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WPKN: Politics, Policy, and Planet Podcast — 487 episodes

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Opponents Challenge Trump Regime’s Scheme to Politicize Federal Research Grants

2

‘The World Is My Country’: How One Actor Sparked a Global Peace Movement

3

GOP Lawmakers Target Birthright Citizenship Following Supreme Court Loss

4

Corporate Democrats Freak Out Over Democratic Socialists Primary Wins

5

Nationwide Revolt Against Mass AI Surveillance on a Winning Streak

6

The Organic Farm Stand, July 1, 2026 -- The Heat Dome, The Drought, The Bees and the Farm

7

Extreme Sentences Handed Down in Prairieland Protest Case, a Blatantly Political Prosecution

8

Pro-Palestinian ‘Swarthmore 9’ Trial Defendants Stand Up for Free Speech

9

Supreme Court Ends TPS Protections for Haitians, Syrians, Opening Door to Mass Deportation

10

Fighting Trump GOP Voter Suppression and Authoritarian Election Rigging Schemes

11

Democratic Socialist Candidates Win Stunning Primary Victories in NYC and Nationwide

12

Studies Find Serious Health Impacts on Formerly Incarcerated Older Adults

13

Southern Poverty Law Center Report: Far-Right Groups Gain New Power in Federal Government

14

In Another Attack on Free Speech, Trump DOJ Arrests 15 Minneapolis Anti-ICE Activists

15

FBI Targets Ohio Voting Rights Group in Advance of Critical Midterm Election

16

Donald Trump’s Humiliating Iran War Defeat the Most Significant Since Vietnam

17

Resistance Roundtable -- June, 2026: Cuba Digs In Against Trump's Threats

18

Israel’s October Election Could Oust Netanyahu, But Brutal State Oppression of Palestinians Persists

19

Congress Gives ICE $70 Billion, Opening Door to More Violence & Abuse

20

Revisiting the U.S. Left Debate on Race and Class

21

Trump Says Iran Peace Deal is Real This Time

22

The Pentagon’s Dangerous Rush to Adopt and Deploy AI into All Military Missions

23

The Organic Farm Stand--May, 2026: Comes May, Come the Farmers Markets!

24

The Organic Farm Stand--June 3, 2026: The Birds, The Bees and The Microbes!

25

U.S. Gaza Flotilla Activists Recount Israeli Military Interception, Torture and Abuse

26

Campaign Warns of Coming Catastrophic Healthcare Program Cuts

27

Musk-DOGE Mass Firings Close Social Security Offices Nationwide

28

‘Kick Out Corruption’ Tour Links Trump Grift to Affordability Crisis

29

Billionaire Ellisons and Bari Weiss Murder ’60 Minutes’

30

Hazardous Chemical Disasters Strike as Trump EPA Rolls Back Federal Safety Regulations

31

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

32

Primary Challenge: Why State Rep. Josh Elliott is Running Against CT Governor Ned Lamont

33

World Press Freedom Index Tracks Decline of Free Press Globally and in U.S. Under Donald Trump

34

Trump’s Cuba Oil Blockade Triggers Dire Humanitarian Crisis Amid U.S. Invasion Threat

35

Monthly Labor Report: Labor Against All Wars (e.g. Iran)--a conversation with labor leader John Braxton

36

Environmental & Indigenous Groups Fight to Shut Down Line 5 Pipeline Before It Contaminates Great Lakes

37

Ominous Signs: Why Trump and GOP Believe They’ll Never Face Accountability

38

Trump’s Beijing Summit Reveals China’s Rise, U.S. Decline

39

Trump Created the MAGA Antiwar Opposition to His Own War

40

Trump Appears Unable to Escape His Own Iran War Quagmire

41

Resistance Roundtable: A.I. -- The Good, Bad, and Ugly; and A New Immigrant Support Initiative

42

Opponents Protest LNG Pipeline Plan to Power Massive AI Data Center in New Mexico

43

Peace Groups Join Memorial Day Parade in Norwalk CT to End War, Honor the Fallen

44

New York Progressive Coalition Pushes for Comprehensive Universal Healthcare Legislation

45

Trump, GOP Sponsor Taxpayer-Funded Rally Advocating for Christian Theocracy

46

Supreme Court Ruling Ushers in New Era of U.S. Political Apartheid

47

Big Friends

48

There's still a bright spot in Florida.

49

Opposition to Resource-Hungry AI Data Centers Spreads Across the U.S.

50

New Film Exposes Brutal Reality of ICE Raids Targeting Workers and Their Families

51

36 Mental Health Professionals Call for Trump’s Immediate, Lawful Removal from Office

52

Trump’s Social Security Administration Downsizing Guts Customer Service

53

Iran War Week 11: Media Ignores Israel’s Attacks on Lebanon, West Bank and Gaza

54

As U.S. Coal Industry Declines, Destructive Mountaintop Removal Continues Harming Health, Environment

55

CT Health Justice Now Coalition Demands Legislation to Prevent 250,000 Residents From Losing Affordable Healthcare

56

Assessing the Power of the U.S. Pro-Democracy Movement to Protect the 2026 Midterm Election

57

Is the U.S.-Israel War on Iran About to Reignite?

58

Right-wing Supreme Court Majority Repeals Voting Rights Act, Sends Nation Back to ‘Jim Crow’ Era

59

Low-Income Americans’ Gains of Recent Years Now Lost to Trump’s Corporate Allies

60

Trump’s FEMA Administrator a GOP Voter Suppression Operative

61

Young Democrats Challenge the Party’s ‘Out-of-Touch’ Leaders

62

Trump’s Wars on Iran, Venezuela and Cuba: A New Stage of U.S. Imperialism

63

2025 Tax Receipt: Average U.S. Taxpayer Paid Over $4,000 for War

64

Historic 1st International Summit to Phase Out Fossil Fuels Convenes in Colombia April 24

65

New Book Urges Proactive Measures to Achieve a Truly U.S. Multiracial Democracy

66

National Movement Mobilizing Around U.S. 250th Anniversary to Reimagine What Our Nation Can Become

67

Amid Iran War, Many U.S. Service Members Seek Advice on Conscientious Objector Status

68

As Americans Increasingly Oppose Trump’s Iran War, Pressure Building on Congress to Invoke War Powers Act

69

U.S. Faith Community Condemns Trump’s Immoral Iran War and His ‘Blasphemous’ Social Media Post

70

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

71

Beyond No Kings Protests: Escalating Cost of Trump-GOP Authoritarian Takeover

72

U.S. Corporate Media Fails to Call Out GOP Voter Suppression Campaign

73

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

74

The Organic Farm Stand -- April, 2026

75

U.S. Campaign Launched to Lead the World Back from Brink of Nuclear War

76

Jewish Groups’ Passover Seder Protests Mass Deportation Outside Hartford CT ICE Office

77

Trump’s Staggering Level of Corruption Requires Ethics Law Overhaul

78

Trump Launches Multiple Strategies to Rig Midterm Election for GOP

79

U.S.-Israeli War on Iran Hurts All Iranians, Including Regime Opponents

80

Cuba in the Cross-Hairs: A First-Hand Report from Sandra Levinson (Center for Cuban Studies)

81

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

82

Criminalizing Dissent: Trump DOJ Wins Terrorism Conviction of Antifa Activists

83

Tenured Texas Professor Fights His Termination for Defending Free Speech and Academic Freedom

84

Senate Confirms ‘Unqualified Hothead’ Markwayne Mullin as DHS Secretary

85

Veterans Group Offers Guidance to Military Service Members Resisting Illegal Iran War Orders

86

Iran Maintains Upper Hand Over U.S. and Israel in Escalating and Costly War

87

Nuestra América Convoy Arrives in Cuba Defying Trump’s Oil Blockade

88

Iran War Spikes Energy Prices, Disrupts Supply Chains, Aggravates Climate Crisis

89

‘Project 2026’: Trump Regime’s New Blueprint to Suppress Women’s Rights

90

The U.S. and Israel are Fighting Different Wars in Iran

91

CT Working Families Party Legislative Agenda Advocates for Immigrant Rights, Raising Taxes on the Rich

92

Bishop William Barber: “It’s Time to Make Some Thunder” Against GOP Midterm Gerrymandering

93

Trump Follows Israel Into Catastrophic War on Iran, Netanyahu Calls the Shots

94

Trump’s Lawless and Chaotic War with Iran Has No Clear Objectives

95

Trump FBI Raid on Georgia’s Fulton County Election Center: Template for Future Election Interference?

96

International Law is the Number One Casualty of America’s and Israel’s Illegal War on Iran

97

Trump Authoritarian Regime’s Next Target: 2026 Midterm Elections

98

Organizing in Connecticut against the Trump agenda: Preview of upcoming 'No Kings' rallies across CT and the US March 28th

99

Shining a light on the local legacy and landscape of wrongful convictions in New Haven, CT

100

Congressional re-districting in Virginia, and outreach campaign to educate and mobilize voters across the state

101

Analysis of US-Israeli military strikes on Iran over the past 72 hours

102

Monthly Labor Report: Jesse Jackson---A Leader in the Fight For Labor and Working Class Solidarity

103

After Four Years of Ukraine War and Nearly 2 Million Casualties, Prospects for Peace are Uncertain

104

Students Stage National Anti-Ice Walkout, Launch ‘Spring Surge to Melt ICE’

105

States Push for New Taxes on Rich to Replace Trump-GOP Budget Cuts to Vital Social Safety Net Programs

106

Trump Regime’s Massive Buildout of Immigrant Concentration Camps Meets Resistance

107

In Second Term, Trump Acts to Eliminate America’s Multiracial Democracy

108

Gaza Humanitarian Disaster Continues as Ceasefire Plan’s Deeply Flawed Second Phase Begins

109

FBI Spies on, Then Raids Washington Post Journalist’s Home in Major Attack on Press Freedom

110

Trump Blocks Oil Supplies From Reaching Cuba, Contributing to Looming Humanitarian Crisis

111

Trump Asks Republican Congress to ‘Nationalize’ the 2026 Midterm Election

112

Trump’s Fascist Threat to Democracy Enters New, Violent Phase

113

Starbucks Workers Union Enters Third Month of Unfair Labor Practice Strike

114

Veterans Group Cautions U.S. Soldiers It’s Their Duty to Disobey Illegal Orders

115

Looming Threats from Nuclear Weapons, AI and Climate Crisis Move Doomsday Clock Closer to Midnight

116

National Coalition of Local Prosecutors Target Federal Lawbreakers to Enforce Accountability

117

Minnesota Shows the Country How to Effectively Resistance ICE Violence

118

Gulf Coast Residents Live in ‘Ground Zero’ of U.S. Fossil Fuel Industry’s Sacrifice Zone

119

‘Anthropause’ Author Advocates ‘Degrowth’ as a Path to Prevent Climate Collapse

120

U.S. Oil Access and Greed Fuels Trump’s Reliance on Venezuela’s Interim President

121

ICE Killing of 2nd Minneapolis Resident Provokes Nationwide Outrage and Protests

122

The World Revolts Against Trump’s Irrational, Deadly Domestic and Foreign Policy

123

Monthly Labor Report: How To Win 5 Strikes In Two Years? An Interview With Faye Guenther, UFCW-3000

124

FCC Commissioner Decries Government Assault on Free Press

125

‘Walkout’ Protest Actions Respond to Rising State Violence in Minnesota

126

Religious Leaders Step Up to Resist ICE Violence

127

Trump Escalating Attack on Democracy Triggers Broader Resistance

128

The Organic Farm Stand: Nutrient-Rich Soil = Nutrient-Dense Food

129

Resistance Roundtable -- Trump Targets Cuba; and CT Immigrants Brace For Worse to Come

130

U.S. Venezuela Attack Rouses Bipartisan Group of U.S. Senators to Advance War Powers Resolution

131

Trump-Aligned Oligarchs’ Media Mergers Transforming Outlets into MAGA Propaganda Platforms

132

Minneapolis and U.S. Explode in Protest After ICE Killing of Renee Good

133

Trump Takeover of Venezuela and its Oil Follows Decades-long Destabilization Campaign

134

Monthly Labor Report, Dec. 2025: The Starbucks Strike is National--Can This Scrappy Union Win?

135

‘Simplify Solar’ National Campaign Aims to Make Residential Rooftop Solar More Affordable

136

As America’s Support for Trump Plummets, Resistance is Surging

137

Trump and RFK Jr. Continue Their Sabotage of U.S. Vaccine Science and Disease Research

138

Trump’s Lawless Venezuela Offensive Was Never About Drugs, But All About Oil

139

After Venezuela Attack, Trump Threatens to Strike Iran Again

140

US Imperialism Roars Back To Life -- an interview with Prof. Stephen Zunes

141

Trump’s Deadly and Chaotic Year Back in the White House

142

CBS Political Censorship of ’60 Minutes’: Another Victim of Media Merger Madness

143

Trump, RFK Jr. Impose Nationwide Ban on Trans Youth Gender Affirming Care

144

Trump Moves to Manipulate 2026 Midterm Election Outcome

145

Nurses on the Frontline of Trump-GOP-RFK Jr. Healthcare Disaster

146

Impeachment: Antidote to Authoritarian Presidents Such as Trump

147

Trump Marching to War with Venezuela Unless Congress Intervenes

148

Mamdani Set to Begin NYC’s New Progressive Era, as Trump, GOP Unravelling

149

Monthly Labor Report: Starbucks Workers Are On Strike--Can This Scrappy Union Win?

150

Organic Farm Stand, Dec. 2025: Bees and Farms Settle Down for a Long Winter's Night

151

Mahmoud Khalil’s Lawsuits Seek Accountability for Trump Effort to Suppress Palestinian Activism in U.S.

152

Trump’s Venezuela Regime Change Threat Echoes Long History of U.S. Intervention

153

RFK Jr. Imposes Reckless CDC Vaccine Protocol

154

Expiring ACA Subsidies Accelerate America’s Healthcare Disaster

155

Trump’s Cognitive Decline More Obvious and Dangerous Every Day

156

New Book Recounts 25-Year Campaign that Cut U.S. Youth Incarceration by 75%

157

Trump’s U.S. Congo-Rwanda Agreement is About Profiteering, Not Peace

158

U.S. War Crime Attacks on ‘Drug Boats’ a Prelude to U.S. Attack on Venezuela

159

Sen. Bernie Sanders Denounces Trump’s Dangerous Move Toward Oligarchy, Authoritarianism and Kleptocracy

160

AI Music Generator Technology: A Complicated Double-Edged Sword

161

Credible Accusations of Trump-Pentagon War Crimes Reported

162

COP30 UN Climate Summit’s Glimmer of Hope

163

Is the Trump-GOP Authoritarian Nightmare Unraveling?

164

Resistance Roundtable, Nov. 2025 -- Trump Demands Foreign Terrorist Designation for Antifa

165

Under Trump’s New Homelessness Policy, Nearly 200,000 Will Lose Housing

166

Trump Wants to Resume U.S. Nuclear Weapons Tests

167

Larry Summers, Epstein Emails and the Origin of the Great Recession

168

COP30 UN Climate Summit’s Disappointing Outcome

169

Deepening U.S. Healthcare Crisis Demands Radical Transformation, Not Bandaids

170

Monthly Labor Report, Nov. 2025: The Working Class Majority--America's Best Kept Secret

171

Sudan’s Civil War Unleashed Worst Active Genocide and Famine in the World Today

172

Trump Nominates Unrepentant Racist as U.S. Ambassador to South Africa

173

Trump Drowning in Epstein Files Scandal

174

Right-wing U.S. Media Takeover Follows Authoritarian Playbook

175

The Dire Situation for Palestinians Living in Post-Ceasefire Gaza

176

Linking the Global Capitalism Crisis with the Rise of the Police State

177

Why Democrats Must Change Their Playbook

178

Mamdani’s Uncompromising Progressive NYC Mayoral Victory Inspires Hope for U.S. Politics

179

Venezuela Braces for Attack as Trump Sends Warships to Caribbean

180

Churches Organize Resistance to Trump’s Mass Deportation Campaign

181

The Organic Farm Stand, Nov. 2025: A New Stand-Alone Real Organic Label?

182

Judge Forces Trump to Use Contingency Funds to Reactivate SNAP Benefits

183

‘Americans Who Tell the Truth’ Portraiture Project Aims to Inspire Courageous Citizenship

184

After No Kings Day, Civil Resistance Shifting to Disrupt Business as Usual

185

Trump’s Crypto Pay-to-Pardon Scheme: Tip of Iceberg of Rampant Corruption

186

Project 2025 Plans to Transform Federal Social Programs into Christian Nationalist Indoctrination

187

Trump’s National Security Memo Labels His Enemies as Terrorists, Orders Investigations

188

Researchers, Healthcare Workers Group Organizes Opposition to Trump-RFK Jr.’s Destruction of U.S. Public Health System

189

Trump Deploys U.S. Aircraft Carrier Strike Group to Caribbean in Preparation for Possible Venezuela Attack

190

After ‘No Kings Day’ Protests, New Strategies & Tactics Needed to Resist Trump’s Authoritarian Agenda

191

The Importance of Local Elections, Connecticut’s Early Voting & Absentee Ballot Systems Explained

192

The Supreme Court Case That Could Resurrect Jim Crow Disenfranchisement of Voters of Color

193

The Organic Farm Stand: Food First -- When We Change the Food System, We Change Everything!

194

LNG Terminals Decimate Louisiana’s Once Thriving Commercial Fishing Industry

195

‘Back from the Brink’ Campaign Works to Prevent Civilization-Ending Nuclear War

196

Former Intelligence Officials Warn Trump Poses Existential Threat to U.S. Democracy

197

SCOTUS Poised to Overturn Voting Rights Act, Imperiling U.S. Multi-Racial Democracy

198

Gaps in Gaza Ceasefire Agreement Endanger Future of 2.3 Million Palestinians

199

WPKN's No Kings Day Protests from the streets of CT, Long Island & NYC -- Oct. 18, 2025

200

Marine Veteran Recounts Israel’s 1967 Attack on U.S. Intelligence Ship During Six-Day War and Its Lasting Impact

201

A U.S. Regime Change War Against Maduro Could Further Destabilize Venezuela and Its Neighbors

202

Federal Government Shutdown Exposes Long Failing U.S. Healthcare System

203

After Gaza Hostage/Prisoner Exchange, Ceasefire’s Next Steps Fail to Address Conflict’s Root Causes

204

Trump’s Militarization of U.S. Cities Designed to Incite Wave of Political Violence

205

Resistance Roundtable -- Oct. 12, 2025: What Will It Take For the Gaza Ceasefire To Hold?; and No Kings is BACK!

206

Indivisible Gears Up For NO KINGS 2 on Oct. 18

207

Federal Workers, Jobs on the Line, Support Shutdown to Save Endangered Healthcare Programs

208

U.N. Climate Week Events Feature Presentations on the ‘Rights of Nature’

209

Portland: Trump’s Next Target for National Guard Deployment

210

‘Burned by Billionaires’ Author Exposes Record US Economic Inequality and Roadmap to Reverse It

211

Trump Threatens to Invoke Insurrection Act as He Expands Military Occupation of US Cities

212

Documentary Film ‘Stripped for Parts’ Examines Vulture Capital’s Role in Demolishing Local Newspapers

213

Moving the U.S. Toward a Police State, Trump Labels Critics ‘Domestic Terrorists’

214

Is U.S. Military Buildup in Caribbean a Prelude to Regime Change War in Venezuela?

215

Trump Closure of USAID Humanitarian Relief Programs Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands

216

New Book Looks at Zohran Mamdani’s NYC Mayoral Campaign That Shook Up City Politics

217

Resistance Roundtable, Sept. 2025 -- Political Violence Rears Its Head Again

218

Connecticut Debates Protecting State Residents from Deep Federal Social Safety Net Cuts

219

RFK Jr.’s War Against Vaccinations and Science Reaches New Dangerous Phase

220

Trump’s FCC Acts on Explicit Mission to Suppress Free Speech

221

Weaponized Social Media Algorithms Accelerating Trump’s Attack on Democracy

222

Bread & Puppet Theater Brings ‘Our Domestic Resurrection Revolution in Progress Circus’ to New Haven

223

Trump Uses Murder of Charlie Kirk as Pretext to Threaten Leftist Groups with Repression

224

‘Make Billionaires Pay’ International Mobilization for Climate Justice Sept. 19-21

225

After Charlie Kirk’s Murder, Trump MAGA Transformed Him into Political Martyr

226

The Organic Farm Stand, Sept. 4, 2025 -- The Ecotype Project

227

OLA, Organización Latino Americano, provides immigrant support on the East End of Long Island, NY

228

WPKN Radio Co-Sponsors Latino Heritage Month Workshops on Immigrant Rights and Safety

229

Trump Outrage Fatigue and ‘Catastrophizing’: Hazards of our Current Age

230

Trump’s Destructive and Erratic Foreign Policy Alienates Adversaries and Allies Alike

231

New Guardrails Must Be Enacted to Defend Democracy Against a Future Trump-like Dictatorship

232

Trump Orders Shutdown of $4 Billion Rhode Island-Connecticut Wind Farm Project That’s 80% Complete

233

Will the World Support a UN Plan that Could End Israel’s Gaza Genocide?

234

A Desperate Trump Could Order the National Guard to Intervene in the 2026 Election

235

The U.S. Labor Movement Must Organize to Fight the Trump-MAGA Fascist Threat

236

Monthly Labor Report -- Labor Day 2025 -- Sara Nelson Stares Down Full Frontal Fascism

237

Effort Underway to Build Bridges Between Diverse Immigrant Communities Facing Trump Mass Deportation

238

Danbury, CT Organizes Community Resistance to Escalating ICE Raids and Abductions

239

Floundering Democrats Urged to Adopt FDR New Deal-Style Popular Economic Policies

240

HHS Secretary RFK Jr. Cuts Federal mRNA Vaccine Research Funding, Endangering Public Health

241

Progressive Groups Push Democratic Party to Suspend U.S. Military Aid to Israel

242

The Organic Farm Stand -- Aug. 7, 2025: Sticks and Stones Farm

243

Debunking Trump’s Many Lies About the Homeless

244

Transactional Corruption: Paramount’s Firing of Stephen Colbert Linked to FCC Approval of Corporate Merger

245

Trump’s Militarized Occupation of D.C.: A Rehearsal for Takeover of Other U.S. Cities

246

Authority on Totalitarianism Leaves U.S. for Canada to Fight International Fascism

247

Gulf South Activists in NYC Protest Banks, Insurance Companies’ Role in Worsening the Climate Crisis

248

U.S. Politicians’ Long History Using Racism and White Supremacy to Win & Hold Power

249

Trump Sues, Extorts and Distracts Media to Do His Bidding

250

Trump EPA to Eliminate Virtually All Climate Regulations and Research

251

Unprecedented Trump-GOP Gerrymandering Scheme in Texas and Other States Aims to Rig 2026 Election

252

Resistance Roundtable -- Aug. 9, 2025: Students Against the Gaza Genocide Win Big at UMD

253

At Trump's Urging Judge Eliminates Biden-Era Rule Removing Medical Debt from Consumer Credit Reports

254

Connecticut Must Prepare for Deep Federal Social Safety Net Budget Cuts

255

Trump Authorizes New, More Dangerous Surveillance State

256

Is the Epstein Sex Scandal Distracting Attention from Trump’s Attack on Democracy?

257

Netanyahu Moves to Militarily Re-Occupy Gaza as European Nations Plan to Recognize Palestinian State

258

Activists Demand Los Angeles Public Transit System Do More to Protect City’s Immigrants From ICE Abductions

259

For-Profit Corporate Healthcare Greed is Bankrupting and Closing U.S. Hospitals

260

New Documentary Film: ‘Gaza: Journalists Under Fire’ Exposes Israel’s Killing of Over 200 Palestinian Reporters

261

Israel’s Gaza Starvation Policy is Killing More Palestinians Every Day

262

Trump’s ‘Golden Dome’ National Defense System is Unachievable, Destabilizing and a Waste of Taxpayer Dollars

263

The Organic Farm Stand Show -- July 17, 2025

264

New Film Opposes Medical Assisted Suicide; Producers Say Is Open to Abuse

265

Trump, GOP Purging Millions of Voters to Win 2026 Midterm Election

266

Understanding Zohran Mamdani’s NYC Mayoral Primary Victory

267

U.S. Doctors Describe the Catastrophic Gaza Civilian Death Toll They Witnessed

268

Dr. Jack Rasmus' Forensics on the Big Bullsh**t Bill

269

Can Israelis and Palestinians Find a Way to Live Together?

270

‘Good Trouble Lives On’ Nationwide Pro-Democracy Protests July 17; Local Rally on New Haven Green

271

‘No Kings Day’ June 14th, Anti-Trump Protester Interviews in Trumbull and Newtown, CT

272

Trump is Carrying Out an Explicitly White Supremacist Policy Agenda

273

Corporate Media’s Surrender to Trump a Wake-up Call for Urgent Reforms to Support Journalism and Democracy

274

First Stop Cop City Protester Trial in Georgia RICO Case Ends in Mistrial

275

After Federal Budget Slashed, Connecticut Agency Serving Refugees Forced to Adopt New Mission

276

Trump Pardoned-Indicted Jan. 6 Insurrectionist Hired as Counselor to DOJ’s ‘Weaponization Working Group’

277

ICE Budget Spikes 365%: Evidence of Trump Move to Impose Repressive Police State

278

Trump-GOP Budget: 17 Million Americans Lose Health Insurance; 51,000 Preventable Deaths Expected Annually

279

Monthly Labor Report -- July, 2025: The War On Immigrants and Why We Must Win It

280

North Carolina Neighbors Put Mutual Aid to Work in Hurricane Helene Recovery

281

Unconstitutional ‘Disaster Looms’ After Supreme Court’s Birthright Citizenship Ruling

282

Zohran Mamdani’s Surprise Victory in New York City’s Democratic Mayoral Primary

283

Why Evangelicals Want Trump to Go to War with Iran

284

Fighting the Trump GOP Mafia State Attack on the Constitution and Democracy Interview with bestselling author Sarah Kendzior

285

Resistance Roundtable for June 14, 2025 - No Kings Day Protest Special Program

286

As Veterans’ 40-Day Fast for Gaza Nears End, Conditions for Palestinians Worsen

287

Danbury CT Activists Organize Community to Protest ICE Deportation Raids

288

Democrats Must Adopt Progressive Economic Agenda to Defeat Trump and Protect Democracy

289

Trump-MAGA’s Embrace of Political Violence Kills

290

Trump Distorts Intelligence on Iran Nukes to Justify Bombing

291

House Approves Trump-GOP Budget That Will Decimate National Parks, Sell Off Public Lands

292

Trump Politicization of US Military, One More Step Toward Establishing a Police State

293

Massive Nationwide ‘No Kings’ Protest the Largest Demonstration of Opposition Yet to Trump Fascism

294

As Predicted, HHS Secretary RFK Jr. Spreads Dangerous Public Health Disinformation

295

Israel-Iran Conflict Risks Regional War That Could Entangle U.S.

296

Trump–GOP Budget Slashes Clean Energy Incentives that Reduced Pollution, Created Jobs, Lowered Electric Bills

297

Trump Signals He May Invoke Insurrection Act, Paving the Way to U.S. Dictatorship

298

Trump Attack on LGBTQ Community Provokes Energized Resistance

299

June 14th Anti-Authoritarian Protests Nationwide Likely to be Largest Since Trump Returned to Office

300

Israel Seizes Gaza-Bound Humanitarian Aid Ship, Violates International Law

301

Monthly Labor Report -- June, 2025 -- Upping the Ante on the Resistance

302

Growing National Boycott Campaign Targets Avelo Airlines for its ICE Deportation Flights Contract

303

Coalition Wins Amendments to Connecticut ‘Trust Act,’ Strengthening Protections for Immigrant Community

304

Group Files Human Rights Complaint Against US for Complicity with Israel’s Gaza Genocide

305

‘Project Esther’ Advocates Suppression of Pro-Palestinian Protest, Equates All Dissent with Terrorism

306

Progressive Groups Demand Democrats Hold Emergency Meeting to Develop Effective Challenge to Trump’s Autocracy

307

Connecticut Teachers Union Civil Disobedience Protest Calls for Equitable Funding for State’s Schools

308

Veterans’ Fast Demands for Israel to Restore Full Humanitarian Aid to Gaza

309

Trump’s White Supremacy on Full Display in Meeting with South Africa’s President

310

The Deadly Impact of Trump-GOP House Budget Bill

311

Bill Targets Nonprofits Not Aligned with MAGA Agenda

312

New Book Examines Gaza Genocide & Palestine, Israel History

313

Broad Opposition to Trump-GOP’s Extreme Medicaid, SNAP Budget Cuts

314

Trump Visit to Gulf Monarchies Produces Mixed Policy Outcome, Enriches President's Family

315

State Climate Policy Could be a Bulwark Against Trump Gutting of Federal Environmental Regulations; Repairing the Constitution's Democracy Deficit

316

Building Community with the CT TRUST Act (HB 7212)

317

New Book Examines “The Green New Deal from Below”

318

New Report Finds 100 Ways Trump Has Hurt US Workers

319

Challenging Trump’s Unconstitutional Effort to Eliminate Birthright Citizenship

320

A Catholic Worker Activist’s Appeal to Pope Leo to Visit Gaza

321

Monthly Labor Report--May, 2025: The Fascist Assault on Higher Education

322

HHS Secretary RFK Jr. Pushes Vaccine Disinformation and Defunds Critical Public Health Research

323

Yale Bans Pro-Palestinian Campus Group Chilling Free Speech

324

Israel’s Gaza Food Blockade Triggers Famine, Thousands of Children Hospitalized for Acute Malnutrition

325

Ralph Nader Labels Trump’s 100-Day Attack on Democracy a ‘Fascist Dictatorship'

326

Candace Hall: Greenport native daughter, Village Clerk and community leader

327

Opus Dei, Trump’s MAGA Movement and Pope Francis’ Catholic Church

328

Trump Policies Risk Dangerous Global Nuclear Proliferation

329

Trump Deports U.S. Citizen Children, Arrests Wisconsin Judge

330

Assessing Trump’s Disastrous First 100 Days

331

Groups Demand Democrats Convene Emergency Meeting to Counter Trump’s Authoritarian Coup

332

Assessing Corporate Media’s Coverage of Trump 2.0

333

Organizing Effective Resistance to Trump’s War on Democracy

334

Democracy Defenders Work to Undermine Trump’s Future Invocation of Insurrection Act

335

After Trump Tariff Pause, Senators Demand Investigation of His Inner Circle for Insider Trading

336

How Your Federal Tax Dollars Were Spent in 2024

337

Could Federal Workers Emerge as Leaders of a New Broad-Based Trump Opposition Movement?

338

Mic Check: CT Students For A Dream Fight For Immigrant Justice And Safety

339

As Israel's Gaza Ethnic Cleansing Continues, Trump Suppresses Dissent, Free Speech on Campus

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Resistance Roundtable: The Fight to Save the First Amendment with Dr. Isaac Kamola

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Connecticut Prepares for Trump Federal Education Budget Cuts

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The Largest Day of Protests Yet in Donald Trump’s Second Presidency

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Proposed Mayday 2028 General Strike Could be Needed Sooner to Stop Trump’s Authoritarianism

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The Disastrous Impact of Trump’s International Tariffs on U.S. Economic Inequality

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Luis T. Puig (Cuban Refugee) interviewed by WPKN's Lou Pomales (host of La Esquina Latina)

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Monthly Labor Report: Will Labor Lead an Anti-Fascist Front?

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Trump’s Unconstitutional Executive Order to Change US Voting System Would Disenfranchise Millions

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Trump Targets International Students for Deportation, 1st Step to Repress Free Speech for All

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Trump-Musk Sabotage of Social Security Designed to Hasten Its Privatization

350

Confronting the Reality of Trump’s Hateful White Supremacist Agenda

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CT Criminal Justice Reform Activists Demand State Release Video of J’Allen Jones’ 2018 Prison Death

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As Voter Anger Rises Over Trump’s Attacks on Federal Government, Bernie Sanders and AOC Rally and Energize Opponents

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Right-wing Domination of Social Media a Powerful Channel for Political Disinformation

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Trump Defiance of Rule of Law Plunges U.S. Into Deepening Constitutional Crisis

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Trump’s Erratic Tariffs, Massive Federal Government Layoffs and Budget Cuts Provoke US Recession

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New Book Examines the Vast Difference in How White Americans Perceive Racism and Sexism

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Trump-Musk Attack on Social Security Could Disrupt Benefits to Nation’s Most Vulnerable

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Trump Suppression of Free Speech Used as Unconstitutional Pretext to Deport Palestinian Student Activist

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The Organic Farm Stand: The Secret Life of Healthy Soil!

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Connecticut Citizen Action Group’s 2025 Legislative Agenda Explained

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Trump’s Erratic On-Again, Off-Again Tariff Policy Born of Desperation

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Target’s Elimination of the Chain’s DEI Policy Provokes Nationwide 40-Day Boycott

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Trump’s Ongoing Assault on Democracy Closely Follows the Authoritarian Playbook

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Make the Road CT: Communities Fight Back In Connecticut

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Resistance Roundtable: International Women's Day Special with Medea Benjamin and Francesca Rheannon

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Monthly Labor Report: 6 Weeks in and YES--We've Got Fascism!

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For Decades, the FBI and local Police Have Turned a Blind Eye to White Supremacist Violence

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Students Across America Resist Trump’s Elimination of Campus DEI

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Trump Threats, Attempts to Intimidate US Free Press

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Confronting the Democratic Party’s Weak Opposition to the Trump Coup

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Sen. Bernie Sanders Denounces Trump’s Dangerous Move Toward Oligarchy, Authoritarianism & Kleptocracy

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is Waging a Dangerous Attack on the Foundation of U.S. Public Health Policy

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Civil Resistance Strategies and Tactics to Resist the Trump-Musk Coup

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Voters Oppose Congressional Republicans’ Attempt to Slash $880 Billion from Medicaid

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BIPOC Farmers in Move Forward in CT: The Liberated Land Cooperative

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OMB Director Russell Vought, Architect of Trump-Musk Demolition of Federal Government

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Trump Russia Ukraine War Peace Overture Creates Rift with US European Allies

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Democrats’ Muddled, Ineffective Response to Trump-Musk Coup

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Trump’s Illegal Demolition of Federal Government Provokes Constitutional Crisis, Calls for Impeachment

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In One Connecticut City: Maga Targets Schools, Kids, Parents, and Communities

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Black Labor -- Then and Now with Steven Pitts and Michael Zweig

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A Valentine to Community Organizing

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Thousands Oppose Trump Regime 2.0 in ‘50501’ Nationwide Protests

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Trump’s Targeting of Education Dept Could Eliminate Dozens of Federal Programs Benefitting Millions of Students Nationwide

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Elon Musk’s Child Hacker Army Illegally Attempting to Eliminate Multiple Federal Agencies

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Trump Doubles Down on his Criminal Plan to Ethnically Cleanse Gaza

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Immigration Defense: What to Know, Who to Call

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After Gaza Ceasefire, Israel’s Military Launches New Deadly Offensive in Occupied West Bank

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Voter Suppression Key to Trump’s Election Win

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Trump-GOP Moves to Extend Tax Cuts for the Rich, Austerity for Everyone Else

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If Confirmed by U.S. Senate, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Poses Grave Danger to U.S. Public Health

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Trump Launches Vicious White Supremacist Policy Agenda

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Elon Musk’s Nazi Salute Elicits Alarming, Twisted Response

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Trump’s Imperial America Intends to Conquer Panama, Greenland, and Canada

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As Trump’s Mass Deportation Begins, 6 Ways to Support Immigrants’ Rights Now

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Trump’s Pardon of 1,500 Jan. 6 insurrectionists: An Undeniable Endorsement of Right-Wing Domestic Terrorism

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Speeches and Interviews from the Anti-Trump People’s March in Washington, D.C.

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The Israel-Hamas Gaza Ceasefire Takes Effect. Still, it Fails to Address Future of Palestinians in Crisis

399

Organizing Effective Resistance to Trump’s Authoritarian Repressive Agenda

400

Trump, Back in Office, Doubles Down on Intensifying the Global Climate Crisis

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The Organic Farm Stand: The Neo-Nics Are Here -- Save The Birds and Bees!

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Amazon Labor Union’s Christmas Strike Succeeds in Organizing First National Action

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Los Angeles Wildfire Catastrophe, the Climate Crisis and the Future of Public Policy

404

Facebook Dumping Fact-Checking Promotes Trump Lies and Disinformation

405

Trump Pardon of J-6 Insurrectionists: A Disaster for Democracy, Rule of Law

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Resistance Begins Now! Zweig and Nichols Map Our Course

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Labor's Fight in 2025: What The Trumpocalypse Will Mean For Working People

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Danger Ahead for the World Under Trump’s Muddled Foreign Policy

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Climate Denier Trump Threatens US Renewable Energy Future

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Before Reagan Jimmy Carter’s Conservative Economic and Foreign Policy Moved the US to the Right

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On the 4th Anniversary of Trump's Jan. 6th Insurrection, Democracy is on the Ropes

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The Story of Big Train Farm, Certified by the Real Organic Project

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Pope Francis Calls for Global South Debt Cancellation, Reforming the International Finance System

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After 14+ Months of Gaza War, World Unwilling to Stop Israel’s Palestinian Genocide

415

New Campaign Pressuring Biden Revives Debate on Equal Rights Amendment

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Trump Will Use Unitary Executive Theory to Impose His Grotesque Brand of Tyranny

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Philadelphia Protest Demands Biden Dismantle Government Machinery Trump Will Use for Mass Deportation

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Trump GOP Demonization of Trans Youth Leads to Violence

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White Supremacist Hate Groups’ Growing Threat as Trump Takes Office

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The UN Urged to Hold Israel Accountable for Monstrous Violations of International Law in Gaza

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Protecting Our Environment from MAGA at the State Level

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Trump’s Frighteningly Bizarre Cabinet Nominees May Get Free Ride From Frightened GOP Senators

423

America’s Broken News Media Promotes Right-wing Disinformation that Impacts Elections

424

Insurance CEO Murder Exposes Deep Anger at US For-Profit Healthcare

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Ralph Nader Assesses Election Outcome, Democrats’ Failures

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Resistance Roundtable: How Democrats Lost the Working Class -- AND the Election

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Remembering 2012 Sandy Hook Mass Shooting Victims and Assessing the Fight Against Gun Violence

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Trump 2.0 Corruption and Ethics Violations Ahead

429

Courageous South Koreans Block the Imposition of a Military Dictatorship

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Unanswered Questions Persist After the Overthrow of the Syrian Regime

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Post-election: What is In Store for the Working Class?

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Connecticut Groups Prepare to Resist Trump Mass Deportations

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Surprise! Trump Plans More Tax Cuts for the Rich, Budget Cuts for the Rest of Us

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Why Trump Voters Should Better Understand Americans Who Oppose Their Convicted Felon President

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Eight Ways to Respond to Trump’s Election Victory Over the Next 4 Years

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International Criminal Court Issues War Crimes Arrest Warrant for Netanyahu, Others

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Respond to Trump’s Agenda with Radical Action

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Women’s March Organizing Jan. 18 Nationwide Trump Protest

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Examining Voters’ Contradictory Support for Abortion and Trump

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Proposed House Bill Would Give Trump Powerful Weapon to Attack his Enemies

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Trump’s Bizarre, Unqualified Cabinet Picks Meet Little GOP Resistance

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Post-Election Analysis: How Democrats’ Failures Helped Traitor Trump to Win

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Sarah Kendzior on Merrick Garland’s Delay in Prosecuting Trump Laid Groundwork to Establish His Mafia State

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Immigrant Advocacy Groups Vow to Resist Trump’s Mass Deportation Pledge

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Assessing Media’s Failures in Covering the 2024 Election

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Kamala Harris’ Defeat Linked to Ignoring Working-Class Economic Discontent

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How Will Members of Trump’s Cult Respond to His Election Win

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Election Outcome will Decide Future of Social Security and Medicare

449

Disinformation Floods US Election Campaign Fueling Distrust in Government and Inciting Violence

450

Trump’s Misogyny and Role in Eliminating Reproductive Rights Have Made Women’s Votes Pivotal in Determining Presidential Election Winner

451

Democrats Should Worry that Biden-Harris Gaza Policy Will Lose Votes in Must-Win Battleground States

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Bridging in a Purple Town, Featuring john a. powell by Isabelle Barbour

453

If Kamala Wins, Trump-GOP Have a Plan to Subvert Election Outcome

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New Book ‘Vigilante Nation’ Describes MAGA’s State-Based Attack on Democracy

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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

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Media’s Credulous Coverage of Trump’s Candidacy is Journalistic Malpractice

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Physician Canvassing for Harris in Philly Suburbs While Opposing U.S. Gaza Policy

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As Wider Middle East War Looms, Most Voters Support US Arms Cutoff to Israel

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Jason Stanley, Author of "How Fascism Works," on Trump’s Fascist Threats Increase as 2024 Campaign Nears End

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If Kamala wins, how can we make her more progressive?

461

New Book Provides a Guide to the Nuts & Bolts of Progressive Electoral Success

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Project 2025’s Sabotage of Federal Disaster Response

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Trump, GOP Plan to Subvert Presidential Election Outcome if They Lose

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Texas AFL-CIO On the Move

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Jacobin Mag's Branko Marcetic: Will Biden's Gaza Policy Tank Kamala's Election Chances?

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Voting and Beyond: Democracy and Health by Isabelle Barbour

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Maria Hinojosa in Conversation with Isabelle Barbour

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Sarah Kendzior (best-selling author, journalist) interviewed by WPKN's Brendan Toller

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Trump Has Made Immigration a Toxic Issue in Election 2024, Interview with Dulce Guzmán, executive director of Alianza Americas, conducted by Scott Harris

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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

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Trump’s Abortion Ban is Now Literally Killing Women

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Tidings from Hazel Kahan: Moral injury and sharing responsibility for war’s consequences

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Tidings from Hazel Kahan: Robert Massoud tells the story of Palestine through Zatoun’s olive oil

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Tidings from Hazel Kahan: Yumna Patel analyzes Israel's 2023 assault on the Jenin refugee camp

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Tidings from Hazel Kahan: Dr. Yara Asi asks how can we measure Gaza’s trauma?

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Tidings from Hazel Kahan: Jeff Halper on Israel’s weaponization of humiliation

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Steve Wick, author and journalist, on uncovering the truth and telling the whole story