Tag: real news
Why incarcerated people’s perspectives matter w/Da’Shaun Harrison | Rattling the Bars
The call for prison abolition has been popularized over the last decade of popular movements against police violence, many of which have operated under the banner of Black Lives Matter. But what does abolition mean,…
‘The president forced our comrade to die’—South Korea’s unions vs. Yoon Seok Yeol
On May 1, 2023, Yang Hoe-Dong, district leader of the Korean Construction Workers’ Union, fatally set himself on fire in protest of the Yoon Seok Yeol’s racketeering charges against him. Yang was just one of…
Demaurice Smith full interview | Edge of Sports
DeMaurice Smith’s tenure as the Executive Director of the NFL Players’ Association has coincided with a “maelstrom” of issues plaguing players’ rights on the field. In this full interview from Episode 1 of Edge of…
My life in the Civil Rights Movement | The Marc Steiner Show
TRNN show host Marc Steiner’s Rise of the Right series has followed the ascendance of far-right political forces domestically and internationally. In a special episode of The Marc Steiner Show, TRNN Editor-in-Chief takes the mic…
Livestream: Residents of East Palestine need our help!
Months after a catastrophic Norfolk Southern train derailment changed their lives and communities forever, residents of East Palestine, Ohio, and the surrounding area feel “numb,†lied to, and abandoned… and they’re running out of drinkable…
These former prisoners are fighting mass incarceration | Rattling the Bars
*Editor’s note: At 00:56, host Mansa Musa misspeaks when quoting a report and says that 55 million people are in the system of mass incarceration; the correct number is 5.5 million. Over 1.9 million people…
Nayib Bukele’s El Salvador: Gang crackdown or return to dictatorship?
El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele is a millennial social media sensation, who has ruled with an iron fist over the last year, instituting a state of exception and locking up 65,000 suspected gang members. For…
Frente Polisario explains the Western Sahara struggle w/Amb. Sidi Omar
The national liberation struggle of the Sahrawi people of Western Sahara has been ongoing for 50 years. Through the twists and turns of history, the people of Western Sahara have faced Spanish colonialism, the occupation…
Harriet Tubman and the battle for America’s symbols w/Clarence Lusane | The Chris Hedges Report
The debate over America’s symbols and monuments has sharpened with the growing mass movement for racial justice in the past decade. The lionization of slave-owners and genocidaires has been pointed out by many as in…
The Puerto Ricans illegally occupying land to resist displacement
In the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, community groups throughout different parts of Puerto Rico have rescued vacant lands and transformed them into spaces for social and community development. This story was supported by the journalism…
Coming to TRNN: Dave Zirin takes us to the Edge of Sports
Sports and politics have always been intertwined. Sports are where joy and freedom, competition and cooperation, collide, where human beings exceed our physical and psychological limitations, where racial, gender, and class hierarchies can be smashed…
How America’s cops became untouchable w/Joanna Schwartz | The Chris Hedges Report
The terror of police power is a recurring fact of American life, particularly in this country’s poorest communities and in communities of color. The power officers have over us comes not only from the strength…
The ongoing colonial violence of resource extraction in Latin America | The Marc Steiner Show
Click here to read the transcript: https://therealnews.com/for-us-extractivism-is-lethal-the-ongoing-colonial-violence-of-resource-extraction-in-latin-america From the defeat of the coup government in Bolivia, the election of Xiomara Castro in Honduras, and the rise of Andrés Manuel López Obrador in Mexico, to the…
East Palestine, 100 Days Later | Working People
It’s been over 100 days since the catastrophic derailment of a Norfolk Southern train carrying over 100,000 gallons of toxic materials occurred in East Palestine, Ohio, on Feb 3. Since then, residents of East Palestine…
George Floyd’s family remember his life three years later
The name George Floyd has become a symbol across not only the US, but also the wider world. While George Floyd became known to most of us in death, he also lived a life that…
Bidding farewell to the American century | The Chris Hedges Report
Like Cicero in the Roman Republic, there are always a handful of chroniclers who can see and articulate clearly the social, cultural, and political realities of empires in terminal decline. They call out the bankruptcy…
Labor must join the fight to stop ‘Cop City’ | Working People
Plans to build Cop City have been mired in controversy and civil rights violations from the beginning—from the city government’s attempts to ignore residents’ and activists’ objections and force through the construction of Cop City…
Addiction and prison in Alaska | Rattling the Bars
Mass incarceration as we know it today owes much of its existence to the political rationale created by the War on Drugs. Although proffered as a solution to the public health crisis of drug addiction,…
FEMA’s failures are fueling far right climate organizing | The Marc Steiner Show
The near-constant barrage of climate disasters pummeling the US is having an unforeseen political effect. As FEMA struggles to keep up with the magnitude and frequency of disasters, far right militias like the Oath Keepers…
UPS strike averted?? Live discussion with Teamsters
Update (7/25/23): The International Brotherhood of Teamsters have reportedly reached a tentative agreement with UPS just days before the current contract was set to expire on July 31. If a new deal was not reached…
New Edge of Sports tonight: The Women’s World Cup and the fight for equal pay w/ Julie Foudy
As two-time defending champions, the US is the team to beat in this year’s FIFA Women’s World Cup. Long considered one of the best soccer teams in the world, the US Women’s National Team hasn’t…
150 years of Black activism in sports w/Dr. Harry Edwards | Edge of Sports
The central place of sports in American life lends immense influence to athletes to shift the culture of the country—and for more than 150 years, Black athletes have done just that. Few scholars are as…
Trump and how America treats the rich vs. the poor | Rattling the Bars
Former President Donald Trump is facing 34 felony counts in New York State and an additional 37 felony federal charges. None of this prevents him from freely campaigning for President and appearing before the media….
What happened to Americans’ economic rights? w/Mark Paul | The Marc Steiner Show
Inequality lies at the heart of contemporary American politics—from the dizzying power of corporations and the billionaire class to the racialized and gendered dimensions of wealth and income disparities. Yet the question of economic justice,…
Everyone needs a union—even minor league baseball players
We hosted another Working People live show, in collaboration with the Action Builder / Action Network team, on May 8 at the 30th Constitutional Convention of the Canadian Labour Congress in Montréal. In this panel…
A war journalist’s journey of trauma and healing w/Dean Yates | The Chris Hedges Report
Former Reuters journalist Dean Yates’s career has taken him around the world and up-close-and-personal with some of the century’s worst tragedies and atrocities. From the 2002 Bali bombings and the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, to…
LGBTQ history and the current backlash | The Marc Steiner Show
Over 800 anti-LGBTQ bills have either been passed or are on the docket in 27 states, according to the organization Human Rights Campaign. Much of this legislation targets transgender people in particular, focusing on gender-affirming…