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The Real News Podcast
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The Real News PodcastNora Loreto's news headlines for Thursday, September 26, 2024
Canadian journalist Nora Loreto reads the latest headlines for Thursday, September 26, 2024. TRNN has partnered with Loreto to syndicate and share her daily…
The Real News Podcast'Arrest Netanyahu': NYC activists call for mass march during Netanyahu's UN address
Editor's Note: This interview was recorded on Thursday, Sept 19. On Wednesday, Sept 25, The Jerusalem Post reported Netanyahu has cancelled his trip to New…
The Real News PodcastWorkers at 'progressive' Trader Joe's still face rampant union busting | Working People
Two years ago, workers from several different Trader Joe’s grocery stores joined the wave of unionization efforts spreading across the country. Workers in…
The Real News PodcastHow Oakland prosecutors kept Black and Jewish people off juries for decades
Researchers with @colorofchange have made a shocking discovery: for decades, prosecutors in Alameda County, California, worked to systematically exclude Black…
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Nora Loreto's news headlines for Wednesday, September 25, 2024
Canadian journalist Nora Loreto reads the latest headlines for Wednesday, September 25, 2024. TRNN has partnered with Loreto to syndicate and share her daily…
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New report exposes DC police using arrests and tickets to score revenue for the District
The role of financial incentives in mass incarceration is often thought of in terms of the role of private contractors and private prisons. But the far greater…
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Nora Loreto's news headlines for Tuesday, September 24, 2024
Canadian journalist Nora Loreto reads the latest headlines for Tuesday, September 24, 2024. TRNN has partnered with Loreto to syndicate and share her daily…
The Real News PodcastAnti-Zionist Canadian Jews fight for Palestinian liberation w/Corey Balsam | The Marc Steiner Report
Israel's almost year-long genocide of Palestinians in Gaza has brought many long-simmering questions of politics and identity within the international Jewish…
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Nora Loreto's news headlines for Monday, September 23, 2024
Canadian journalist Nora Loreto reads the latest headlines for Monday, September 23, 2024. TRNN has partnered with Loreto to syndicate and share her daily news…
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Nora Loreto's news headlines for Friday, September 20, 2024
Canadian journalist Nora Loreto reads the latest headlines for Friday, September 20, 2024. TRNN has partnered with Loreto to syndicate and share her daily news…
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Nora Loreto's news headlines for Thursday, September 19, 2024
Canadian journalist Nora Loreto reads the latest headlines for Thursday, September 19, 2024. TRNN has partnered with Loreto to syndicate and share her daily…
The Real News PodcastPoems for the workers: The poetry of George Fish | Working People
While Max was inside the Labor Notes conference this past April, attending panels and sharing space with intelligent, hard working organizers, Mel was…
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Nora Loreto's news headlines for Wednesday, September 18, 2024
Canadian journalist Nora Loreto reads the latest headlines for Wednesday, September 18, 2024. TRNN has partnered with Loreto to syndicate and share her daily…
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Has French democracy died? Macron betrays the left for Barnier | The Marc Steiner Show
France was the birthplace of modern democracy, and it may well be the start of its end. After the surprise victory of the left New Popular Front in this year's…
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Nora Loreto's news headlines for Tuesday, September 17, 2024
Canadian journalist Nora Loreto reads the latest headlines for Tuesday, September 17, 2024. TRNN has partnered with Loreto to syndicate and share her daily…
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In 8 days, Missouri could execute an innocent man
The State of Missouri is scheduled to execute Marcellus "Khaliifah" Williams on Sept. 24 for a crime that even prosecutors now say he did not commit. On Sept…
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Nora Loreto's news headlines for Monday, September 16, 2024
Canadian journalist Nora Loreto reads the latest headlines for Monday, September 16, 2024. TRNN has partnered with Loreto to syndicate and share her daily news…
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Nora Loreto's news headlines for Friday, September 13, 2024
Canadian journalist Nora Loreto reads the latest headlines for Friday, September 13, 2024. TRNN has partnered with Loreto to syndicate and share her daily news…
The Real News PodcastBlack MAGA? Trump's 'Black Media Engagement Director' tells all w/Janiyah Thomas
There's no denying the Trump campaign is trying to court Black voters, and the appeal to protect "Black jobs" from immigrants seems designed to do precisely…
The Real News PodcastHarris clobbered Trump in the debate—but does it matter?
Cats and dogs. Truth and lies. Substance and spectacle. The second presidential debate of the 2024 election, and the first between Kamala Harris and Donald…
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Nora Loreto's news headlines for Thursday, September 12, 2024
Canadian journalist Nora Loreto reads the latest headlines for Thursday, September 12, 2024. TRNN has partnered with Loreto to syndicate and share her daily…
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Nora Loreto's news headlines for Wednesday, September 11, 2024
Canadian journalist Nora Loreto reads the latest headlines for Wednesday, September 11, 2024. TRNN has partnered with Loreto to syndicate and share her daily…
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Palestinian olive farmers resist West Bank settlers w/Cyrus Copeland | The Marc Steiner Show
Israel's war on Palestine has now decisively expanded to the West Bank, where the most aggressive IDF military campaign in decades is now underway. Yet not all…
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Nora Loreto's news headlines for Tuesday, September 10, 2024
Canadian journalist Nora Loreto reads the latest headlines for Tuesday, September 10, 2024. TRNN has partnered with Loreto to syndicate and share her daily…
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Nora Loreto's news headlines for Monday, September 9, 2024
Canadian journalist Nora Loreto reads the latest headlines for Monday, September 9, 2024. TRNN has partnered with Loreto to syndicate and share her daily news…
The Real News PodcastPanama. US Invasion. | Under the Shadow, Episode 13
On December 20, 1989, the United States invaded Panama with tens of thousands of troops. It was the largest US invasion since Vietnam. The first US military…
The Real News PodcastWhat the Chicano Movement can teach us about organizing Latinos today | The Marc Steiner Show
With Donald Trump continuing to demonize immigrants, especially immigrants from Latin America, and with Republicans calling for "Mass Deportation Now," Latinos…
The Real News PodcastInvest in housing, not prisons: California's war on the homeless | Rattling the Bars
The housing and affordability crisis is getting worse, and more people around the country are facing the grim reality of homelessness. Rather than treating…
The Real News PodcastAs Democrats fold to GOP on border policy, immigrants pay the price w/Juanita Martinez
Kamala Harris has made it clear that, while a new name is now at the top of the Democratic ticket in the 2024 elections, the party policy on immigration and…
The Real News Podcast'Whitewashing genocide': How Democrats & the media kept Gaza out of the DNC
From rumors that Beyonce was going to perform to Uncommitted delegates staging an all-night sit-in outside the United Center to demand that a Palestinian voice…
The Real News PodcastUnion leaders explain why they're demanding an end to US aid to Israel | Working People
The death toll in Gaza continues to climb, with conservative estimates putting the numbers of dead around 40,000, but a recent report in the British medical…
The Real News PodcastRemembering the Chicano Moratorium Against the Vietnam War
On August 29, 1970, the Chicano Moratorium Against the Viet Nam War mobilized the largest Chicano protest and the largest anti-war protest led by a community…
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Bill Ayers on the Chicago DNC | The Marc Steiner Show
It's a presidential election year, and a deeply divisive imperialist war has split the public. As the Democratic National Convention gathers in Chicago…
The Real News PodcastWill the next president free more prisoners? w/Andrea James | Rattling the Bars
The issue of mass incarceration has been far less central to the 2024 election thus far in comparison to the 2020 presidential race. However, that doesn't make…
The Real News PodcastBetter Work, Better Pay, Better Patient Outcomes: Keck-USC Healthcare Workers Fight for a Fair Contract
Since the start of the pandemic (and really, before that), frontline healthcare workers have been rightfully lauded for the tireless work that they have done…
The Real News PodcastCelebrating 300 episodes of 'Working People'
In 2024, Working People officially crossed the 300 episode mark! Since we published our first episode back in 2018, the show has grown in ways we never could…
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J.D. Vance, MAGA don't represent Appalachia w/Beth Howard & Hy Thurman | The Marc Steiner Show
J.D. Vance's rise to the GOP ticket has opened up scrutiny into the junior senator's past and roots. Before he entered politics, Vance entered the public…
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It's been 10 years. When will we get justice for Michael Brown? | Rattling the Bars
On Aug. 9, 2014, Officer Darren Wilson shot and killed Michael Brown in Ferguson, MO. Police left Brown's lifeless body in the hot sun for four hours, plainly…
The Real News PodcastThe Legacy of Monroe | Under the Shadow, Bonus Episode 4
In December 1823, US president James Monroe delivered his State of the Union address in which he coined what would become known as the Monroe Doctrine. It was…
The Real News PodcastMarch on DNC organizers fight Chicago for the right to protest w/Hatem Abudayyeh
Next week, from Aug. 19-22, the much anticipated Democratic National Convention will kick off in Chicago, and protestors from Chicago and around the country…
The Real News PodcastJD Vance: Silicon Valley's puppet? w/Paris Marx
J.D. Vance has tailored his political image to suit an all-American, blue-collar model. There's just one problem. While the Yale-educated Vice Presidential…
The Real News Podcast'Maduro won Venezuela's elections'—what election monitors saw
Within hours of polls closing in Venezuela, the US began to circulate claims that incumbent President Maduro had stolen the election. There was just one…
The Real News PodcastWhat it Means to 'Walk the Walk': the NEA Staff Lockout w/Rowena Shurn and Ambereen Khan-Baker
Today we have an urgent and important conversation with members of the NEA Staff Organization, the union of staffers at the National Education Association, who…
The Real News PodcastVenezuela, Media War | Under the Shadow, Bonus Episode 3
On Sunday, July 28th, President Nicolas Maduro won reelection there. According to the country’s national electoral council, he took 51% of votes over 44% for…
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A Palestinian and an Israeli fight together—for peace | The Marc Steiner Show
The images of members of US Congress giving Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu multiple standing ovations during his recent visit to Washington DC are…
The Real News PodcastFadi Deeb, Gaza’s only Paralympian, has a message for the world | Edge of Sports
Fadi Deeb is the only member of the Palestinian Olympic delegation from Gaza, and he is the only Paralympian athlete from Palestine to compete in the 2024…
The Real News PodcastHow poor and working-class voters navigate an electoral system that doesn't serve them
The 2024 US elections are just three months away, and with polls showing a tight race between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, the outcome may come down to…
The Real News Podcast'Sacrifice Zones' are fighting back: East Palestine to Toledo | Working People
From East Palestine, Ohio, to South Baltimore and beyond, we’ve been connecting you with residents living in the toxic wastelands left by private and…
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Nora Loreto's news headlines for Thursday, August 1, 2024
Canadian journalist Nora Loreto reads the latest headlines for Thursday, August 1, 2024. TRNN has partnered with Loreto to syndicate and share her daily news…
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Nora Loreto's news headlines for Wednesday, July 31, 2024
Canadian journalist Nora Loreto reads the latest headlines for Wednesday, July 31, 2024. TRNN has partnered with Loreto to syndicate and share her daily news…
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'We will return': A look back on UofT's People's Circle for Palestine | The Marc Steiner Show
At the University of Toronto, students, faculty, and community members successfully staged one of the longest-standing encampments on any campus, holding out…
The Real News PodcastIllegal to be homeless? The Supreme Court Grants Pass ruling w/Jeff Singer | Rattling the Bars
The number of homeless people in the United States, either without shelter or in temporary housing, is steadily rising towards a million people. Faced with…
The Real News PodcastHe sued police for an illegal arrest—then they came after him | PAR
The Holguin family’s troubles with the El Paso Police Department began in 2022, when Adzari Holguin, then a high school senior, was asked by relative to film…
The Real News PodcastElection 2024: As 'neofascist' Trump targets immigrants, how will the left respond? w/Juan González
The debate about immigration and the humanitarian crisis at the US-Mexico border has taken center stage in the 2024 elections. But the terms of that “debate”…
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Nora Loreto's news headlines for Tuesday, July 30, 2024
Canadian journalist Nora Loreto reads the latest headlines for Tuesday, July 30, 2024. TRNN has partnered with Loreto to syndicate and share her daily news…
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Nora Loreto's news headlines for Monday, July 29, 2024
Canadian journalist Nora Loreto reads the latest headlines for Monday, July 29, 2024. TRNN has partnered with Loreto to syndicate and share her daily news…
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Nora Loreto's news headlines for Friday, July 26, 2024
Canadian journalist Nora Loreto reads the latest headlines for Friday, July 26, 2024. TRNN has partnered with Loreto to syndicate and share her daily news…
The Real News Podcast'Social cleansing': The Paris Olympics' war on homeless people | Edge of Sports
The Paris Olympics have provided an excuse to turn the host city into a security state overrun by police, military, barricades, and AI-powered surveillance…
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Nora Loreto's news headlines for Thursday, July 25, 2024
Canadian journalist Nora Loreto reads the latest headlines for Thursday, July 25, 2024. TRNN has partnered with Loreto to syndicate and share her daily news…
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Nora Loreto's news headlines for Wednesday, July 24, 2024
Canadian journalist Nora Loreto reads the latest headlines for Wednesday, July 24, 2024. TRNN has partnered with Loreto to syndicate and share her daily news…