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The Real News Podcast
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What Can Baltimore Learn from the Bay Area's 30% Decrease in Homicides?
Bay Area violence interrupters say a sustained commitment to community-based violence reduction is key to reducing violence Become a supporter of this podcast…
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The Trump Administration's Intimidation of Latino Activists
In Arizona pro-immigrant and voter registration activists are being intimidated, both by the state and right-wing white-supremacy groups. Become a supporter of…
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Capitalism=Extinction?
In her Jacobin article 'Socialism or Extinction,' TRNN's climate bureau producer Dharna Noor boils down the UN's IPBES report to help us see what could lie…
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Honduran Security Forces Tear-Gas International Human Rights Delegation
Human rights experts from Canada, the U.K. and the U.S. were forced to flee a protest against the radically neoliberal policies of Juan Orlando Hernandez…
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Wilkerson: US Further Isolates Itself From its Allies Over Iran Policy
With the announcement that Iran will break the terms of its nuclear agreement, for stockpiling enriched uranium, the stage is set for a confrontation between…
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Mali's Civil War Fueled by Climate Crisis and Corporate Greed
Baba Aye discusses the failure of French and German peacekeepers in Mali and the real role they play, after almost one hundred people were killed in a Dogon…
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The World Bank Helps Investors Choose the Law They Want (1/2)
This is one of many examples that show how far the world has shifted from the paradigm of peace and social justice proposed in Philadelphia after WW2, to…
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Scandals Show How Lack of Oversight Make US Healthcare the Most Expensive in the World
Lucrative inside deals and seven-figure salaries at a publicly funded hospital reveal how self-enrichment drives up healthcare costs, not providing care for…
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John Pilger: Extradition Process a 'Very Long Uphill Road' for Assange
Britain's Home Secretary signed off on the U.S. request to extradite Julian Assange, and now UK courts will decide his fate. But if the process until now is…
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Bernie Sanders Vision Of Democratic Socialism Makes Both Sides Nervous
Is Bernie Sanders selling socialism? Or is he just making a clear case for a government that actually works for the people? A panel discussion with Norman…
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United Technologies - Raytheon Merger Is the Definition of Crony Capitalism
Trump opposes the merger of these two arms manufacturers, which would create the world's largest such corporation, but why? Bill Black gives us the interesting…
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Squeegee Kids Say They're Supporting Families, Not Committing a Crime
After Mayor Jack Young said the teens who wash windows were breaking the law and scaring off tourists, TRNN spoke to several squeegee kids to get their side of…
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Longest Period Without Fed Minimum Wage Increase Since Law Enacted in 1938
The federal minimum wage has not been raised in nearly 10 years and June 16 marks the longest period it has been fixed without a raise. As a result, its value…
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Is Joe Biden's Folksy Shtick Beginning to Backfire?
We can all have a good laugh at the scientific reasons why Biden's comment about curing cancer was ridiculous, but his view of his own importance is no…
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Methane Emissions Down, but Still Causing Climate Change
A new study concludes U.S. oil and natural gas site emissions have risen in the past decade, but at lower levels than measured before. Big Oil has jumped for…
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Germany's Exit from Coal by 2038 Is a Major Transition
Even though German environmental groups say that Germany transition away from coal by 2038 is laudable, it is not as rapid as is needed to comply with the…
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Where Are the Skeptics as the Drums Roll for War with Iran?
Vijay Prashad challenges the media reality that Iran attacked the oil tankers, calling for a real investigation to uncover the truth. Become a supporter of…
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Community-Driven Solutions Are Key to the Bay Areas Declining Gun Violence
What lessons can Baltimore learn from the Bay Area's success in reducing homicides? We speak to two Oakland-based experts ahead of our June 18th town hall in…
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Millions of Brazilians Join General Strike and Protests Against President's Austerity Reforms
In what has become the largest mobilization against Brazil's right-wing president Jair Bolsonaro, millions of Brazilians joined in the general strike, shutting…
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The Fight to Restrict Abortion Could Cost Republicans the 2020 Election
As conservatives restrict abortion access state by state, women have begun to win political offices and even challenge President Trump for the highest office…
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Women and African Americans Hit Hardest by Declining Jobs
Women and African Americans dropped out of the labor market offsetting the number of people who claimed that they were unemployed. Women and African Americans…
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What Future for the UK with One-Third of Children in Poverty?
Philip Alston, UN Special Rapporteur, says the alarming rise of poverty in the UK is deliberate--and so too in the US Become a supporter of this podcast…
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COINTELPRO 2.0: Fighting Government Surveillance of Black and Muslim Organizations
The Black Identity Extremist Abolition Coalition (BIEAC) convenes its first conference to collaborate on efforts to fight FBI surveillance and targeting of…
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Largest Animal Epidemic in History Is Due to Industrial Farming
The African Swine Fever outbreak, which has now spread to China, could result in the slaughter of 200 million hogs this year, in an effort to get the disease…
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Sexuality and the End of the Catholic Church - RAI with Matthew Fox (6/8)
The refusal of the Church to purge abusers and pedophiles from the clergy and accept human sexuality as a blessing, is leading to the end of the Church as we…
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Targeted by the Inquisition - RAI with Matthew Fox (5/8)
Cardinal Ratzinger, who later became Pope Benedict, launched a campaign in defense of murderous dictatorships in Latin America and to purge the Church of…
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Daniel Ellsberg on the Release of the "Top Secret" Pentagon Papers
Daniel Ellsberg describes the tension waiting for the publishing of the Pentagon Papers story: “The Times was on lock down with armed guards.. they were…
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California Defies Trump Policies by Giving Medicaid to Some Undocumented Young Adults
California's act to cover healthcare for undocumented people sets up national debate on the politics of immigration and healthcare Become a supporter of this…
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Israeli Authorities Confiscate and then Attempt to Sell Palestinian Classrooms
Ali Abunimah discusses the complicity of the EU, which donated pre-fabricated classrooms to Palestinian schoolchildren, but did not ensure that they would be…
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How the NRA Profits From Divisive Politics
An investigation shows how the nonprofit NRA gives lavish gifts and contracts to board members and their families while losing millions of dollars of donor…
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Germany Passes Deportation Legislation
Germany's parliament adopted the first part of a new legislation packet to restrict the rights of asylum-seekers and refugees in Germany, denying them the…
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Why Don't the Dems Want A Climate Debate?
This week, Biden endorsed the proposal for a climate debate and activists delivered a 200,000 signatures in support to the DNC. Media Matters' Lisa Hymas talks…
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Leaked Messages Confirm Imprisonment of Brazil's Lula da Silva was Politically Motivated
The website The Intercept received a massive archive of communications between prosecutors and judges, involving Brazil's corruption cases. Initial analysis…
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Rising Water Rates Hurt Black Baltimore Most, Study Shows
The NAACP Legal Defense Fund shows an “explicit link between race and water affordability." To fight this, they propose litigation and new legislation. Become…
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It Could Take 2,800 Years to Clean Alberta's Old Oil and Gas Wells
To speed the clean up process, regulators would have to mandate a stricter schedule—but that could cost tens of billions of dollars, much of it coming from…
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Hong Kong Authorities Bow to Beijing, Determined to Ignore a Million Protesters
Hong Kong residents have taken to the streets to protest against the growing influence of mainland China over the city. But, the protests are falling on deaf…
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Baltimore Divests In Its Youth -- and Criminalizes Them
As youth arrests at the inner harbor capture headlines, TRNN examines the ways city law enforcement, housing policy, and segregation have failed young people…
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Hopkins Hospital and Nurses Reach Settlement On Unionization Efforts
Veteran nurse Richard Jones responds to the agreement. Become a supporter of this podcast…
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Israeli Private Intelligence Company Black Cube Out of Control
Shir Hever discusses the dangers of privatizing security and intelligence, as a private company called Black Cube that claims to use Israeli Mossad procedures…
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Two Brothers on Opposing Sides in Venezuela's Political Conflict
Vladimir and Ernesto Villegas - both well-known Venezuelan journalists - one part of the Maduro government and the other an ex-Chavista, navigate opposing…
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Original Sin and the War on Liberation Theology - RAI with Matthew Fox (4/8)
Former priest Fox talks about questioning the concept of original sin, the assassination of John Paul I, John Paul II reviving the Inquisition led by Cardinal…
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Marx, Catholicism and the Struggle for Justice - RAI with Matthew Fox (3/8)
Now an Episcopalian priest, Matthew Fox tells of his coming to political consciousness and decision to join the Catholic priesthood, which he saw not as an…
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New Evidence Suggests 2018 Chemical Attack in Douma, Syria Was Staged
Leaked documents from the Organization for the Prevention of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) that were analyzed by MIT Prof. Theodore Postol about the 2018 chemical…
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Democrats Face Decision On Impeachment
To impeach or not to impeach? Do Democrats win in 2020 with impeachment, or does Trump? Jeff Cohen and Kamau Franklin discuss the topic with host Jacqueline…
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Tennessee Passes Law Designed to Intimidate Black Voters
Successful voter registration drives among Blacks have motivated Tennessee lawmaker to pass bill with onerous fines for simple registration mistakes, which…
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Biden's Real Union & Labor Track Record
Biden has presented himself as a friend of unions. But does he have a record of showing up for workers? Kamau Franklin and Jeff Cohen discuss his record with…
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Media's Russiagate Obsession Smears Black Activists
Specious claims that Russians plan to use disaffected African Americans in a covert war against the U.S. reveals the long history of corporate media blaming…
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D-Day: Mythology of America as Liberator Feeds Trumps Militarism
It was the Soviet army that broke Hitler's back at Stalingrad, but the myth that the American army liberated Europe, serves aggressive U.S. policy, including…
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Puerto Rico to Receive New Disaster Relief, but Colonial Status Prevents Economic Recovery
Congress passed a new disaster relief bill, to provide Puerto Rico an additional $1.4 billion. But colonial status, a financial oversight board with conflict…
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UN Torture Expert Says Assange Is Victim of Psychological Torture
UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Nils Melzer investigated the situation of Julian Assange, despite initial reservations. He says if Assange is extradited he…
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Opposition Demands Immediate Return to Civilian Rule After Sudan Massacre
Sudan was suspended from the African Union following a military attack on peaceful demonstrators that killed over 100. But Saudi Arabia and UAE continue to…
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Saudi King Calls on 'Despots' to Mecca for Emergency Meeting on Iran
Prof. As’ad AbuKhalil says Saudis attempts to create a united front against Iran has dismally failed. Summits categorically reject the `deal of the century' by…
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China-Russia Partnership Threatens US Global Hegemony
The U.S. expected China to integrate into global capitalism as a subordinate power, but recent deals with Russia show China is moving towards equality in…
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California Senate Shelves Bill Tying Affordable Housing to Climate Crisis, Public Transit
Senate Democrats have removed SB 50 from the docket for the 2019 legislative session. Aiming to tackle housing, public transit and wildfires, it came under…
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Venezuelan Families Build Solidarity Amid Crisis
Once a month, 181 families in Caracas, Venezuela, collectively buy tons of produce, directly from a cooperative in Lara state, five hours away. The project…
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Trump Targets Cuba's Tourism and Small Businesses
Trump administration sanctions that impose new travel restrictions on Cuba are aimed at Cuba's economy and will have no effect on Cuba's support for Venezuela…
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D-Day: How the US Supported Hitler's Rise to Power
Historian Peter Kuznick joins Paul Jay to discuss the role of Ford, GM, and other industrialists in rearming Germany and supporting Hitler’s rise to power…
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Has Indonesia Bucked the Global Rightward Trend?
The conflict between incumbent and winning president Jokowi and his conservative challenger Prabowo has led to violent protests, 8 deaths, and hundreds of…
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Trump's Mexico Tariffs: A 'Foolish' Policy
The US has massive trade with Mexico, in both directions, which would be seriously impacted by Trump's proposal to impose a progressively rising tariff on all…
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Trump's Mexico Tariff Ignores the Reality of Migration
Mexico has already deported thousands of Central Americans who are fleeing their homelands because of a century of U.S. interventionist policies Become a…