Category: Shows
Nonviolent offenders, the People’s Party, Joe Biden’s climate ‘solutions’
Lee Camp dives back into the issue of mass incarceration in the US. He breaks down who is actually being held in the prison system by the numbers. There are a lot more nonviolent offenders and people who haven’t been convicted of any crime yet are stuck in for-profit facilities than you might assume. Camp also covers the candidate selection process of the People’s Party compared to that of America’s two corporate parties. …
Biden as FDR?
Every president is obsessed with the issue of legacy. The historical benchmarks are FDR and LBJ. Joe Biden is no different. He is being encouraged to go big and fast, and he is doing just that. But there is one problem – FDR and LBJ had massive majorities in Congress and public opinion. Joe can think big, but does he have the votes? …
Republicans wage war on trans youth & can America get back to work
33 states have introduced more than 100 bills that have a clear-cut goal in totality: “to stop people from being trans.” The US economy is poised to take off in coming months as it rebounds from the coronavirus pandemic, but the recovery faces a new challenge in an apparent labor market shortage. After watching 15 seconds of police body camera footage last week, viewers of various races and political affiliations had made a decision: 16-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant was ‘the aggressor’. …
Israel’s alleged crimes of apartheid
Jesse Ventura and Brigida Santos talk about the Biden administration’s aid plan to curb migration from Northern Triangle countries, the US Postal Service’s surveillance of Americans’ social media posts, and accusations that Israel is committing apartheid against Palestinians in the occupied territory. Ben and Jerry’s co-founder Ben Cohen talks about the campaign to end qualified immunity, which shields police from civil lawsuits. …