All Episodes

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR OCTOBER 23, 2026: New Report Details Trump’s Crushing of Dissent… Breakthrough News Keeps Fighting Back… Resurgent Racism inside the U.S. on Full Blast at U.N… Plus Headlines

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR OCTOBER 16, 2026: BONUS COVERAGE PODCAST EXCLUSIVE The F-Word on Fascism Full Interview with Wilmer Leon: Trump’s Effort to Deport a Member of Congress… Susan Abulhawa’s Powerful Speech at Oxford FULL SPEECH… Plus Headlines on War in West Asia and More

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR OCTOBER 9, 2026: Tenacious Journalist Sam Husseini Runs for Congress… Maryland Community Demands Justice for Father of 2 Killed By Police…. Plus Headlineses

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR OCTOBER 2, 2026: Barbados Prime Minister Blasts West’s Hypocrisy… Honoring the Mighty Sparrow and Artist Uzikee Nelson…. Headlines on War in West Asia with Historian Gerald Horne…

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR SEPTEMBER 25, 2026: U.S.Oil Blockade on Cuba Is Killing Children, Creating Hunger and Disease… A Congressional Shadow Hearing on the Crisis that One Expert Calls a ‘Quiet Genocide’

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR September 18, 2026: Firefighters Cite Controlled Demolition, Rather than Plane Crashes, as Cause for 9/11 World Trade Center Collapse…More Voices from the Conference ‘Turning the Tide: 9/11 25 Years Later’…

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR SEPTEMBER 11, 2026: Marking 25 Years After 9/11….25 Years of the ‘War on Terror,’ Mass Surveillance, and the Roots of ICE Terror at Home

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR SEPTEMBER 4, 2026: Thousands Rally to ‘Defend the Vote’ at the 63rd Anniversary of the National March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. We Hear from Speakers, including Sen. Bernie Sanders and Attorney Ben Crump

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR AUGUST 28, 2026– UN Reports: Israel Continues to Commit Genocide by ‘Deliberately Targeting’ Palestinian Children

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR AUGUST 21, 2026: How Trump Happened: Gerald Horne Delivers the Mahmoud El-Kati Distinguished Lecture in American Studies in Minneapolis-St. Paul after Renee Good and Alex Pretti are Shot to Death by ICE

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR AUGUST 14, 2026: Part 2: DC Resists Trump’s Police and Military Occupation… Is the Nolan Wells Case Emmett Till 2.0? ….Plus Headlines

ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR AUGUST 7, 2026: DC Protests Year of Trump ‘Occupation’… Ethics Complaint Filed Against Jeanine Pirro… 81 Years After Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Plus Headlines

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JULY 31, 2026: DC Protests Netanyahu at the White House… Gerald Horne on Trump and Bibi’s Ever Expanding War… Labor Roundup… Plus Headlines

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JULY 24, 2026: Trump Ramps Up Attack on Journalists and First Amendment, Dusts off McCarthyite Attack on the Left… DC Residents Protest Planned ICE Headquarters in their Neighborhood… Plus Headlines…

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JULY 17, 2026: The F-Word on Fascism with Ajamu Baraka… When Genociders Host the World Cup… Protests Against ICE Killings and Violence… Plus Headlines on Iran War, Nolan Wells, and More…

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JULY 10, 2026- The Three-Front War: U.S. Launches Renewed Attacks and Iran Responds… Russia Advances Despite Drone Spectacle… Trump Uses July 4 to Attack Democratic Socialists and Civil Rights Legacy… Plus Headlines and ‘Unheard Voices’

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JULY 3, 2026: Freedom 250 is Just Another Trump Grift… Walking Through the Sorry Great American State Fair… Activists Stake their Claim to the Next 250 Years… Plus Headlines

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JUNE 26, 2026-UN Report: Israel is Targeting Palestinian Children, Killing More than 20,000, Injuring More Than 44,000… A Neighborhood Victory in DC….Plus Headlines on Iran, Cuba, Venezuela and FIFA.

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JUNE 19, 2026: The First U.S. Imperialist Foray Abroad: Gerald Horne on the 1893 Coup of the Hawaii Monarchy… In DC, a Democratic Socialist Prevails in the Democratic Primary for Mayor… Plus Headlines on the U.S. Defeat in Iran and More

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JUNE 12, 2026: Massie’s Impassioned Plea in Congress to Investigate Israel’s 1967 Attack on the U.S.S. Liberty… A Victory for Freedom of Speech and for a Free Palestine… Plus Headlines on Iran and More…

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JUNE 5, 2026: Assata Shakur’s Daughter, Kakuya Shakur, and Longtime Lawyer, Lennox Hinds, Speak at Celebration of Her Life… Headlines on Iran, Lebanon, Marco Rubio Testifies, Section 224, Newark Detention Hall Protests, and More…

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR MAY 29, 2026: Rosemari Mealy on Celebrating Assata Shakur… Private Equity Vultures Cannibalize the U.S… Plus Headlines with Gerald Horne on Iran, Russia, Cuba, Ebola and More…

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR MAY 22, 2026: Jon Jeter on Europe’s War Drive Against Russia… Speaking Out on Capitol Hill for Voting Rights and Against the Far-Right Supreme Court… Plus Headlines on War on Iran, Cuba, Teen Takeovers and More…

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR MAY 15, 2026 – NAKBA DAY SPECIAL – The Ongoing Nakba: Greater Israel and the Open Secret of its Nuclear Weapons, with Sam Husseini and John Steinbach

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR May 8,2026: Christian Groups Rally on Capitol Hill for Palestine and Palestinians… Gerald Horne on Iran, the VRA and Mali… Plus headlines on May Day, the DC Budget, Tennessee, and More…

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR MAY 1, 2026: ‘People Over Poison’ Protest Targets Trump Promotion of Cancer-Linked Glyphosate… Gerald Horne on Iran, Mali, and the Voting Rights Act…. Plus Headlines on May Day, DC Budget, Data Centers, and More

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR APRIL 24, 2026: Protesters Target Meta, Open AI, Microsoft, Apple and the World Data Center Conference… New Documentary Explores Early Work of Renowned Educator Paulo Freire, Author of ‘Pedagogy of the Oppressed’… Plus Headlines

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR APRIL 17, 2026: Chris Hedges on Christian Fascists (Rebroadcast)… Doctors Against Genocide w Rashida Tlaib… Plus Headlines on Iran, Lebanon and More

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR APRIL 10, 2026: Faith Leaders Protest U.S.-Israeli War on Iran… Gerald Horne on Ceasefire and Prospects for Iran… Plus Headlines… Threats to the Pope… And More

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR APRIL 3, 2026: Protesters at Supreme Court Defend Birthright Citizenship…Trump Threatens Iran with More War Crimes… Plus Headlines

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR MARCH 27, 2026: A Survivor of Israel’s 1967 Attack on the USS Liberty Tells a Harrowing Tale… Jon Jeter on News Coverage of the U.S.-Israeli War on Iran

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR MARCH 20, 2026: Attack on Iran Disrupts World Order… DC Area Effort Delivering Aid to Cuba… Author Susan Abulhawa Responds to Disparaging Remarks by NYC Mayor Mamdani… Plus Headlines

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR MARCH 13, 2026: A Reckoning For Gulf Oil Monarchs… DC Residents Oppose New ICE HQ… No War on Iran… Plus Headlines…

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR MARCH 6, 2026: No War On Iran Protest at the White House… Celebrating the Life of the Rev. Graylan Hagler… Plus Headlines

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR FEBRUARY 27, 2026: Jon Jeter on Lies, Insanity and Spin in the News… Haile Gerima’s Opus on Ethiopian Resistance to Fascist Italy… Hearing the Rev. Graylan Hagler Speak… Plus Headlines

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR FEBRUARY 20, 2025: The U.S. Spiral of Violence… Protests Outside First Meeting of Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’… Plus Headlines

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR FEBRUARY 13, 2026: Bodycam Footage Offers More Proof that Feds Lied About Shooting of Chicago Teacher… Wilmer Leon on Government Versus Grift… Plus Gerald Horne on Bad Bunny and More Headlines

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR FEBRUARY 6, 2025: Chicago Teacher Shot Seven Times By Border Control Testifies On Capitol Hill… As President Petro Meets With Trump, An Interview With Afro-Colombian Leader… Headlines On U.S. War On Iran, Cuba, Haiti, DC Home Rule, And More…

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JANUARY 30, 2025: Federal Workers Honor Alex Pretti… U.S. Threatens Iran and Bullies Venezuela for Oil… Plus the Jan 30 National Strike and More Headlines with Historian Gerald Horne.

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JANUARY 23, 2026: Solidarity With Minnesota Against ICE.. Jon Jeter on Three Misreported Speeches on World Affairs… Plus Headlines on Gaza and More

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JANUARY 16, 2026: The F-Word on Fascism with Gerald Horne… Protests and Calls Grow to Abolish ICE… Federal Workers Rally to Restore Union Rights… Plus More Headlines

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JANUARY 9, 2026: Protesters Take to the Streets After ICE Kills Minnesota Mom and to Oppose War on Venezuela… A Vigil for Cubans Killed in U.S. Attack on Venezuela… Plus Gerald Horne, Headlines on Gaza and More

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JANUARY 2, 2026: DC Residents Testify About Shootings, Kidnappings and Escalating Violence by Federal Police and ICE, PART TWO

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR DECEMBER 26, 2025: DC Residents Testify About Shootings, Kidnappings and Escalating Violence by Federal Police and ICE, PART ONE

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR DECEMBER 19, 2025: A March in DC for International Migrants Day… The F-Word on Fascism with Gerald Horne… Plus Headlines on Gaza, Venezuela, DC Residents Speak Out on Federal Occupation

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR DECEMBER 12, 2025: Brian Becker and Medea Benjamin on No War With Venezuela… Gerald Horne on the War at Home… Plus Headlines  on Gaza and More

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR DECEMBER 5, 2025: Journalist Jon Jeter on Media Coverage of Boat Bombings and Other U.S. Wars… Headlines on Supreme Court Allowing Texas Racial Gerrymandering…. And More

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR NOVEMBER 28, 2025: A Plot to Re-Enslave Haitians Says it All About Settler Colonialism… National Day of Mourning in Plymouth Mass… A Boycott of Amazon and Whole Paycheck …. Plus Headlines

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR NOVEMBER 21, 2025: Speaking Out at the White House Against War On Venezuela… Gaza Betrayed By the United Nations… And More Headlines

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR NOVEMBER 14, 2025: U.S Veterans Denounce “Forever Wars” Abroad and Trump’s War at Home… Headlines with Gerald Horne on Epstein, Al-Qaeda at the White House, and More…

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR NOVEMBER 7, 2025: Gerald Horne on the Democratic Socialist Win and Trump’s Threat Against Nigeria… MD Black Community Continues Fight Against AI Data Center… Comedy by Josh Johnson and Headlines on SNAP and More…

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR OCTOBER 31, 2025: Chris Smalls and Jill Stein Urge Labor Movement to Shut Down Weapons and Goods to Israel… DC Residents Protest ICE and Federal Police in Neighborhoods… Plus Headlines, Federal Workers Line Up for Food Aid, and More…

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR OCTOBER 24, 2025: Jon Jeter on the War on Truth… Chicago Mayor Calls for a National Strike… Plus Headlines and Bernie at No Kings

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR OCTOBER 17, 2025 The F-Word on Fascism: Turbulent Times in the U.S… A Defense of the Voting Rights Act at the Supreme Court… Plus Headlines on No Kings Day, Israel Breaks Ceasefire and Tortures Prisoners, And More…

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR OCTOBER 10, 2025: The Capital of Slavery: Washington, DC: 1800-1865… Interview with Gerald Horne about His New Book on the Roots of the U.S. Capital… Plus Headlines on Gaza Ceasefire, Judge Blocks National Guard from Chicago…. And More.

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR OCTOBER 3, 2025: A Gaza Peace Plan Without Peace… Trump Attacks U.S. Citizens with Military… Cities Organize to Fight Back.. Plus Headlines

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR SEPTEMBER 26, 2025: Jon Jeter On the Far Right Gobbling Up U.S. Media….Colombia’s Petro Offers Final U.N. Tour De Force Speech… Plus Headlines on James Comey Indictment, Netanyahu Protests, and Much More….

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR SEPTEMBER 19, 2025: The F-Word on Fascism: Is Kirk’s Murder the U.S. Reichstag Fire?…Mahmoud Khalil and Karen Attiah Speak Out… Plus Headlines on Victory Against Maryland Data Center … and More

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR SEPTEMBER 12, 2025: Trump’s ‘Crime Emergency’ Ends in DC But ICE and Armed Guard Remain… Thousands March Against Militarization of the Capital… Investors Rule and Ruin DC’s Housing Market… Plus Headlines

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR SEPTEMBER 5, 2025: Will DC Streets Ever Be Rid of Armed Soldiers and Federal Police?… Epstein and Maxwell Survivors Speak on Capitol Hill… Gerald Horne on India and Venezuela… Plus More Headlines

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR AUGUST 29, 2025: DC Resists Trump in Massive Labor March… An ‘Outrage Vigil’ for More Slain Journalists in Gaza… Major Meeting for the Global South in China… And Much More…

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR AUGUST 15, 2025: DC: Trump’s Testing Ground for Fascism… When Human Rights Are Under Attack…. Plus Headlines

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR AUGUST 8, 2025: Voting Rights in Crisis…Pro-Palestine Encampment Protests Outside Corporate Media DC Offices… Plus Headlines

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR AUGUST 1, 2025: $1Billion in Taxpayer Funds for an NFL Stadium?… While Cutting Public Services, DC Set to Give Billionaire NFL Owner 22 Acres for $1 Rent… Plus Headlines On Freedom for Chris Smalls and More

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JULY 25, 2025: Jon Jeter on Media and Culture… The U.S. Looks More Like a Police State (Especially if You’re Black or Brown)… Plus Headlines With Gerald Horne on ICE, Jacksonville Police Brutality, DC Budget and More…

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JULY 18, 2025: Wilmer Leon on Fascism and Education… Francesca Albanese on Profit from Genocide… Plus Headlines on Ukraine, Epstein, the DC Budget, and More…

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JULY 11, 2025: Protesters Denounce Netanyahu’s Visit to DC… Gerald Horne on Gaza, Iran, BRICS…. And More

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JULY 4, 2025: Faith Leaders Rally on Capitol Hill, and are Arrested, Protesting Trump’s ‘Immoral’ Budget

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JUNE 27, 2025: Jon Jeter… It’s Official: Alternative Media is the Only Place to Get News… Walking for Juneteenth in DC… Plus Headlines, Sports and Culture

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JUNE 20, 2025: The F-Word on Fascism with Wilmer Leon…Vet Speaks at Rally Against War with Iran… Plus Headlines ..

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JUNE 13, 2025: Israel Goes to War On Iran… Trump Tests Illegal Domestic Use of Military… Federal Workers Continue to Fight For Jobs and Public Services

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JUNE 6, 2025: U.S. Vetoes Fifth U.N. Gaza Ceasefire Resolution… Algeria, Pakistan and Somalia Speak Up for Palestine… Gerald Horne on Ukraine’s Attack on Russia and the End of Trump-Musk Bromance

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR MAY 30, 2025: No to NATO in Dayton, Ohio… Trump As the Anti-Peace President… Five Years Since George Floyd’s Murder… And Much More

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR MAY 23, 2025: Jon Jeter: What More Do We Need to See in Gaza To Act?… 90 Percent of Federal Job Safety Workers Have Been Fired But Are Fighting Back… Plus Headlines

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR MAY 16, 2025: Trump Challenges Birthright Citizenship, Grants White South Africans Refugee Status While Deporting Black and Brown People…Judge Frees Georgetown Scholar from ICE Detention… Plus Headlines

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR MAY 9, 2025: What May 9 in Russia Means for the World… Georgetown Professor Likens Congressional Hearings to Red Scare McCarthyism… Plus Headlines

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR MAY 2, 2025: Federal Workers Speak Out on May Day…Tom Porter on Trump’s First 100 Days and American Decline… Plus Headlines

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR APRIL 25, 2025: Jon Jeter on the War on Free Speech… Speaking Out for Worker Rights on Emancipation Day in DC… Plus Headlines

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR APRIL 18, 2025 – The F-Word: Gerald Horne on the U.S. as an ‘Empire of Fear’… Prayer Vigil Outside White House for Wrongly Deported Maryland Man… Plus Headlines

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR APRIL 11, 2025: Voices from the April 5 National March on Washington to End the Genocide and End the Repression, the F-Word on Fascism with Gerald Horne, Plus the Tariffs War

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR APRIL 4, 2025: April 5 March on Washington for Palestine and Free Speech… CFPB Workers Fight for their Jobs and for Justice… Plus Headlines

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR MARCH 28, 2025: Occupation of Palestine Comes to the U.S… Will Americans Fight for the First Amendment? With Journalist Jon Jeter and Remarks from Actress Susan Sarandon. Plus Headlines

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR March 21, 2025: How the U.S. Military Left a Deadly Toxic Legacy on an Alaska Island… 60 Years After Selma’s Bloody Sunday… Plus Headlines on Gaza and More with Gerald Horne

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR MARCH 14, 2025: UN Human Rights Experts: Israel’s Attack on Gaza Destroys International Law, Human Rights, and is an Attack on All of Us

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR MARCH 7, 2025: Trump’s Unkindest Cut to NOAA’s Scientists and to Humanity’s Future… Europe Talks Loud but Says Nothing on Ukraine… Plus more Headlines with Gerald Horne

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR FEBRUARY 28, 2025: Jon Jeter on Corporate Media Failing to Meet the Moment… Americans Speak Against Dismantling of Government Services… Plus Headlines with Gerald Horne…  And More…

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR FEBRUARY 21, 2025: Trump Ditches Europe and Ukraine… U.S. Federal Workers Organize to Fight Back… Marking 60th Anniversary of Malcolm X Assassination

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR FEBRUARY 14, 2025: Is the U.S.-Provoked War in Ukraine Finally Ending?… In Washington, Federal Worker Protests and Lawsuits Counter Musk-Trump Billionaire Agenda… Plus Headlines

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR FEBRUARY 7, 2025: Trump’s Gaza ‘Takeover’….Musk’s U.S Government Takeover… The Trade War That Wasn’t…. Voices of Protest… And More…

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JANUARY 31, 2025: Gerald Horne on His New Books: African Americans and a New History of the USA… and Armed Struggle? Panthers and Communists; Black Nationalists and Liberals In Southern California through the Sixties and Seventies … Plus Headlines

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JANUARY 24, 2025: Thousands March to Oppose Trump ‘Billionaire Agenda’… Jon Jeter on TikTok and Censorship… Trump’s ‘Shock and Awe’… And More

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JANUARY 17, 2024: The Center Cannot Hold — Brian Becker on Jan 20 We Fight Back Protests… Cuba Closes Out International Decade for People of African Descent… U.S. Healthcare Workers Gather Courage to Speak Out… Plus Headlines with Gerald Horne on Gaza Ceasefire, Sam Husseini and Max Blumenthal Ejected from Blinken Farewell Press Conference, and More…

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JANUARY 10, 2025: The Fragility of Health and Life in the New Order… MD Residents Protest State Funding of Israeli Weapons Makers… Plus Headlines on Free Dr. Abu Safiya and More…

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR JANUARY 3, 2025: Gerald Horne on Carter, Brzezinski, 2024 and 2025… Author Susan Abulhawa on Defeating Defeatism and Censorship… DC Residents Fight for Rock Creek Park

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR DECEMBER 27, 2024: Susan Abulhawa, Miko Peled, and Mohammed El-Kurd Debate Israeli Apartheid and Genocide at Oxford University

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR DECEMBER 20, 2024 – The F-Word: Billionaires in Charge?… Profits Before People… Populist Anger… Family of American Woman Murdered By Israel Meet With Blinken

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR DECEMBER 13, 2024: The Aftermath of Syria Collapse… International Human Rights Day… Plus Headlines on Gaza, Uhuru 3, Mangione, Nikki Giovanni and More…

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR DECEMBER 6, 2024: No Nuclear War … Biden’s Parting Gift of Global Dangers… A Hunger Strike For Gaza… Rep. Rashida Tlaib Speaks…

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR NOVEMBER 29, 2024: Vijay Prashad-Full Interview on the ‘Extreme Center’ and the ‘Far Right of a Special Kind’

‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR NOVEMBER 22, 2024: Jon Jeter on Wack Corporate Media Coverage, from Amsterdam to the U.S. Elections, to Possible World War… The Outer Banks Environmental Film Festival… Plus Headlines on Ukraine, ICC and More…