We’ll speak with Greg Miller, one the Washington Post reporters who analyzed the so-called Black Budget of the US intelligence complex, leaked by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden. And, in our on-going series on the Politics of Parenting, Suzanne Barston discussed her book, Bottled Up: How the Way We Feed Babies Has Come to Define Motherhood, and Why It Shouldn’t. Plus, LGBT rights advocates claim a number of victories following the Supreme Court’s marriage ruling. …

We’ll spend the hour focusing on the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, exactly 50 years ago. We’ll hear about the “People’s History” of the march from author Charles Euchner, and the sounds and music of the march from the Pacifica Radio Archives. And we’ll have a roundtable discussion with a veteran of the original march, an immigrant rights activist, and a labor activist about the parallels between the civil rights movement and …

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We’ll go live to DC to speak with Biko Mandela of the A. Philip Randolph Institute, sharing his thoughts on the 50th Anniversary commemoration of the March on Washington. And, Grammy award winning musician Daniel Ho joins us in studio to share the music of the Taiwu Children’s Ancient Ballads Troupe – they’re a musical group of indigenous children from Taiwan. Plus, we’ll learn about a secret FBI program known as CARRP, recently uncovered by …

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We’ll get a report from the weekend’s activities in Washington DC to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the March for Jobs and Freedom. And, Malcolm Byrne joins us to discuss the significance of the documents he obtained from the CIA confirming for the first time, US involvement in the 1953 coup in Iran. Plus, a look at Chelsea Manning’s 35 year sentence and what it means for her to be serving time in a male …

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We’ll get a report back from the activities in Washington DC over the weekend to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington. And, Malcolm Byrne of the National Security Archive joins us to discuss newly declassified documents from the CIA which for the first time reveal US involvement in the 1953 ouster of Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh. …

We’ll get an update on the sentencing hearing of Bradley Manning’s court martial with Nathan Fuller, of the Bradley Manning Support Network, and hear from The Guardian’s Glenn Greenwald about who Edward Snowden is and why he became a whistleblower. …

Uprising host Sonali Kolhatkar is out sick today and hopes to be back live on the air on Thursday August 15th. …

Reverend Rick Hoyt of the First Unitarian Church of Los Angeles joins us in studio to discuss why his church is leading a lawsuit against the NSA over government spying. And, Heidi Boghosian, Executive Director of the National Lawyer’s Guild, discusses her new book Spying on Democracy: Government Surveillance, Corporate Power, and Public Resistance. …

As the US drone war on Yemen expands, we’ll find out its effects on the ground and what is driving US policy. Plus, a new youth of color group called the Dream Defenders has launched a campaign to push for “Trayvon’s Law.” We’ll find out more about the bill and it’s prospects of being passed. Plus author Laura Gottesdiener joins us to discuss her new book, “A Dream Foreclosed: Black America and the Fight for …

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We’ll speak with Lisbeth Mateo, a member of the DREAM9 – a group of 9 young undocumented immigrant activists who turned themselves in at the US border to draw attention to the broken immigration system. And, an update on the California prisoner hunger strike as media reports claim strike organizers are in fact gang leaders – my guests will set the record straight. Plus, a third in our on-going series on the Women of Alexandria …

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