Black Agenda Radio – 05.22.17

This is Black Agenda Radio, a weekly hour of African American political thought and action. Obamacare remains in a kind of limbo in the U.S. Congress, having been repealed in the House but with no action pending in the Senate. On the single payer health care front, a majority of House Democrats have finally signed on to Congressman John Conyers’ …

A Just Cause Radio – Shining a Spotlight on Capitol Hill & Congressman Mark DeSaulnier – 05.21.17

The host Cliff Stewart, Lisa Stewart and Lamont Banks will be Shining a Spotlight on Capitol Hill & Congressman Mark DeSaulnier, who was elected to Congress in 2014 and proudly represents California’s 11th Congressional District, which includes the majority of Contra Costa County. For more than 20 years, Mark has been a leader on issues of importance to working families including guaranteeing …

A Just Cause – Importance of Re-entry from Prison to Society – 01.15.17

The host Cliff Stewart, Lisa Stewart and Lamont Banks speaks with Our Special Guests for tonight’s show are Mommie Activist Karen Garrison, who’s twin sons were wrongfully convicted and Attorney Malcom Young, who heard about many accounts of returning prisoners who, despite doing everything required of them, were unable to find work.

A Just Cause – Criminal Justice System Exploiting the Disease of Addiction in America – 01.08.17

The host Cliff Stewart, Lisa Stewart and Lamont Banks speaks with our Special Guest for tonight’s show is Stephanie C. King, who has been involved with Addiction and Recovery for over 10 years. She is a certified Drug and Alcohol interventionist.

A Just Cause – Injustice of Homelessness on the Streets of America – 11.20.16

The host Cliff Stewart, Lisa Stewart and Lamont Banks guests are Steve Berg, VP of Programs & Policy for the National Alliance to End Homelessness organization and Tristia Bauman, Senior Attorney for the National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty legal group.

Martin Shkreli Is Just One of Many Pharma A-Holes

They throw lavish boat parties while marking up life-saving medication 5,000 percent. Nancy Retzlaff is not Martin Shkreli. She won’t inspire hundreds of news articles nor will she become the subject of any Internet memes. She won’t threaten Ghostface Killah and it seems unlikely that she will ever flirt with a minor on a YouTube livestream. But the chief commercial officer for Turing Pharma …

Can You Say “Blowback” in Spanish?

They behead people by the hundreds. They heap headless, handless bodies along roadsides as warnings to those who would resist their power. They have penetrated the local, state, and national governments and control entire sections of the country. They provide employment and services to an impoverished public, which distrusts their actual government with its bitter record of corruption, repression, and torture. They seduce young people from several countries, including the United States, into …