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The Real News Podcast
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The Real News PodcastA small-town hospital goes after its union nurses
On top of the typical stresses, intense work, and long hours common to the profession, nurses working at smaller hospitals in more remote parts of the country…
The Real News PodcastPutin, Navalny, and the left: The coming political crisis in Russia
New TRNN contributor Radhika Desai interviews world-renowned sociologist and activist Boris Kagarlitsky about the tectonic shifts in Russian politics—from…
The Real News PodcastCoal miners in Alabama are striking for their fair share
Miners at Warrior Met Coal sacrificed and made concessions when the company they worked for went bankrupt in 2016. Now that the mines are more productive than…
The Real News PodcastHow militarism eats the poor and destroys the planet
From endless wars and imperialist violence to racist systems of oppression and climate destruction, the battles poor and working people face around the globe…
The Real News PodcastDid cops RETALIATE against this activist (and did the public defender drop the ball)?
As we continue our investigation into over-policing and mass incarceration in rural America, we return to Pocomoke City on Maryland's lower eastern shore to…
The Real News PodcastAmerica: The land of lost causes
COVID-19 has put an incredible amount of pressure on higher education and its workers, including graduate students and contingent faculty who shoulder heavy…
The Real News PodcastGeorgia's new voter suppression law is rooted in Jim Crow racism
Georgia Rep. Park Cannon was arrested last week as Georgia became the latest state to implement laws that restrict Black voters' rights. In response to alleged…
The Real News PodcastWorkers in Bessemer are “gonna start a movement”
After a year of workers organizing, signing union authorization cards, enduring constant union-busting efforts from management, and participating in an…
The Real News PodcastWill we stand up for Black trans lives, too?
Last summer, during what some have called the largest social justice uprising in United States history, the lives of Black trans people were ignored. While…
The Real News PodcastThe unending COVID-19 disaster in Maryland prisons
In this episode of "Rattling the Bars," we get an inside and outside view of the ongoing, slow-moving disaster happening in Maryland prisons, which have failed…
The Real News PodcastThe union fight at Amazon is a fight for Black lives
In the latest installment of our special series “Battleground Bessemer,” TRNN Editor-in-Chief Maximillian Alvarez sits down with Joshua Brewer of the Retail…
The Real News PodcastBigger than Bessemer: Workers EVERYWHERE must stand up & fight back
Jennifer Bates was among the group of warehouse workers who initiated the process of forming a union at the Amazon fulfillment center in Bessemer, Alabama…
The Real News PodcastPolice Union Defends CONVICTED COPS Keeping Their Jobs
Why is it so hard to reform the police, let alone hold police accountable for abusing their power? What are the legal and political protections that have put…
The Real News PodcastThis bodycam footage reveals all that is WRONG with policing
Video obtained by TRNN reporters Taya Graham and Stephen Janis highlights American law enforcement officers' lack of de-escalation training and respect for…
The Real News PodcastThe debt is too damn high!
Maximillian Alvarez 12 minutes ago @Lisa @Dwayne I've gotta be in this damn board meeting at noon so could we get MSS up on Spreaker and then I can publish on…
The Real News PodcastWe Can’t Erase the Radicalism of the Rainbow Coalition
It is an undeniably good thing that films like Judas and the Black Messiah are helping to disseminate the true story of the U.S. government’s coordinated…
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The WHITE ESTABLISHMENT rebels against COMMUNITY POLICING
Every Thursday at 9:00 p.m. EST on The Real News Network, journalists Stephen Janis and Taya Graham premier a new episode of the acclaimed Police…
The Real News PodcastCalifornia prisons: A public health disaster
California is experiencing a public health disaster by keeping people incarcerated in overcrowded, unsanitary, and violent conditions. TRN Executive Producer…
The Real News PodcastAmazon worker in Bessemer: 'We gonna win'
All eyes are on Bessemer, Alabama, where 5,800 Amazon fulfillment center workers are currently voting on whether or not to unionize. With the vote counting…
The Real News PodcastMumia has COVID-19, supporters demand his release
In this urgent, unscheduled episode of “Rattling the Bars,” Eddie Conway talks to Pam Africa, legendary Philadelphia activist and head of the International…
The Real News PodcastDANNY GLOVER: Why the fight against AMAZON in Bessemer matters
Click here to listen to the extended audio interview with Danny Glover and read the full transcript…
The Real News PodcastBrazil: LULA strikes BACK
In a huge win for the left and for democracy, Brazil’s Supreme Court has annulled corruption convictions against former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva…
The Real News PodcastGreek political prisoner is at death’s door
Since 2002, Greek revolutionary and activist Dimitris Koufontinas has been in prison for his role in the Revolutionary Organization 17 November (17N). Labelled…
The Real News PodcastNomadland captures the contradictory heart of the American dream
When capitalism chews us up and spits us out, where do we go? How do we carry on? And can we find ways of living that honor the dignity of our humanity when…
The Real News PodcastPolice HIJACK helicopter ambulance for aerial surveillance
Documents obtained by PAR reveal how an air ambulance (medevac) service has been used repeatedly to fly surveillance missions over the city of Baltimore…
The Real News PodcastBiden should force Big Pharma to share taxpayer-subsidized COVID-19 vaccines
This week, President Biden announced that, by utilizing the Defense Production Act, the federal government has created an historic agreement between drugmakers…
The Real News PodcastHammer and Hope: Danny Glover on the Amazon union drive in Bessemer, Alabama
One of the most historic union votes of our era is underway right now: 5,800 workers at the Amazon fulfillment center in Bessemer, Alabama, are currently…
The Real News PodcastBlack mass incarceration in the so-called Free State
Until recently, the horrifyingly unjust reality of America’s mass incarceration system has not been a central concern in popular political discourse. In the…
The Real News PodcastBiden’s team WON’T end the FOREVER WARS
From Afghanistan to Niger, the “new normal” of American warfare shows no signs of changing course under President Biden and his hawkish national security team…
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'Zionist' is not hate speech, activists say
A Saturday Night Live joke about Israel’s vaccine apartheid sparked outrage from some ardent supporters of the Israeli government, but the controversy speaks…
The Real News PodcastAmazon faces a day of reckoning for its treatment of workers
Amazon is intensifying the anti-union campaign at its Bessemer, Alabama, plant, where workers are currently voting to unionize. On Feb. 20, Amazon workers and…
The Real News PodcastFilming the police is legal, but that doesn't stop them from arresting people for it
Another Ohio resident has been arrested under the dubious charge of "misconduct during an emergency," which has been used again by Ohio police to incarcerate…
The Real News PodcastThe pandemics of racism and COVID-19 are a deadly mix
The U.S. response to the COVID-19 pandemic highlights deep racial inequities in wages, health, and vaccination rates—but it's a century of racist public policy…
The Real News PodcastAnd then there was X: Malcolm's life & legacy
On the eve of the 56th anniversary of his assassination, we honor Malcolm X’s life and legacy. In this 2015 documentary, “X: Malcolm’s Final Years,” produced…
The Real News PodcastYes, this kind of thing happens in America
Trump's attempted coup and increasingly violent supporters are only a surprise to those without a grasp of the U.S.'s racist history, says historian Gerald…
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Workers showed up for Biden. Will he show up for them?
From our TRNN #InaugurationDay livestream, Editor-in-Chief Maximillian Alvarez breaks down how Donald Trump’s anti-worker administration was a disaster for the…
The Real News PodcastWorker ownership can save businesses and protect employees
The COVID-19 pandemic has been disastrous for workers and small businesses alike. As reopening plans pit employee safety against economic viability for…
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What role does independent media play after Trump?
From our TRNN #InaugurationDay livestream, the Real News team sits down to discuss the devastation left by Donald Trump’s presidency, the bizarre national…
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Screw the deficit. Democrats can tackle inequality if they want to
From our TRNN #InaugurationDay livestream, Stephen Janis and Taya Graham, hosts of the weekly Police Accountability Report and our ongoing “Inequality Watch”…
The Real News PodcastGamestopped: WallStreetBets, Wall Street wins
Wall Street was in a tizzy last week after a band of Redditors on the forum r/wallstreetbets worked together to drastically inflate the stock price of…
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Criminal injustice is bipartisan, but it doesn’t have to be
From our TRNN #InaugurationDay livestream, Stephen Janis and Taya Graham, intrepid hosts of the weekly Police Accountability Report, look at the changes we…
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Can Democrats meet this historic moment? Yes. But will they?
From our TRNN #InaugurationDay livestream, our own Jaisal Noor reports on the key challenges Democrats face in the Biden era and how to avoid the electoral…
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Blaming the Green New Deal for Texas Blackouts is Bullshit
Republican politicians like Texas Gov. Greg Abbott have cynically used overblown and patently false claims that renewable energy failures are responsible for…
The Real News PodcastIf Democrats don't deliver now, voters will (rightly) turn on them
From eliminating the filibuster to pushing through much-needed $2k COVID-19 relief checks, conservative and centrist Democrats like Joe Manchin and Kyrsten…
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COVID-19 spikes in prison will spread to the larger community
The National Commission on COVID-19 and Criminal Justice—whose mission is to assess the impact of COVID-19 on the justice system—reports that the rate of COVID…
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Resist unauthorized hysterectomies, get deported
Eddie Conway talks to the legal representative for Dawn Wooten, the whistleblower in the case of ICE detainees who were forced to have hysterectomies while in…
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This is Not a Drill_ Live. Post-Election Strategy-
"The popular front is dead. Long live the popular front." Is the broad front of groups that movements entered into this year to defeat Trump dead already? Or…
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The long, chilling legacies of 'Russiagate' and 'Obamagate'
For four years, the endlessly dogmatic and conspiratorial presentation of these scandals has obscured clear abuses of power by the Obama administration while…
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#EndSARS protests: Nigerians reject US imperialism
Abiodun Aremu is secretary of the Joint Action Front, a coalition of Nigerian pro-labor civil society organizations. He joins Jacqueline Luqman from Lagos…
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K-9 attacks: The new (old) face of police brutality
Indiana mother Jennifer Fleming speaks out about the brutal and excessive police dog attack on her 19-year-old daughter and calls for police to rethink how…
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'The' Black/Latinx vote is a myth
TRNN Editor-in-Chief Maximillian Alvarez interviews Ben Jealous, president of People for the American Way, about the media's rush to draw conclusions from 2020…
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Battleground Wisconsin, USA
Former Madison City Councilman David Ahrens and Milwaukee activist Angela Lang join TRNN's Marc Steiner to look at Wisconsin's progressive roots and racist…
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The law enforcement lies distorting the 'Defund the Police' movement
PAR takes a deep dive into the deliberately misleading rhetoric surrounding the 'Defund the Police' debate and uncovers data that reveals which political party…
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Rappers can't make Black capitalism work for Black people
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The US Has Been Moving Toward Fascism Since Goldwater
Forty years ago, Askia Muhammad spoke to prisoners at the Maryland Penitentiary about imperialism and the stifling of dissent as part of the 'Say Their Own…
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'No good options' for the military if Trump refuses to concede
The divisions between leadership, rank and file, and politicized law enforcement would be exposed by a contested election, says veteran Danny Sjursen, and the…
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Can a Biden presidency solve the Global South’s climate struggles?
In an interview with The Real News, author and academic David Orr says the Global North has a moral obligation to assist the developing world in confronting…
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Bankers stole millions. He defied a cop. Guess who went to jail?
The settlement between Goldman Sachs for stealing hundreds of millions compared to the treatment of Blind Justice an activist for the disabled who refused to…
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'Fake news' and what's missing from the presidential debates
Corporate media has some responsibility for the explosion of disinformation argues Nolan Higdon, author of "The Anatomy of Fake News." Subscribe to our page…
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Prisons are COVID-19 cluster sites, but this federal law denies recourse for the incarcerated
The Litigation Reform Act makes it harder for prisoners to file lawsuits—Including over unsafe conditions that could put them at risk of COVID-19. Subscribe to…