The State Of Journalism With Sam Knight (District Sentinel)

This is a special episode with the correspondents. Naomi Karavani looks at some of the headlines from the last week. Mike Bloomberg has used prison labor to make fundraising calls for his campaign, Virginia school district is giving its students one day off a year for civic engagement, and Amazon’s “Ring” is caught up in a creepy lawsuit after their cameras and speaker systems were hacked. … Read More >The State Of Journalism With Sam Knight (District Sentinel)

The Afghanistan papers, voter suppression in Wisconsin, digital reputation scrubbing

The Washington Post recently did something shocking… journalism. They received documents through FOIA requests that proved the government was actively lying about the Afghanistan war. These lies were an open secret and now they’re proven. Lee opens the show this week by reviewing the revelations from the FOIA releases. In ‘Taking The News From Behind’, … Read More >The Afghanistan papers, voter suppression in Wisconsin, digital reputation scrubbing

Project Censored, Big Pharma’s schemes, COP 25’s corporate sponsors

Project Censored released their list of the top censored stories in the US over the last year. Among many stories they show us how Facebook is a tool of US foreign policy, indigenous protesters are rocking the environmental movements, slavery is still in effect across the world … Read More >Project Censored, Big Pharma’s schemes, COP 25’s corporate sponsors

Bipartisan neglect of climate change, PATRIOT Act extended, ‘legal’ Israeli settlements in Palestine

President Obama sucked on climate change. The GOP are actively bad on climate too, but it’s important to remember that inaction on climate is bipartisan. This show kicks off with a look back at how the DNC, the GOP, and the corporate media have allowed global warming to develop to the point of an existential crisis. … Read More >Bipartisan neglect of climate change, PATRIOT Act extended, ‘legal’ Israeli settlements in Palestine

US foreign policy: The view from Latin America with Ben Norton

Ben Norton is a journalist with the Grayzone and he sat down with Lee at the top of the show. They discuss US foreign policy relating to Bolivia, Venezuela, Nicaragua, Mexico, and more. These Latin American countries are seeing their left-wing governments attacked by US-backed right-wing movements and sanctions. The story extends back into history … Read More >US foreign policy: The view from Latin America with Ben Norton