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WPKN: Politics, Policy, and Planet Podcast — 526 episodes
West Bank Palestinians Under Siege by Israeli Settler-Military Ethnic Cleansing Campaign
Democracy Advocates Push for Proportional Representation in U.S. House
Trump Regime Spies on Anti-ICE Activists, Echoing Cold War Era Attack on Free Speech
Veteran Lawmakers Warn America is in the Middle of Trump’s ‘Rolling Coup’
Supreme Court Gives Trump an Interim Win in His Scheme to Restrict Mail-In Voting
"Live Boldly with Rev Sara Smith," Episode #1 - August 8, 2026
Trump Administration Ends $68 Million in Federal Grants for Teen Pregnancy Prevention Programs
Unions Fight Trump Regime’s McCarthyite Targeting of Pro-Palestinian Academics
Anti-Data Center Movement Surges Coast-to-Coast
Trump’s Executive Order on Childhood Vaccines Endangers Children and Families
Is America Sleepwalking into Trump’s Next Coup?
The Monthly Labor Report: Hae-Lin Choi, of Hands Off NYC, on Why Labor Day '26 Will Break New Ground
Opposition to U.S. Youth Life Without Parole Sentences Drives Campaign for Reform
South Carolina Activists Protest Israeli Arms Maker, Oppose Gaza Genocide and Costly State Tax Breaks
CT Gov. Lamont & Challenger Rep. Elliott Discuss Voters’ Priorities on Eve of Democratic Primary Election Interview with Gov. Ned Lamont and state Rep. Josh Elliott, conducted by Scott Harris
Progressive Democrats on Primary Election Winning Streak as Party’s Corporate Establishment Fears for Their Future
Trump Flounders as Iran Takes Initiative in His Reckless and Destabilizing War
Global Campaign Demands Release of Dr. Abu Safiya, Ailing in an Israeli Prison Since December 2024
Local Organizing is Most Effective Defense Against Trump Midterm Election Subversion
Trump and Rubio Brand Cuba as ‘Epicenter’ of Communist Plot Against U.S.
Cuba’s Economy Grinds to a Halt Amid Trump’s Economic Blockade, Triggering Humanitarian Crisis
Yale University President Surrenders to Trump Regime Demands
U.S. and Israel to Integrate Military Budgets to Shield Funding from Congressional Oversight, Opposition
New Progressive Blueprint: ‘Forging a Democracy that Works for All’
Group Mobilizing Voters to Stop Congressional Funding for Trump’s Plan to Subvert Midterm Election
Without a Rational Strategy, U.S. War on Iran Continues With No End in Sight
Lies, Exaggeration Fail to Justify Massive $1.5 Trillion Pentagon Budget
Monthly Labor Report, July, 2026---The Amazon Labor Union Leads The Way
Environmentalists Denounce Trump Regime’s Gutting of Endangered Species Act
Faculty, Students and Alumni Oppose Trump-Yale Extortion Deal
Trump Escalates Scheme to Subvert Midterm Election
Two More ICE Shooting Deaths in Texas and Maine Trigger Condemnation and Angry Protests
CT Billboard Campaign Educates Public on Many Harms of Animal Factory Farming
Resistance Roundtable, July 16, 2026---The Battle for the Senate in ME and MI; Yale Students Organize to Save Their Uni.
Whistleblower Summit and Film Festival Comes to Washington D.C. July 26-30th
Faculty, Students Oppose Yale University-Trump Agreement to Avoid Threatened Loss of Federal Funding
As U.S. Healthcare System Fails, Support for Medicare For All Grows
U.S.-Iran War Escalates After Talks Break Down
International Community Must Do More to Stop Sudan’s Humanitarian Catastrophe
Opponents Challenge Trump Regime’s Scheme to Politicize Federal Research Grants
‘The World Is My Country’: How One Actor Sparked a Global Peace Movement
GOP Lawmakers Target Birthright Citizenship Following Supreme Court Loss
Corporate Democrats Freak Out Over Democratic Socialists Primary Wins
Nationwide Revolt Against Mass AI Surveillance on a Winning Streak
The Organic Farm Stand, July 1, 2026 -- The Heat Dome, The Drought, The Bees and the Farm
Extreme Sentences Handed Down in Prairieland Protest Case, a Blatantly Political Prosecution
Pro-Palestinian ‘Swarthmore 9’ Trial Defendants Stand Up for Free Speech
Supreme Court Ends TPS Protections for Haitians, Syrians, Opening Door to Mass Deportation
Fighting Trump GOP Voter Suppression and Authoritarian Election Rigging Schemes
Democratic Socialist Candidates Win Stunning Primary Victories in NYC and Nationwide
Studies Find Serious Health Impacts on Formerly Incarcerated Older Adults
Southern Poverty Law Center Report: Far-Right Groups Gain New Power in Federal Government
In Another Attack on Free Speech, Trump DOJ Arrests 15 Minneapolis Anti-ICE Activists
FBI Targets Ohio Voting Rights Group in Advance of Critical Midterm Election
Donald Trump’s Humiliating Iran War Defeat the Most Significant Since Vietnam
Resistance Roundtable -- June, 2026: Cuba Digs In Against Trump's Threats
Israel’s October Election Could Oust Netanyahu, But Brutal State Oppression of Palestinians Persists
Congress Gives ICE $70 Billion, Opening Door to More Violence & Abuse
Revisiting the U.S. Left Debate on Race and Class
Trump Says Iran Peace Deal is Real This Time
The Pentagon’s Dangerous Rush to Adopt and Deploy AI into All Military Missions
The Organic Farm Stand--May, 2026: Comes May, Come the Farmers Markets!
The Organic Farm Stand--June 3, 2026: The Birds, The Bees and The Microbes!
U.S. Gaza Flotilla Activists Recount Israeli Military Interception, Torture and Abuse
Campaign Warns of Coming Catastrophic Healthcare Program Cuts
Musk-DOGE Mass Firings Close Social Security Offices Nationwide
‘Kick Out Corruption’ Tour Links Trump Grift to Affordability Crisis
Billionaire Ellisons and Bari Weiss Murder ’60 Minutes’
Hazardous Chemical Disasters Strike as Trump EPA Rolls Back Federal Safety Regulations
DNC Autopsy Report Offers Few Answers for Kamala Harris and Her Party’s 2024 Loss Interview with Sam Rosenthal, political director of Roots Action, conducted by Scott Harris
Primary Challenge: Why State Rep. Josh Elliott is Running Against CT Governor Ned Lamont
World Press Freedom Index Tracks Decline of Free Press Globally and in U.S. Under Donald Trump
Trump’s Cuba Oil Blockade Triggers Dire Humanitarian Crisis Amid U.S. Invasion Threat
Monthly Labor Report: Labor Against All Wars (e.g. Iran)--a conversation with labor leader John Braxton
Environmental & Indigenous Groups Fight to Shut Down Line 5 Pipeline Before It Contaminates Great Lakes
Ominous Signs: Why Trump and GOP Believe They’ll Never Face Accountability
Trump’s Beijing Summit Reveals China’s Rise, U.S. Decline
Trump Created the MAGA Antiwar Opposition to His Own War
Trump Appears Unable to Escape His Own Iran War Quagmire
Resistance Roundtable: A.I. -- The Good, Bad, and Ugly; and A New Immigrant Support Initiative
Opponents Protest LNG Pipeline Plan to Power Massive AI Data Center in New Mexico
Peace Groups Join Memorial Day Parade in Norwalk CT to End War, Honor the Fallen
New York Progressive Coalition Pushes for Comprehensive Universal Healthcare Legislation
Trump, GOP Sponsor Taxpayer-Funded Rally Advocating for Christian Theocracy
Supreme Court Ruling Ushers in New Era of U.S. Political Apartheid
Big Friends
There's still a bright spot in Florida.
Opposition to Resource-Hungry AI Data Centers Spreads Across the U.S.
New Film Exposes Brutal Reality of ICE Raids Targeting Workers and Their Families
36 Mental Health Professionals Call for Trump’s Immediate, Lawful Removal from Office
Trump’s Social Security Administration Downsizing Guts Customer Service
Iran War Week 11: Media Ignores Israel’s Attacks on Lebanon, West Bank and Gaza
As U.S. Coal Industry Declines, Destructive Mountaintop Removal Continues Harming Health, Environment
CT Health Justice Now Coalition Demands Legislation to Prevent 250,000 Residents From Losing Affordable Healthcare
Assessing the Power of the U.S. Pro-Democracy Movement to Protect the 2026 Midterm Election
Is the U.S.-Israel War on Iran About to Reignite?
Right-wing Supreme Court Majority Repeals Voting Rights Act, Sends Nation Back to ‘Jim Crow’ Era
Low-Income Americans’ Gains of Recent Years Now Lost to Trump’s Corporate Allies
Trump’s FEMA Administrator a GOP Voter Suppression Operative
Young Democrats Challenge the Party’s ‘Out-of-Touch’ Leaders
Trump’s Wars on Iran, Venezuela and Cuba: A New Stage of U.S. Imperialism
2025 Tax Receipt: Average U.S. Taxpayer Paid Over $4,000 for War
Historic 1st International Summit to Phase Out Fossil Fuels Convenes in Colombia April 24
New Book Urges Proactive Measures to Achieve a Truly U.S. Multiracial Democracy
National Movement Mobilizing Around U.S. 250th Anniversary to Reimagine What Our Nation Can Become
Amid Iran War, Many U.S. Service Members Seek Advice on Conscientious Objector Status
As Americans Increasingly Oppose Trump’s Iran War, Pressure Building on Congress to Invoke War Powers Act
U.S. Faith Community Condemns Trump’s Immoral Iran War and His ‘Blasphemous’ Social Media Post
GOP Could Launch ‘Delay-and-Deny’ Scheme to Subvert Midterm Election Outcome Interview with Steve Posner, an adjunct assistant professor of writing at the University of Southern California, conducted by Scott Harris
Beyond No Kings Protests: Escalating Cost of Trump-GOP Authoritarian Takeover
U.S. Corporate Media Fails to Call Out GOP Voter Suppression Campaign
Trump Blockades Strait of Hormuz after Iran War Talks Collapse: Interview with Brandon Carr of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, and Professor Kevan Harris of UCLA
The Organic Farm Stand -- April, 2026
U.S. Campaign Launched to Lead the World Back from Brink of Nuclear War
Jewish Groups’ Passover Seder Protests Mass Deportation Outside Hartford CT ICE Office
Trump’s Staggering Level of Corruption Requires Ethics Law Overhaul
Trump Launches Multiple Strategies to Rig Midterm Election for GOP
U.S.-Israeli War on Iran Hurts All Iranians, Including Regime Opponents
Cuba in the Cross-Hairs: A First-Hand Report from Sandra Levinson (Center for Cuban Studies)
Resistance Roundtable 3/19/26: Jennifer Loewenstein, an authority on the Middle East examines the US-Israeli War on Iran & CT activist Carol Rizzolo talks about the 3rd No Kings Day protest March 28th
Criminalizing Dissent: Trump DOJ Wins Terrorism Conviction of Antifa Activists
Tenured Texas Professor Fights His Termination for Defending Free Speech and Academic Freedom
Senate Confirms ‘Unqualified Hothead’ Markwayne Mullin as DHS Secretary
Veterans Group Offers Guidance to Military Service Members Resisting Illegal Iran War Orders
Iran Maintains Upper Hand Over U.S. and Israel in Escalating and Costly War
Nuestra América Convoy Arrives in Cuba Defying Trump’s Oil Blockade
Iran War Spikes Energy Prices, Disrupts Supply Chains, Aggravates Climate Crisis
‘Project 2026’: Trump Regime’s New Blueprint to Suppress Women’s Rights
The U.S. and Israel are Fighting Different Wars in Iran
CT Working Families Party Legislative Agenda Advocates for Immigrant Rights, Raising Taxes on the Rich
Bishop William Barber: “It’s Time to Make Some Thunder” Against GOP Midterm Gerrymandering
Trump Follows Israel Into Catastrophic War on Iran, Netanyahu Calls the Shots
Trump’s Lawless and Chaotic War with Iran Has No Clear Objectives
Trump FBI Raid on Georgia’s Fulton County Election Center: Template for Future Election Interference?
International Law is the Number One Casualty of America’s and Israel’s Illegal War on Iran
Trump Authoritarian Regime’s Next Target: 2026 Midterm Elections
Organizing in Connecticut against the Trump agenda: Preview of upcoming 'No Kings' rallies across CT and the US March 28th
Shining a light on the local legacy and landscape of wrongful convictions in New Haven, CT
Congressional re-districting in Virginia, and outreach campaign to educate and mobilize voters across the state
Analysis of US-Israeli military strikes on Iran over the past 72 hours
Monthly Labor Report: Jesse Jackson---A Leader in the Fight For Labor and Working Class Solidarity
After Four Years of Ukraine War and Nearly 2 Million Casualties, Prospects for Peace are Uncertain
Students Stage National Anti-Ice Walkout, Launch ‘Spring Surge to Melt ICE’
States Push for New Taxes on Rich to Replace Trump-GOP Budget Cuts to Vital Social Safety Net Programs
Trump Regime’s Massive Buildout of Immigrant Concentration Camps Meets Resistance
In Second Term, Trump Acts to Eliminate America’s Multiracial Democracy
Gaza Humanitarian Disaster Continues as Ceasefire Plan’s Deeply Flawed Second Phase Begins
FBI Spies on, Then Raids Washington Post Journalist’s Home in Major Attack on Press Freedom
Trump Blocks Oil Supplies From Reaching Cuba, Contributing to Looming Humanitarian Crisis
Trump Asks Republican Congress to ‘Nationalize’ the 2026 Midterm Election
Trump’s Fascist Threat to Democracy Enters New, Violent Phase
Starbucks Workers Union Enters Third Month of Unfair Labor Practice Strike
Veterans Group Cautions U.S. Soldiers It’s Their Duty to Disobey Illegal Orders
Looming Threats from Nuclear Weapons, AI and Climate Crisis Move Doomsday Clock Closer to Midnight
National Coalition of Local Prosecutors Target Federal Lawbreakers to Enforce Accountability
Minnesota Shows the Country How to Effectively Resistance ICE Violence
Gulf Coast Residents Live in ‘Ground Zero’ of U.S. Fossil Fuel Industry’s Sacrifice Zone
‘Anthropause’ Author Advocates ‘Degrowth’ as a Path to Prevent Climate Collapse
U.S. Oil Access and Greed Fuels Trump’s Reliance on Venezuela’s Interim President
ICE Killing of 2nd Minneapolis Resident Provokes Nationwide Outrage and Protests
The World Revolts Against Trump’s Irrational, Deadly Domestic and Foreign Policy
Monthly Labor Report: How To Win 5 Strikes In Two Years? An Interview With Faye Guenther, UFCW-3000
FCC Commissioner Decries Government Assault on Free Press
‘Walkout’ Protest Actions Respond to Rising State Violence in Minnesota
Religious Leaders Step Up to Resist ICE Violence
Trump Escalating Attack on Democracy Triggers Broader Resistance
The Organic Farm Stand: Nutrient-Rich Soil = Nutrient-Dense Food
Resistance Roundtable -- Trump Targets Cuba; and CT Immigrants Brace For Worse to Come
U.S. Venezuela Attack Rouses Bipartisan Group of U.S. Senators to Advance War Powers Resolution
Trump-Aligned Oligarchs’ Media Mergers Transforming Outlets into MAGA Propaganda Platforms
Minneapolis and U.S. Explode in Protest After ICE Killing of Renee Good
Trump Takeover of Venezuela and its Oil Follows Decades-long Destabilization Campaign
Monthly Labor Report, Dec. 2025: The Starbucks Strike is National--Can This Scrappy Union Win?
‘Simplify Solar’ National Campaign Aims to Make Residential Rooftop Solar More Affordable
As America’s Support for Trump Plummets, Resistance is Surging
Trump and RFK Jr. Continue Their Sabotage of U.S. Vaccine Science and Disease Research
Trump’s Lawless Venezuela Offensive Was Never About Drugs, But All About Oil
After Venezuela Attack, Trump Threatens to Strike Iran Again
US Imperialism Roars Back To Life -- an interview with Prof. Stephen Zunes
Trump’s Deadly and Chaotic Year Back in the White House
CBS Political Censorship of ’60 Minutes’: Another Victim of Media Merger Madness
Trump, RFK Jr. Impose Nationwide Ban on Trans Youth Gender Affirming Care
Trump Moves to Manipulate 2026 Midterm Election Outcome
Nurses on the Frontline of Trump-GOP-RFK Jr. Healthcare Disaster
Impeachment: Antidote to Authoritarian Presidents Such as Trump
Trump Marching to War with Venezuela Unless Congress Intervenes
Mamdani Set to Begin NYC’s New Progressive Era, as Trump, GOP Unravelling
Monthly Labor Report: Starbucks Workers Are On Strike--Can This Scrappy Union Win?
Organic Farm Stand, Dec. 2025: Bees and Farms Settle Down for a Long Winter's Night
Mahmoud Khalil’s Lawsuits Seek Accountability for Trump Effort to Suppress Palestinian Activism in U.S.
Trump’s Venezuela Regime Change Threat Echoes Long History of U.S. Intervention
RFK Jr. Imposes Reckless CDC Vaccine Protocol
Expiring ACA Subsidies Accelerate America’s Healthcare Disaster
Trump’s Cognitive Decline More Obvious and Dangerous Every Day
New Book Recounts 25-Year Campaign that Cut U.S. Youth Incarceration by 75%
Trump’s U.S. Congo-Rwanda Agreement is About Profiteering, Not Peace
U.S. War Crime Attacks on ‘Drug Boats’ a Prelude to U.S. Attack on Venezuela
Sen. Bernie Sanders Denounces Trump’s Dangerous Move Toward Oligarchy, Authoritarianism and Kleptocracy
AI Music Generator Technology: A Complicated Double-Edged Sword
Credible Accusations of Trump-Pentagon War Crimes Reported
COP30 UN Climate Summit’s Glimmer of Hope
Is the Trump-GOP Authoritarian Nightmare Unraveling?
Resistance Roundtable, Nov. 2025 -- Trump Demands Foreign Terrorist Designation for Antifa
Under Trump’s New Homelessness Policy, Nearly 200,000 Will Lose Housing
Trump Wants to Resume U.S. Nuclear Weapons Tests
Larry Summers, Epstein Emails and the Origin of the Great Recession
COP30 UN Climate Summit’s Disappointing Outcome
Deepening U.S. Healthcare Crisis Demands Radical Transformation, Not Bandaids
Monthly Labor Report, Nov. 2025: The Working Class Majority--America's Best Kept Secret
Sudan’s Civil War Unleashed Worst Active Genocide and Famine in the World Today
Trump Nominates Unrepentant Racist as U.S. Ambassador to South Africa
Trump Drowning in Epstein Files Scandal
Right-wing U.S. Media Takeover Follows Authoritarian Playbook
The Dire Situation for Palestinians Living in Post-Ceasefire Gaza
Linking the Global Capitalism Crisis with the Rise of the Police State
Why Democrats Must Change Their Playbook
Mamdani’s Uncompromising Progressive NYC Mayoral Victory Inspires Hope for U.S. Politics
Venezuela Braces for Attack as Trump Sends Warships to Caribbean
Churches Organize Resistance to Trump’s Mass Deportation Campaign
The Organic Farm Stand, Nov. 2025: A New Stand-Alone Real Organic Label?
Judge Forces Trump to Use Contingency Funds to Reactivate SNAP Benefits
‘Americans Who Tell the Truth’ Portraiture Project Aims to Inspire Courageous Citizenship
After No Kings Day, Civil Resistance Shifting to Disrupt Business as Usual
Trump’s Crypto Pay-to-Pardon Scheme: Tip of Iceberg of Rampant Corruption
Project 2025 Plans to Transform Federal Social Programs into Christian Nationalist Indoctrination
Trump’s National Security Memo Labels His Enemies as Terrorists, Orders Investigations
Researchers, Healthcare Workers Group Organizes Opposition to Trump-RFK Jr.’s Destruction of U.S. Public Health System
Trump Deploys U.S. Aircraft Carrier Strike Group to Caribbean in Preparation for Possible Venezuela Attack
After ‘No Kings Day’ Protests, New Strategies & Tactics Needed to Resist Trump’s Authoritarian Agenda
The Importance of Local Elections, Connecticut’s Early Voting & Absentee Ballot Systems Explained
The Supreme Court Case That Could Resurrect Jim Crow Disenfranchisement of Voters of Color
The Organic Farm Stand: Food First -- When We Change the Food System, We Change Everything!
LNG Terminals Decimate Louisiana’s Once Thriving Commercial Fishing Industry
‘Back from the Brink’ Campaign Works to Prevent Civilization-Ending Nuclear War
Former Intelligence Officials Warn Trump Poses Existential Threat to U.S. Democracy
SCOTUS Poised to Overturn Voting Rights Act, Imperiling U.S. Multi-Racial Democracy
Gaps in Gaza Ceasefire Agreement Endanger Future of 2.3 Million Palestinians
WPKN's No Kings Day Protests from the streets of CT, Long Island & NYC -- Oct. 18, 2025
Marine Veteran Recounts Israel’s 1967 Attack on U.S. Intelligence Ship During Six-Day War and Its Lasting Impact
A U.S. Regime Change War Against Maduro Could Further Destabilize Venezuela and Its Neighbors
Federal Government Shutdown Exposes Long Failing U.S. Healthcare System
After Gaza Hostage/Prisoner Exchange, Ceasefire’s Next Steps Fail to Address Conflict’s Root Causes
Trump’s Militarization of U.S. Cities Designed to Incite Wave of Political Violence
Resistance Roundtable -- Oct. 12, 2025: What Will It Take For the Gaza Ceasefire To Hold?; and No Kings is BACK!
Indivisible Gears Up For NO KINGS 2 on Oct. 18
Federal Workers, Jobs on the Line, Support Shutdown to Save Endangered Healthcare Programs
U.N. Climate Week Events Feature Presentations on the ‘Rights of Nature’
Portland: Trump’s Next Target for National Guard Deployment
‘Burned by Billionaires’ Author Exposes Record US Economic Inequality and Roadmap to Reverse It
Trump Threatens to Invoke Insurrection Act as He Expands Military Occupation of US Cities
Documentary Film ‘Stripped for Parts’ Examines Vulture Capital’s Role in Demolishing Local Newspapers
Moving the U.S. Toward a Police State, Trump Labels Critics ‘Domestic Terrorists’
Is U.S. Military Buildup in Caribbean a Prelude to Regime Change War in Venezuela?
Trump Closure of USAID Humanitarian Relief Programs Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
New Book Looks at Zohran Mamdani’s NYC Mayoral Campaign That Shook Up City Politics
Resistance Roundtable, Sept. 2025 -- Political Violence Rears Its Head Again
Connecticut Debates Protecting State Residents from Deep Federal Social Safety Net Cuts
RFK Jr.’s War Against Vaccinations and Science Reaches New Dangerous Phase
Trump’s FCC Acts on Explicit Mission to Suppress Free Speech
Weaponized Social Media Algorithms Accelerating Trump’s Attack on Democracy
Bread & Puppet Theater Brings ‘Our Domestic Resurrection Revolution in Progress Circus’ to New Haven
Trump Uses Murder of Charlie Kirk as Pretext to Threaten Leftist Groups with Repression
‘Make Billionaires Pay’ International Mobilization for Climate Justice Sept. 19-21
After Charlie Kirk’s Murder, Trump MAGA Transformed Him into Political Martyr
The Organic Farm Stand, Sept. 4, 2025 -- The Ecotype Project
OLA, Organización Latino Americano, provides immigrant support on the East End of Long Island, NY
WPKN Radio Co-Sponsors Latino Heritage Month Workshops on Immigrant Rights and Safety
Trump Outrage Fatigue and ‘Catastrophizing’: Hazards of our Current Age
Trump’s Destructive and Erratic Foreign Policy Alienates Adversaries and Allies Alike
New Guardrails Must Be Enacted to Defend Democracy Against a Future Trump-like Dictatorship
Trump Orders Shutdown of $4 Billion Rhode Island-Connecticut Wind Farm Project That’s 80% Complete
Will the World Support a UN Plan that Could End Israel’s Gaza Genocide?
A Desperate Trump Could Order the National Guard to Intervene in the 2026 Election
The U.S. Labor Movement Must Organize to Fight the Trump-MAGA Fascist Threat
Monthly Labor Report -- Labor Day 2025 -- Sara Nelson Stares Down Full Frontal Fascism
Effort Underway to Build Bridges Between Diverse Immigrant Communities Facing Trump Mass Deportation
Danbury, CT Organizes Community Resistance to Escalating ICE Raids and Abductions
Floundering Democrats Urged to Adopt FDR New Deal-Style Popular Economic Policies
HHS Secretary RFK Jr. Cuts Federal mRNA Vaccine Research Funding, Endangering Public Health
Progressive Groups Push Democratic Party to Suspend U.S. Military Aid to Israel
The Organic Farm Stand -- Aug. 7, 2025: Sticks and Stones Farm
Debunking Trump’s Many Lies About the Homeless
Transactional Corruption: Paramount’s Firing of Stephen Colbert Linked to FCC Approval of Corporate Merger
Trump’s Militarized Occupation of D.C.: A Rehearsal for Takeover of Other U.S. Cities
Authority on Totalitarianism Leaves U.S. for Canada to Fight International Fascism
Gulf South Activists in NYC Protest Banks, Insurance Companies’ Role in Worsening the Climate Crisis
U.S. Politicians’ Long History Using Racism and White Supremacy to Win & Hold Power
Trump Sues, Extorts and Distracts Media to Do His Bidding
Trump EPA to Eliminate Virtually All Climate Regulations and Research
Unprecedented Trump-GOP Gerrymandering Scheme in Texas and Other States Aims to Rig 2026 Election
Resistance Roundtable -- Aug. 9, 2025: Students Against the Gaza Genocide Win Big at UMD
At Trump's Urging Judge Eliminates Biden-Era Rule Removing Medical Debt from Consumer Credit Reports
Connecticut Must Prepare for Deep Federal Social Safety Net Budget Cuts
Trump Authorizes New, More Dangerous Surveillance State
Is the Epstein Sex Scandal Distracting Attention from Trump’s Attack on Democracy?
Netanyahu Moves to Militarily Re-Occupy Gaza as European Nations Plan to Recognize Palestinian State
Activists Demand Los Angeles Public Transit System Do More to Protect City’s Immigrants From ICE Abductions
For-Profit Corporate Healthcare Greed is Bankrupting and Closing U.S. Hospitals
New Documentary Film: ‘Gaza: Journalists Under Fire’ Exposes Israel’s Killing of Over 200 Palestinian Reporters
Israel’s Gaza Starvation Policy is Killing More Palestinians Every Day
Trump’s ‘Golden Dome’ National Defense System is Unachievable, Destabilizing and a Waste of Taxpayer Dollars
The Organic Farm Stand Show -- July 17, 2025
New Film Opposes Medical Assisted Suicide; Producers Say Is Open to Abuse
Trump, GOP Purging Millions of Voters to Win 2026 Midterm Election
Understanding Zohran Mamdani’s NYC Mayoral Primary Victory
U.S. Doctors Describe the Catastrophic Gaza Civilian Death Toll They Witnessed
Dr. Jack Rasmus' Forensics on the Big Bullsh**t Bill
Can Israelis and Palestinians Find a Way to Live Together?
‘Good Trouble Lives On’ Nationwide Pro-Democracy Protests July 17; Local Rally on New Haven Green
‘No Kings Day’ June 14th, Anti-Trump Protester Interviews in Trumbull and Newtown, CT
Trump is Carrying Out an Explicitly White Supremacist Policy Agenda
Corporate Media’s Surrender to Trump a Wake-up Call for Urgent Reforms to Support Journalism and Democracy
First Stop Cop City Protester Trial in Georgia RICO Case Ends in Mistrial
After Federal Budget Slashed, Connecticut Agency Serving Refugees Forced to Adopt New Mission
Trump Pardoned-Indicted Jan. 6 Insurrectionist Hired as Counselor to DOJ’s ‘Weaponization Working Group’
ICE Budget Spikes 365%: Evidence of Trump Move to Impose Repressive Police State
Trump-GOP Budget: 17 Million Americans Lose Health Insurance; 51,000 Preventable Deaths Expected Annually
Monthly Labor Report -- July, 2025: The War On Immigrants and Why We Must Win It
North Carolina Neighbors Put Mutual Aid to Work in Hurricane Helene Recovery
Unconstitutional ‘Disaster Looms’ After Supreme Court’s Birthright Citizenship Ruling
Zohran Mamdani’s Surprise Victory in New York City’s Democratic Mayoral Primary
Why Evangelicals Want Trump to Go to War with Iran
Fighting the Trump GOP Mafia State Attack on the Constitution and Democracy Interview with bestselling author Sarah Kendzior
Resistance Roundtable for June 14, 2025 - No Kings Day Protest Special Program
As Veterans’ 40-Day Fast for Gaza Nears End, Conditions for Palestinians Worsen
Danbury CT Activists Organize Community to Protest ICE Deportation Raids
Democrats Must Adopt Progressive Economic Agenda to Defeat Trump and Protect Democracy
Trump-MAGA’s Embrace of Political Violence Kills
Trump Distorts Intelligence on Iran Nukes to Justify Bombing
House Approves Trump-GOP Budget That Will Decimate National Parks, Sell Off Public Lands
Trump Politicization of US Military, One More Step Toward Establishing a Police State
Massive Nationwide ‘No Kings’ Protest the Largest Demonstration of Opposition Yet to Trump Fascism
As Predicted, HHS Secretary RFK Jr. Spreads Dangerous Public Health Disinformation
Israel-Iran Conflict Risks Regional War That Could Entangle U.S.
Trump–GOP Budget Slashes Clean Energy Incentives that Reduced Pollution, Created Jobs, Lowered Electric Bills
Trump Signals He May Invoke Insurrection Act, Paving the Way to U.S. Dictatorship
Trump Attack on LGBTQ Community Provokes Energized Resistance
June 14th Anti-Authoritarian Protests Nationwide Likely to be Largest Since Trump Returned to Office
Israel Seizes Gaza-Bound Humanitarian Aid Ship, Violates International Law
Monthly Labor Report -- June, 2025 -- Upping the Ante on the Resistance
Growing National Boycott Campaign Targets Avelo Airlines for its ICE Deportation Flights Contract
Coalition Wins Amendments to Connecticut ‘Trust Act,’ Strengthening Protections for Immigrant Community
Group Files Human Rights Complaint Against US for Complicity with Israel’s Gaza Genocide
‘Project Esther’ Advocates Suppression of Pro-Palestinian Protest, Equates All Dissent with Terrorism
Progressive Groups Demand Democrats Hold Emergency Meeting to Develop Effective Challenge to Trump’s Autocracy
Connecticut Teachers Union Civil Disobedience Protest Calls for Equitable Funding for State’s Schools
Veterans’ Fast Demands for Israel to Restore Full Humanitarian Aid to Gaza
Trump’s White Supremacy on Full Display in Meeting with South Africa’s President
The Deadly Impact of Trump-GOP House Budget Bill
Bill Targets Nonprofits Not Aligned with MAGA Agenda
New Book Examines Gaza Genocide & Palestine, Israel History
Broad Opposition to Trump-GOP’s Extreme Medicaid, SNAP Budget Cuts
Trump Visit to Gulf Monarchies Produces Mixed Policy Outcome, Enriches President's Family
State Climate Policy Could be a Bulwark Against Trump Gutting of Federal Environmental Regulations; Repairing the Constitution's Democracy Deficit
Building Community with the CT TRUST Act (HB 7212)
New Book Examines “The Green New Deal from Below”
New Report Finds 100 Ways Trump Has Hurt US Workers
Challenging Trump’s Unconstitutional Effort to Eliminate Birthright Citizenship
A Catholic Worker Activist’s Appeal to Pope Leo to Visit Gaza
Monthly Labor Report--May, 2025: The Fascist Assault on Higher Education
HHS Secretary RFK Jr. Pushes Vaccine Disinformation and Defunds Critical Public Health Research
Yale Bans Pro-Palestinian Campus Group Chilling Free Speech
Israel’s Gaza Food Blockade Triggers Famine, Thousands of Children Hospitalized for Acute Malnutrition
Ralph Nader Labels Trump’s 100-Day Attack on Democracy a ‘Fascist Dictatorship'
Candace Hall: Greenport native daughter, Village Clerk and community leader
Opus Dei, Trump’s MAGA Movement and Pope Francis’ Catholic Church
Trump Policies Risk Dangerous Global Nuclear Proliferation
Trump Deports U.S. Citizen Children, Arrests Wisconsin Judge
Assessing Trump’s Disastrous First 100 Days
Groups Demand Democrats Convene Emergency Meeting to Counter Trump’s Authoritarian Coup
Assessing Corporate Media’s Coverage of Trump 2.0
Organizing Effective Resistance to Trump’s War on Democracy
Democracy Defenders Work to Undermine Trump’s Future Invocation of Insurrection Act
After Trump Tariff Pause, Senators Demand Investigation of His Inner Circle for Insider Trading
How Your Federal Tax Dollars Were Spent in 2024
Could Federal Workers Emerge as Leaders of a New Broad-Based Trump Opposition Movement?
Mic Check: CT Students For A Dream Fight For Immigrant Justice And Safety
As Israel's Gaza Ethnic Cleansing Continues, Trump Suppresses Dissent, Free Speech on Campus
Resistance Roundtable: The Fight to Save the First Amendment with Dr. Isaac Kamola
Connecticut Prepares for Trump Federal Education Budget Cuts
The Largest Day of Protests Yet in Donald Trump’s Second Presidency
Proposed Mayday 2028 General Strike Could be Needed Sooner to Stop Trump’s Authoritarianism
The Disastrous Impact of Trump’s International Tariffs on U.S. Economic Inequality
Luis T. Puig (Cuban Refugee) interviewed by WPKN's Lou Pomales (host of La Esquina Latina)
Monthly Labor Report: Will Labor Lead an Anti-Fascist Front?
Trump’s Unconstitutional Executive Order to Change US Voting System Would Disenfranchise Millions
Trump Targets International Students for Deportation, 1st Step to Repress Free Speech for All
Trump-Musk Sabotage of Social Security Designed to Hasten Its Privatization
Confronting the Reality of Trump’s Hateful White Supremacist Agenda
CT Criminal Justice Reform Activists Demand State Release Video of J’Allen Jones’ 2018 Prison Death
As Voter Anger Rises Over Trump’s Attacks on Federal Government, Bernie Sanders and AOC Rally and Energize Opponents
Right-wing Domination of Social Media a Powerful Channel for Political Disinformation
Trump Defiance of Rule of Law Plunges U.S. Into Deepening Constitutional Crisis
Trump’s Erratic Tariffs, Massive Federal Government Layoffs and Budget Cuts Provoke US Recession
New Book Examines the Vast Difference in How White Americans Perceive Racism and Sexism
Trump-Musk Attack on Social Security Could Disrupt Benefits to Nation’s Most Vulnerable
Trump Suppression of Free Speech Used as Unconstitutional Pretext to Deport Palestinian Student Activist
The Organic Farm Stand: The Secret Life of Healthy Soil!
Connecticut Citizen Action Group’s 2025 Legislative Agenda Explained
Trump’s Erratic On-Again, Off-Again Tariff Policy Born of Desperation
Target’s Elimination of the Chain’s DEI Policy Provokes Nationwide 40-Day Boycott
Trump’s Ongoing Assault on Democracy Closely Follows the Authoritarian Playbook
Make the Road CT: Communities Fight Back In Connecticut
Resistance Roundtable: International Women's Day Special with Medea Benjamin and Francesca Rheannon
Monthly Labor Report: 6 Weeks in and YES--We've Got Fascism!
For Decades, the FBI and local Police Have Turned a Blind Eye to White Supremacist Violence
Students Across America Resist Trump’s Elimination of Campus DEI
Trump Threats, Attempts to Intimidate US Free Press
Confronting the Democratic Party’s Weak Opposition to the Trump Coup
Sen. Bernie Sanders Denounces Trump’s Dangerous Move Toward Oligarchy, Authoritarianism & Kleptocracy
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is Waging a Dangerous Attack on the Foundation of U.S. Public Health Policy
Civil Resistance Strategies and Tactics to Resist the Trump-Musk Coup
Voters Oppose Congressional Republicans’ Attempt to Slash $880 Billion from Medicaid
BIPOC Farmers in Move Forward in CT: The Liberated Land Cooperative
OMB Director Russell Vought, Architect of Trump-Musk Demolition of Federal Government
Trump Russia Ukraine War Peace Overture Creates Rift with US European Allies
Democrats’ Muddled, Ineffective Response to Trump-Musk Coup
Trump’s Illegal Demolition of Federal Government Provokes Constitutional Crisis, Calls for Impeachment
In One Connecticut City: Maga Targets Schools, Kids, Parents, and Communities
Black Labor -- Then and Now with Steven Pitts and Michael Zweig
A Valentine to Community Organizing
Thousands Oppose Trump Regime 2.0 in ‘50501’ Nationwide Protests
Trump’s Targeting of Education Dept Could Eliminate Dozens of Federal Programs Benefitting Millions of Students Nationwide
Elon Musk’s Child Hacker Army Illegally Attempting to Eliminate Multiple Federal Agencies
Trump Doubles Down on his Criminal Plan to Ethnically Cleanse Gaza
Immigration Defense: What to Know, Who to Call
After Gaza Ceasefire, Israel’s Military Launches New Deadly Offensive in Occupied West Bank
Voter Suppression Key to Trump’s Election Win
Trump-GOP Moves to Extend Tax Cuts for the Rich, Austerity for Everyone Else
If Confirmed by U.S. Senate, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Poses Grave Danger to U.S. Public Health
Trump Launches Vicious White Supremacist Policy Agenda
Elon Musk’s Nazi Salute Elicits Alarming, Twisted Response
Trump’s Imperial America Intends to Conquer Panama, Greenland, and Canada
As Trump’s Mass Deportation Begins, 6 Ways to Support Immigrants’ Rights Now
Trump’s Pardon of 1,500 Jan. 6 insurrectionists: An Undeniable Endorsement of Right-Wing Domestic Terrorism
Speeches and Interviews from the Anti-Trump People’s March in Washington, D.C.
The Israel-Hamas Gaza Ceasefire Takes Effect. Still, it Fails to Address Future of Palestinians in Crisis
Organizing Effective Resistance to Trump’s Authoritarian Repressive Agenda
Trump, Back in Office, Doubles Down on Intensifying the Global Climate Crisis
The Organic Farm Stand: The Neo-Nics Are Here -- Save The Birds and Bees!
Amazon Labor Union’s Christmas Strike Succeeds in Organizing First National Action
Los Angeles Wildfire Catastrophe, the Climate Crisis and the Future of Public Policy
Facebook Dumping Fact-Checking Promotes Trump Lies and Disinformation
Trump Pardon of J-6 Insurrectionists: A Disaster for Democracy, Rule of Law
Resistance Begins Now! Zweig and Nichols Map Our Course
Labor's Fight in 2025: What The Trumpocalypse Will Mean For Working People
Danger Ahead for the World Under Trump’s Muddled Foreign Policy
Climate Denier Trump Threatens US Renewable Energy Future
Before Reagan Jimmy Carter’s Conservative Economic and Foreign Policy Moved the US to the Right
On the 4th Anniversary of Trump's Jan. 6th Insurrection, Democracy is on the Ropes
The Story of Big Train Farm, Certified by the Real Organic Project
Pope Francis Calls for Global South Debt Cancellation, Reforming the International Finance System
After 14+ Months of Gaza War, World Unwilling to Stop Israel’s Palestinian Genocide
New Campaign Pressuring Biden Revives Debate on Equal Rights Amendment
Trump Will Use Unitary Executive Theory to Impose His Grotesque Brand of Tyranny
Philadelphia Protest Demands Biden Dismantle Government Machinery Trump Will Use for Mass Deportation
Trump GOP Demonization of Trans Youth Leads to Violence
White Supremacist Hate Groups’ Growing Threat as Trump Takes Office
The UN Urged to Hold Israel Accountable for Monstrous Violations of International Law in Gaza
Protecting Our Environment from MAGA at the State Level
Trump’s Frighteningly Bizarre Cabinet Nominees May Get Free Ride From Frightened GOP Senators
America’s Broken News Media Promotes Right-wing Disinformation that Impacts Elections
Insurance CEO Murder Exposes Deep Anger at US For-Profit Healthcare
Ralph Nader Assesses Election Outcome, Democrats’ Failures
Resistance Roundtable: How Democrats Lost the Working Class -- AND the Election
Remembering 2012 Sandy Hook Mass Shooting Victims and Assessing the Fight Against Gun Violence
Trump 2.0 Corruption and Ethics Violations Ahead
Courageous South Koreans Block the Imposition of a Military Dictatorship
Unanswered Questions Persist After the Overthrow of the Syrian Regime
Post-election: What is In Store for the Working Class?
Connecticut Groups Prepare to Resist Trump Mass Deportations
Surprise! Trump Plans More Tax Cuts for the Rich, Budget Cuts for the Rest of Us
Why Trump Voters Should Better Understand Americans Who Oppose Their Convicted Felon President
Eight Ways to Respond to Trump’s Election Victory Over the Next 4 Years
International Criminal Court Issues War Crimes Arrest Warrant for Netanyahu, Others
Respond to Trump’s Agenda with Radical Action
Women’s March Organizing Jan. 18 Nationwide Trump Protest
Examining Voters’ Contradictory Support for Abortion and Trump
Proposed House Bill Would Give Trump Powerful Weapon to Attack his Enemies
Trump’s Bizarre, Unqualified Cabinet Picks Meet Little GOP Resistance
Post-Election Analysis: How Democrats’ Failures Helped Traitor Trump to Win
Sarah Kendzior on Merrick Garland’s Delay in Prosecuting Trump Laid Groundwork to Establish His Mafia State
Immigrant Advocacy Groups Vow to Resist Trump’s Mass Deportation Pledge
Assessing Media’s Failures in Covering the 2024 Election
Kamala Harris’ Defeat Linked to Ignoring Working-Class Economic Discontent
How Will Members of Trump’s Cult Respond to His Election Win
Election Outcome will Decide Future of Social Security and Medicare
Disinformation Floods US Election Campaign Fueling Distrust in Government and Inciting Violence
Trump’s Misogyny and Role in Eliminating Reproductive Rights Have Made Women’s Votes Pivotal in Determining Presidential Election Winner
Democrats Should Worry that Biden-Harris Gaza Policy Will Lose Votes in Must-Win Battleground States
Bridging in a Purple Town, Featuring john a. powell by Isabelle Barbour
If Kamala Wins, Trump-GOP Have a Plan to Subvert Election Outcome
New Book ‘Vigilante Nation’ Describes MAGA’s State-Based Attack on Democracy
Michelle Obama Powerfully Addresses What’s at Stake for Reproductive Rights in U.S. Election An excerpt of former first lady Michelle Obama's speech delivered in Kalamazoo, Michigan on Oct. 26
Media’s Credulous Coverage of Trump’s Candidacy is Journalistic Malpractice
Physician Canvassing for Harris in Philly Suburbs While Opposing U.S. Gaza Policy
As Wider Middle East War Looms, Most Voters Support US Arms Cutoff to Israel
Jason Stanley, Author of "How Fascism Works," on Trump’s Fascist Threats Increase as 2024 Campaign Nears End
If Kamala wins, how can we make her more progressive?
New Book Provides a Guide to the Nuts & Bolts of Progressive Electoral Success
Project 2025’s Sabotage of Federal Disaster Response
Trump, GOP Plan to Subvert Presidential Election Outcome if They Lose
Texas AFL-CIO On the Move
Jacobin Mag's Branko Marcetic: Will Biden's Gaza Policy Tank Kamala's Election Chances?
Voting and Beyond: Democracy and Health by Isabelle Barbour
Maria Hinojosa in Conversation with Isabelle Barbour
Assessing Presidential Candidate Kamala Harris’ Economic Policy Proposals Interview with Matt Bruenig, president of People’s Policy Project, a left-wing think tank, conducted by Scott Harris
Trump-Backed Election Board Issues New Rules that Could Sow Certification Chaos Interview with Greg Palast, investigative journalist and director of the film “Vigilante Inc.: America's New Vote Suppression Hitmen," conducted by Scott Harris
Trump’s Racism is the Primary Driver of Voter Support Interview with James Risen, a best-selling author and former New York Times reporter, conducted by Scott Harris
Coalition Demands US News Media Aggressively Cover Election Campaign Threats to Democracy Interview with Nora Benavidez, senior counsel and director of digital justice and civil rights with the media democracy group Free Press, conducted by Scott Harris
The World’s at a Crossroads on Our Climate Future: Apocalypse or Utopia Interview with Brian Tokar, activist, author and board member of the Institute for Social Ecology, conducted by Scott Harris
New Book Warns Voters that 2024 is “The Inflection Election: Democracy or Fascism” Interview with Mark Green, former two term New York City Public Advocate and author or editor of twenty six books on U.S. politics, conducted by Scott Harris
Common Cause Protecting 2024 Election Against Multiple GOP Threats Interview with Jay Young, executive director of Common Cause Illinois, and Cheri Quikmeyer, executive director of Common Cause Connecticut, conducted by Scott Harris
Donald Trump’s Repeated Stochastic Terrorism Now Targets Haitian Immigrants Interview with Wajahat Ali, creator of Left Hook sub stack, co-host of The Democracy-Ish podcast and author, conducted by Scott Harris
Corporate Media ‘Sanewashing’ Trump’s Obvious Cognitive Decline Interview with Parker Malloy, publisher of the Present Age newsletter, media critic and former editor- at-large at Media Matters for America, conducted by Scott Harris
US Media Sanitizes US Role in Israel’s Brutal Gaza War Interview with Norman Solomon, co-founder of RootsAction.org and executive director of the Institute for Public Accuracy, conducted by Scott Harris
Sarah Kendzior (best-selling author, journalist) interviewed by WPKN's Brendan Toller
Trump Has Made Immigration a Toxic Issue in Election 2024, Interview with Dulce Guzmán, executive director of Alianza Americas, conducted by Scott Harris
Georgia GOP Election Deniers Working to Sabotage 2024 Election, Interview with Julie Houk, managing counsel for election protection at the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, conducted by Scott Harris
Trump’s Abortion Ban is Now Literally Killing Women
Tidings from Hazel Kahan: Moral injury and sharing responsibility for war’s consequences
Tidings from Hazel Kahan: Robert Massoud tells the story of Palestine through Zatoun’s olive oil
Tidings from Hazel Kahan: Yumna Patel analyzes Israel's 2023 assault on the Jenin refugee camp
Tidings from Hazel Kahan: Dr. Yara Asi asks how can we measure Gaza’s trauma?
Tidings from Hazel Kahan: Jeff Halper on Israel’s weaponization of humiliation
Steve Wick, author and journalist, on uncovering the truth and telling the whole story