Ed Baptist on his new book, The Half has never been told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism. And, we’ll hear episode 2 of our project I Am A Man, part of our series called Real People, Real Stories, exploring the lived experiences of Black Men in America. …
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Sep 12 2014
Published by Truthdig.com on September 11th, 2014
By Sonali Kolhatkar
If Hillary Clinton’s latest book, “Hard Choices,” was not an obvious enough sign of her presidential aspirations, then her recent Washington Post review of Henry Kissinger’s new book, “World Order,” seems to have sealed the deal. In it, Clinton builds on her already hawkish tenure as secretary of state to prove she can bang the drums of war harder than President Obama and that she …
Sep 12 2014
Uprising’s guest expert Maya Rockeymoore, President of the Center for Global Policy Solutions, a social change non-profit dedicated to making policy work for people and their environment, analyzes today’s news headlines:
The internet tech giant Yahoo has released more than 1,500 pages of documentation to prove it was strong armed by the US government into …
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Sep 12 2014
Three hundred and seven years of history between Scotland and Great Britain could come to an end on September 18th. That’s the day when residents of Scotland will vote on a referendum to secede from the United Kingdom. Voter turnout is expected to be the highest in Scottish history with over 97% of adults …
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Sep 12 2014
“A woman who writes has power, and a woman with power is feared.” – Gloria E. Anzaldúa …
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Sep 12 2014
Daisy Hernandez is only 39 years old but she has already written a memoir. The Colombian-Cuban American writer has much to say about what it is like to grow up as a second-generation immigrant, straddling multiple worlds of language and culture.
In her memoir she explores the struggles she faces when she reveals to …
Sep 12 2014
Political Prisoner and award winning journalist Mumia Abu Jamal filed this commentary about Labor Day.
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Sep 11 2014
We’ll explore the growing movement for independence in Scotland just days ahead of a referendum to split off from the United Kingdom. And, journalist and political prisoner Mumia Abu Jamal on ISIS and the US war. And, journalist Daisy Hernandez joins us to discuss her new book, “A Cup of Water Under my Bed: A Memoir.” Hernandez is former editor of Colorlines, and co-editor of Colonize This! Young Women of Color on Today’s Feminism. …
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Former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis Is Coming To Los Angeles!
Come and hear Varoufakis speak in person on Saturday April 23rd in Pasadena, California, at his ONLY Los Angeles-area event!
WHEN: Saturday April 23rd, Reception at 12 noon, Event at 1 pm
WHERE: Neighborhood Unitarian Universalist Church, 301 N. Orange Grove Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91103
Yanis Varoufakis of the Syriza Party took the European political establishment by storm a year ago when he was appointed Finance Minister of Greece by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. Varoufakis is an ……
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