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The Real News Podcast
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Dismantling the System That Created Trump
The U.S. must invest in local journalism and rid public schools of corporate influence in order to become a functioning democracy, argues Nolan Higdon…
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Russiagate Anxiety Weakens Ambitious Voting Rights Policy Platform
The Leadership Council for Civil and Human Rights released a sweeping policy platform challenging political candidates to address voter disenfranchisement, but…
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Bolivia's Coup Government Schedules New Election While Persecuting Opposition
Bolivia's social movements and former President Evo Morales support the new elections, but it's far from certain that they will be fair. Become a supporter of…
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Colombian Students, Unions Mobilize Against Neoliberal Reforms While Government Stalls
Hundreds of thousands protested throughout Colombia in the past days against neoliberal reforms and the government's failure to comply with an agreement to…
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How Corporate Media Fueled Trump's Rise
Co-author Nolan Higdon discusses "United States of Distraction: Media Manipulation in Post-Truth America (And What We Can Do About It)." Become a supporter of…
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Why the NFL/Kaepernick Saga Is Bigger than Football
Dave Zirin explains why Colin Kaepernick's ongoing struggle with the NFL is really an example of how Black dissent is punished in the US. Become a supporter of…
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Are Dems Barking Up The Wrong Tree On Impeachment?
David Swanson says there are plenty of reasons for impeaching Trump, but the Democrats' Ukrainegate case is weak and will not galvanize the nation or challenge…
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Netanyahu Indicted on Corruption Charges, But Won't Step Down
Is this the end of the 13-year Netanyahu era? What is Trump learning from Netanyahu’s unprecedented response to the charges against him? Become a supporter of…
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Ralph Nader Radio Hour: Democracy Under Attack
Ralph talks to maverick former FCC Commissioner, Nicholas Johnson, about his two new books, the memoir, “Catfish Solution: The Power of Positive Poking” and…
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Bolivian Police Are Still Repressing Anti-Coup Protests
Since the Nov. 10 coup against Bolivia's President Evo Morales, 32 anti-coup protesters have been killed, and Bolivian media is spreading misinformation…
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Despite Absurd Debate Questions, Foreign Policy Was in Sharp Focus
Bernie Sanders and Tulsi Gabbard owned the foreign policy debate Wednesday night, despite facile questions from the MSNBC panel. Become a supporter of this…
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Should Democrats Attack Trump or Fight for Working Families?
The attacks against Trump in the Democratic debate were eviscerating. But Bernie Sanders warned that even though he is a criminal, just attacking won't be…
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Fifth Democratic Debate Showed the Deep Divide Within the Party
The candidates were divided on whether to tax the rich or expand wealth. This was at the heart of the debate, but it missed central points Become a supporter…
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Hong Kong's Socialist Students and Labor Activists Are at the Center of the Struggle
Kevin Lin from the Lausan Collective of Hong Kong artists and activists unpacks the complexity of the struggle historically and in the streets. Become a…
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The War on Terror Cost $6.4 Trillion and 800,000 Lives
A new study on the cost of U.S. wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, and Pakistan presents a harrowing picture of the cost exacted in lives and taxpayer dollars…
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Chile's Wealth Gap Has Thousands Living in Shanty Towns
In Chile, protesters are demanding better social services and President Sebastian Pinera's resignation. Millions find it difficult to make ends meet, and many…
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Trump's Criminality Can Galvanize the Left
The Nation's Jeet Heer examines how the left can organize around Trump's criminality without getting carried away by neoliberal impeachment proceedings. Become…
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Working Life Podcast: Deval Patrick Destroyed Peoples’ Jobs
Episode 157: Deval Patrick has become very, very rich since leaving the post of Massachusetts governor. That’s what happens when you become a managing director…
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Exclusive: The 911 Call This Swat Team Doesn't Want You to Hear
The Police Accountability Report obtained an exclusive recording of a 911 operator threatening to arrest a caller complaining about a SWAT team that stormed…
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China's Dependence on Hong Kong Makes Outright Intervention Unlikely
Despite the ongoing police siege of Hong Kong's Polytechnic University and a growing number of injured protesters, the predicted mainland intervention against…
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Patriot Act Renewal Sneaks Through Congress With Dem Support
The stopgap funding bill, which postpones a government shutdown, also includes a barely noticed 3-month renewal of the Patriot Act's warrantless data…
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Human Rights Watch Director to be Deported From Israel
Omar Shakir published reports of human rights abuses not only in Israel, but also by the Palestinian Authority and Hamas. Despite this, Israel is increasingly…
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Turkey's Erdogan: Islamophobia's Willing Accomplice
Shortly after meeting with Hungary's far-right prime minister Viktor Orban, Turkey's President Erdogan met with President Trump. Erdogan is spinning the war in…
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Eddie Conway's Update on Forgotten Political Prisoners
Former political prisoner Eddie Conway hosts this special episode of Rattling the Bars highlighting political prisoners that are still imprisoned after several…
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How OAS Deception Helped the Coup in Bolivia
When the Organization of American States misled everyone into thinking that Bolivia's presidential elections were fraudulent, it made the coup against Evo…
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Comcast Willing to Gut Civil Rights Law to Stop Byron Allen Lawsuit
Comcast Corp. v. National Association of African-American Owned Media might seem like a simple David and Goliath story of a Black entrepreneur fighting…
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Political Profiteering off the Trauma of Black Women
In state and national elections, Democratic politicians court the power of Black women's votes. But are the issues that shape and impact the lives of Black…
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Chile's Government Agreed to a Constitutional Assembly. Will it Stop the Protests?
Even though Chile's President Piñera agreed to hold a referendum on rewriting the constitution, many parties and protesters rejected the agreement because it…
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25-Year Drought Forces States to Rescue Colorado River System
The Colorado River system provides water for around 40 million people. A 25-year drought has endangered this system, prompting seven states and Mexico to…
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Baltimoreans Demand Answers as Shit Piles Up
The city has used just 2% of their allotted funds to help residents experiencing sewage backups. Baltimore City Council held an investigative hearing to grill…
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Netanyahu Kills Palestinians to Keep Opposition From Forming Government
Provoking a conflict with Gaza led to the deaths of 32 Palestinians. But was the real objective the creation of an emergency government so Netanyahu can remain…
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Recapping the Impeachment Hearings
The Nation’s Sasha Abramsky discusses what we learned from the testimony of witnesses Kent and Taylor Become a supporter of this podcast…
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Spain's Far Right Wins Big, But Left Coalition Still Possible
Spain held its second parliamentary election this year last Sunday, and the anti-immigrant and nationalist Vox party doubled its representation. But the vote…
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Sea Level Rise Could Be Three Times Worse Than Previous Estimates
A new study and mapping visualization tool by the organization Climate Central says hundreds of millions more people than previously thought live in coastal…
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White Nationalists Are Running the White House
The Southern Poverty Law Center's Hatewatch report on the leaked emails of Trump senior policy adviser Stephen Miller shows the deep connections he has to…
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Working Life Podcast: The False Gods of Economic Growth
Episode 156: Anyone remember that TV advertisement that Merrill Lynch used to have, with the big bull trotting along a beach? I’m reincarnating that bull today…
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Elite Institutions Hoard Wealth While Cities Die Around Them
A movement to tax non-profits in a city mired in poverty has hit an obstacle: The richest institutions claim they already pay enough. Become a supporter of…
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Bloomberg Could Buy the White House to Kill a Wealth Tax
Inequality.org's Sam Pizzigati says a $6 billion presidential campaign by Michael Bloomberg would pay for itself in two years if it would stop a wealth tax…
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Trump: The Most Corrupt President in US History
So says whistleblower and former federal investigator Bill Black, who defines with fine detail what will likely be emerging from the impeachment hearings…
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Bolivia's Evo Morales Forced to Resign in Coup d'État
Even though Morales agreed to the OAS's push for new elections, the country's opposition and military forced him out. Become a supporter of this podcast…
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Chilean Student Leader: Change Long Overdue
Chile has been rocked by three weeks of sometimes violent protests demanding constitutional reform and greater equality. DW met up with one student leader for…
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Should Politicians Respond to Systemic Issues As If They Are Our Parents?
Hari Ziyad talks about whether voters, especially Black voters, should expect politicians to give them personal advice on how to handle institutional problems…
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Forgetting About Greensboro Keeps Us Unprepared for White Supremacist Violence
Jacqueline Luqman talks with Rev. Nelson Johnson, one of the survivors of the Greensboro Massacre, about how knowing this history of white supremacist violence…
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Iran Breaks Nuclear Agreement as the Risk of War Increases
The collapse of the JCPOA and protests in Iraq and in Lebanon are depriving Iran of its influence in the region and are pushing the government towards military…
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AOC Says Bloomberg Run Isn't 'What We Need Right Now'
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tells TRNN that grassroots movements are "winning, beating the billionaires," and paving the way for a Green New Deal. Become a…
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Working Life Podcast: Euro Corporate Evil Trolls The U.S. South
Episode 155: IKEA, Volkswagen, Nestle and Airbus are pretty different companies but all of them have a two-faced corporate Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde that…
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Ralph Nader Radio Hour: Blowing the Whistle on the CDC
In our continuing series honoring whistleblowers, Ralph welcomes winner of the Joe A. Calloway Award for Civic Courage, Dr. George Luber, former head of the…
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Private Equity Firms are Modern Day Vampires Sucking the Lifeblood Out of Our Society
Deadspin is the latest victim of private equity. Labor writer and activist Kim Kelly warns us that these 21st century "private equity vampires" have to be…
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US Withdrawal from Paris Climate Agreement Will Cause 'Real Harm'
Climate crisis scientist Michael Mann talks about how the US withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement will have an enormous impact on climate change, even…
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'Massacre' of Indigenous Leaders in Colombia Is Result of Broken Peace Agreement
Yet another massacre of indigenous leaders in Colombia has sparked outrage across the country, as the right-wing government of President Ivan Duque faces…
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30 Years After Berlin Wall Fell, Germany's Divide Persists
Despite billions of euros in subsidies and an overhaul of infrastructure in the east, economic differences between eastern and western Germany persist. And top…
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How Cops Avoid Mandatory Minimum Sentences That Would Put Anyone Else In Jail
In an exclusive an interview with the victim of a nearly deadly encounter with a cop, Kevon Miller describes how the officer avoided jail time despite…
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Off-Year Election Pushes Republicans Back, Are Political Winds Shifting?
The Nation's John Nichols looks at lessons learned in Virginia, why Kentucky might be a bellwether, and the progressive battles taking place in our cities…
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Right Wing Nationalist Rulers An International Movement That Threatens Our Future
Trump is the international right's Godfather and, as John Feffer tells us, they are filling the void of fear that has been left in the wake of neoliberal…
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Facebook Sues Israeli Cyber Security Co. NSO Over WhatsApp Surveillance
Shir Hever discusses the strategy of the Israeli offensive cyber company NSO, its roots in the notorious Israeli “8200” military intelligence unit, and how it…
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NYC Overwhelmingly Passes Ranked Choice Voting
The new voting system gives citizens in the largest voting district in the country a greater choice in who to elect. Become a supporter of this podcast…
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Brazilians March Against Bolsonaro and his Ties to Murder of Activist
The anti-Bolsonaro marches come amid extremely concerning revelations, which allegedly tie the president to the murder of the councilwoman and LGBT activist…
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Ben and Jerry's Support of HR 40 Might Mainstream the Reparations Discussion
The iconic, progressive ice cream company is in favor of a House Bill that would develop reparations proposals—a sign that attitudes towards a once-radical…
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Microsoft's Reduced Workweek Increased Productivity by 40%
Microsoft's Japan office reduced its workweek to four days for a full month, and productivity jumped by 40%. Why isn't it implemented everywhere? Richard Wolff…
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Protesters in Chile Have Been 'Murdered, Tortured, and Disappeared'
Chile's President Piñera says foreign intervention and a conspiracy are behind the recent protests. But protesters say what's happening is an explosion of…