Leid Stories—Is ‘Our Revolution’ Cutting Corners on Principles?–05.24.18

Enough already with Bernie Sanders and his bewildering political morphing—an Independent who also is a Democrat who also is the magnetic center of Our Revolution, the progressive, social-democratic political action spinoff from Sanders’ 2016 presidential campaign. Questions need to be asked—and answered. Why? Because we need some clarity here, and because of the queasy feeling  we’re already on the slippery slope …

Leid Stories—Bernie Sanders Announces 2020 U.S. Senate Re-election Bid. What That Tells Us About the Crisis of Leadership Within the Democratic Party–05.22.18

Bernie Sanders, the two-term Independent-Democratic U.S. senator from Vermont, yesterday announced he’ll kick off in June his campaign seeking a third six-year term. A presidential run, which many Sanders supporters were hoping for, is not in the cards, the 76-year-old progressive said. Rather, he will continue pushing a progressive agenda. Sanders desires to continue in politics but only in a …

Leid Stories—So, Is It Still Too Early to Judge the Trump Administration?–05.21.18

We were warned, even before his election, about unfairly judging President Donald J. Trump. Give the guy a break, they said. He’s new to the job, and it won’t be easy to “drain the swamp” with an entrenched system of bureaucrats and the “deep state” against him. Besides, he’s not a career politician, and to make good on his promises …

Economic Update – Capitalism Provokes Workers – 05.13.18

Updates on Univ of California workers’ strikes, privatizing fire departments, big money buys academia, fast-food workers unionize, the capitalism-loneliness-scapegoating links, Hillary Clinton pro-capitalist/anti-socialist, VW CEO is not the problem: system is. Interview with Dr. Harriet Fraad on capitalism’s destruction of the family and “family values”. Download this episode (right click and save)

The Natural Nurse And Dr. Z – Swami Tirtha, the Orange Cowboy, is the host of the TV show, “Talking with Our Angels” – 05.08.18

He is a #1 bestselling author and has presented to the White House alternative medicine commission and Johns Hopkins U. Swami has more than four decades teaching wellness & consciousness. At the age of 10 Swami began having spiritual experiences that altered his life in divine ways. He survived a devastating tragedy at the age of 17 by seeking spiritual …

Leid Stories—Justice Is Blind to Its Own Entrenched Racism—04.23.18

Gwen Carr, the mother of Eric Garner, is still holding on to the hope that the U.S. Justice Department will bring to account Daniel Pantaleo, the NYPD officer who put her 43-year-old son Eric in an illegal chokehold on July 7, 2014 that killed him. The New York Times reported last week that some federal prosecutors within the Justice Department …

The Working Life Podcast With Jonathan Tasini: EPISODE 77: THE MAN WHO WILL BEAT TED CRUZ; A TEACHER CAN’T PAY FOR FOOD; GOP TAX FRAUD

Beto. He’s the guy who will send Ted Cruz into retirement.  I talk with Beto O’Rourke while he’s out driving on the campaign trail in Texas. Have you tried to live on a teacher’s salary? In Oklahoma, it means counting on visiting a food pantry to survive, as I learn in my in-depth talk with veteran teacher Jennifer Thorton. And …

All Together Now – 03.29.18

Eleanor LeCain talks with Kylie Morris, reporter with Channel 4 UK about their undercover reporting exposing shocking operations of Cambridge Analytica, the data company used by the Trump campaign to target and message voters (which used information about 50 million Facebook users without their knowledge or approval).” Download this episode (right click and save)

The Personal Computer Radio Show – 03.28.18

Personal Computer Show Wednesday, March 28th 2018 Broadcast prn.live on the INTERNET 6:00 PM ET IN THE NEWS 1. Facebook’s Cambridge Analytica Scandal: How We Got Here 2. Facebook’s Onavo Protect Gives VPNs a Bad Name 3. Zuckerberg’s Breach of Trust with Users 4. Facebook in the Aftermath of Cambridge Analytica FEATURE SEGMENTS From the Tech Corner – Hank Kee  A “Blue Moon” March 31st …