A wide-ranging FBI probe into the Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Foundation (The Clinton Foundation), reportedly launched months before formal confirmation last week, is raising new questions about whether it initially was impeded by Clinton and Obama loyalists within the Trump administration. Even so, it appears that the investigation into foundation has reached a critical point, and the public may …
Black Agenda Radio – 01.08.18
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: Anti-war activists prepare to gather in Baltimore to find ways to halt the spread of U.S. military bases around the world; the job of organizing against corporate power may get a lot more difficult, with the …
The Conspiracy Guy – 01.03.18
Conspiracy Guy Show #57: Protests in Iran looks very much like a classic CIA attempt to bring about “regime change”, just as it has done in many nations across the world and, indeed, in Iran in 1953. While the prospects of success are not great, many who have supported Donald Trump are going to be disturbed by the extension of …
Leid Stories—‘Your Mama’: Trump’s Next Diplomatic Tweet to Kim Jong Un?; Psychiatrists Warn of ‘Dangerous’ President—01.03.18
Lots of rumbling about President Trump’s bizarre behavior and excessive vitriol, but not much evidence that he can be compelled to quit embarrassing himself, his office and the country with his vituperative talk and outrageous actions. Case in point: Pushing both the United States and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to the brink of war. Bucking the admonitions of …
Solartopia Green Power and Wellness Hour – 12.28.17
Election theft in Alabama? We look at the critical Senate race with renowned expert Chris Sautter, Mimi Kennedy, Jon Simon and Democratic National Committee member Susie Shannon. Republican Roy Moore claims voter fraud. And the state has refused to produce electronic ballot images. Meantime the DNC does nothing. what does this mean for our fake democracy?? Download this episode …
Leid Stories—The Budget: The Republicans’ (and Democrats’) Nifty Holiday Gift; U.S. Slammed for Still-Woeful Conditions in Puerto Rico —12.18.17
On Friday evening, a delirious President Donald Trump and a coterie of Republican leaders delivered tidings of great joy (Trump announced it was a “Christmas gift” to the nation): There is, at last, a budget, and all that’s needed now is a final vote in both houses of Congress to put the new budget into effect. That process begins today, and …
Black Agenda Radio – 12.18.17
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: Black voters turned out in huge numbers and won the Democrats a seat in the U.S. Senate from Alabama, but what are the Democrats prepared to do for Black people? And, Mumia …
i Eat Green – Chef Charles Carroll – 12.14.17
Chef Charles Carroll is an award-winning chef who travels the world speaking on championship thinking and personal greatness. Past president of the World Association of Chefs Societies, he’s been lauded by five U.S. presidents for his work with U.S. troops abroad. A luminary of the Culinary Olympics, held every four years in Germany, he is currently executive chef of Houston’s prestigious …
Leid Stories—Major Nuclear Disasters That Governments Have Been Hiding; Blacks Deliver Victory for Underdog in Alabama Senate Race—12.13.17
Investigative reporter, author, educator and activist Paul DeRienzo has been reporting on Leid Stories about the scary state of nuclear programs and facilities in the United States. He now turns his attention toward Europe’s missteps with malfunctioning nuclear systems and the devastating challenges and consequences they are having way beyond their borders. Black voters in Alabama yesterday helped deliver a …
Leid Stories—Is It Still ‘Terrorism,” Or Is It Something Else?; Lots of ‘Calling’ for Impeachment in Congress, But Few Dare Do It—12.12.17
Akayed Ullah, a 27-year-old Bangladeshi immigrant living in Brooklyn, allegedly intended to be a suicide bomber, targeting the heavily trafficked Port Authority bus terminal in New York City. But a pipe bomb he strapped to his body apparently malfunctioned and instead seriously wounded him and injured five others, police said. Ullah’s attempted attack follows that of Oct. 31 by Uzbekistani immigrant Sayfullo Saipov, …