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LIVE SHOW on Sunday, November 7th at 1 PM EST On this show, we speak with Susan Karbiner, and Janie Lynch, Chair and Co-Chair of the Long Island Poor People’s Campaign – A National Call for Moral Revival.  Today we…

 POEM     How do I reconcile you sweet slice of juicy pineapple pampered and protected from the Northern frost happily settled in a crystal cradle shared by raspberries blackberries and papaya deploying perfumes seducing the palates of executives conferring…

Why is it controversial to spend on social programs but not the Pentagon? Or to subsidize the poor but not the rich? By Sister Karen M. Donahue Right now, the United States is locked in a contentious debate over the Build…

The U.S. wars lost in Iraq and Afghanistan showed imperial overreach beyond what even 20 years of war could manage. That the defeats were drawn out for so many years shows that domestic politics and the funding of the domestic…

America’s latest move to try to contain Beijing is to weaponise an entire industry. By leveraging its patents and licences for semiconductor manufacture, it is attempting to deny China access to crucial technology. By Tom Fowdy Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp…

U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) appears to be obsessed with Cuba. Every few days he takes to social media or makes remarks to the press about his desire to overthrow the Cuban Revolution. In recent months, Rubio has played a…

Although critics of the Biden administration’s Build Back Better plan to increase funding for US education, healthcare, and action against climate catastrophe say the United States can’t afford it, there are no such qualms about ramping up funding for the…

The contents of the Build Back Better bill are extremely popular. But the relentless conservative propaganda against the bill requires a concerted effort to reshape the narrative. By Sonali Kolhatkar The unfolding drama over a legislative battle within the Democratic…

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While the pandemic slows through the U.S. (at least among the vaccinated), another deadly epidemic persists unchecked: police killings of men of color. A Washington Post online database reports 7216 people killed by police since 2015, with 914 killed so…