Leid Stories—State of Disunion 2018: A People’s Assessment of Donald Trump and His Administration (Part 3)—01.30.18

President Donald Trump had the nation’s attention last night and he basked in all 80 minutes of it, priming the pump for a national tour that will reiterate and underscore his speech’s major points. Several Democratic senators and more than two dozen House members legislators boycotted the president’s State of the Union address and others, mostly Democrats, wore black to …

Black Agenda Radio – 01.29.18

Welcome to the radio magazine that brings you news, commentary and analysis from a Black Left perspective. I’m Glen Ford, along with my co-host Nellie Bailey. Coming up: Baltimore police officers are on trial, charged with corruption and abusive of power so massive and blatant, a former police chief compares them to 1930s gangsters; And, one of the former political prisoners known as the Soledad …

Solartopia Green Power and Wellness Hour – 01.25.18

SOLAR TARIFFS & PUERTO RICO concern us today in Solartopia. Trump’s insane, absurd and downright silly duties on solar panels will cost about 23,000 jobs and do nothing to promote domestic manufacturing.  We talk with solar expert SCOTT SKLAR who knows all about it. We then discuss the horror show in Puerto Rico with long-time activist JOEL SEGAL, who’s been …

Solartopia Green Power and Wellness Hour – 01.11.18

ELECTION THEFT AT THE SUPREME COURT & HOMELAND SECURITY Election protection heroes Bob Fitrakis, Chris Sautter and John Brakey join us in Solartopia to discuss the hugely important upcoming Supreme Court decision on voter suppression in Ohio.  The Court will decide whether secretaries of state like Jon Husted could eliminate millions of suspected Democrats from the voter rolls based primarily …

A Just Cause Radio – Spotlight on Capitol Hill: Congressman Mark Walker – 10.08.17

The host Cliff Stewart, Lisa Stewart and Lamont Banks our Hosts will be Shining a Spotlight on Capitol Hill and Congressman Mark Walker, who after serving almost two decades as a Pastor followed a new calling and launched an improbable but successful campaign to represent the people of North Carolina in the United States Congress.    Download this episode (right click and save)

Leid Stories—During UN Summit, Trump Hosts ‘Working Lunch’ for African Leaders and Makes A Sales Pitch—09.21.17

Donald Trump, basking in the glory of his speech of reprimands to UN member-nations and threats of war against U.S. enemies the previous day, held a “working luncheon” at the Palace Hotel yesterday with a handful of African leaders, several of whom he met for the first time. Essentially, it was a crass, one-sided sales pitch to open up African …

The Gary Null Show – 01.31.17

Today on a speical episode of The Gary Null Show, Gary covers a deep commentary on the topics going on in today’s world with Donald Trumo and the deporting. Gary plays a insightful audio clip by Ben Swann titled. Opportunistically Outraged? Protesters who are furious that Donald Trump wants to deport 3 million immigrants but silent as President Obama has actually done it. “Let that sink in, President Obama has deported more immigrants than every President of the 20th century combined. In the first half of the program Gary covers the latest in health and healing talking about working out, green tea benefits and how to live a longer life.

Andrew Rudalevige – Trump says he’ll cancel Obama’s ‘unconstitutional’ executive actions. It’s not that easy.

During the presidential campaign, Donald Trump pledged to “cancel every unconstitutional executive action, memorandum and order issued by President Obama.” The good news was that Trump did not simply use the phrase “executive order” to describe every administrative tool presidents can use. As regular Monkey Cage readers know, that simplification is inaccurate. [There’s a big difference between abusing executive orders …

Nadia Prupis – Fearing Trump, Calls Grow for ‘Sanctuary Campuses’ for Undocumented Students

Students and professors across the country are calling for their schools to become “sanctuary campuses” for undocumented immigrants, in a creative form of resistance to the xenophobic policies of the incoming Trump administration. Inside Higher Ed reports that thousands of people have signed petitions urging their campuses to protect undocumented students, who will likely be at increased risk of deportation …