Roosevelt Institution Fellow, Mike Konczal, explains why trade agreements are not about trade. Why today’s generation of trade agreements are about corporate deregulation. Why trade agreements favors tobacco interests over public health. Why the TPP is even worse. Why we can’t combat global warming in the “free trade” era. Why corporations can undermine all national […]
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The Nation Institute’s Esther Kaplen explains how local hospitals are being taken over by national hospital chains and how this is undermining public health and safety, how corporations are taking over the non profit sector in healthcare delivery in rural America, is there a civil and legal push back against the takeover, why so many […]
Ari Berman, author of Herding Donkey’s, on SCOTUS v. Affordable Care Act: the votes of the Justices, the impact on reputation of the Court, mobilization of
350.org environmental activist Bill McKibben talks Tim DeChristopher, Key Stone XL pipeline and calls out Fossil Fuel industry for taking massive
Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley kicks off the show talking banking reform and good process government. Friday favorite Cliff Schecter
Mike Sacks, Huffington Post Supreme Court correspondent, on oral arguments addressing controversial Arizona immigration law SB1070. Also, Katrina
Sam in Vegas for Mass Torts. Ari Berman, the Nation & Herding Donkeys, on Federal Judiciary; political leaning of SCOTUS; impact of next Presidential
Ari Berman from the Nation on how the GOP is adeptly maneuvering Congressional and state legislative maps to their benefit, wresting control of
It’s Monday! Welcome to another week — on today’s show, Ari Berman (@ariberman) of The Nation (@thenation) joins Sam to talk about the protest strikes in the UK, their impact and how the ripple effect will show up in Europe. Also discussed, what austerity measures adopted by the British government mean to the United States. And […]
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Happy Monday all! Today we have Ari Berman (@ariberman) of The Nation (@thenation) joining us to talk austerity class. Ari Berman’s article: http://www.thenation.com/article/164073/how-austerity-class-rules-washington Don’t forget! The Podcast Awards voting ends this week and you can vote ONCE PER DAY. Vote for us in both People’s Choice and Politics/News categories at http://PodcastAwards.com!
