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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,…
TRNN Town Hall: In Conversation with Michelle Alexander
This video was originally published on April 22, 2015. Reporter Taya Graham hosts a Town Hall with Michelle Alexander, a legal scholar, civil rights litigator, and author of The New York Times best seller “The…
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…
‘Twitter Files’ Matt Taibbi says FBI, IRS are targeting him | The Chris Hedges Report
On March 9th, 2023, Matt Taibbi appeared before Congress regarding the revelations uncovered by the “Twitter Files,” which demonstrated the US federal government and social media companies worked together to censor information and accounts unfavorable…
“The Sleepwalker Deaths” They died same way, in the same place–accidentally?!
23yro Emily Hauze allegedly fell to her death in an apartment building trash chute. Roughly one year earlier a renter allegedly on Ambien accidentally died the same way. We reveal new evidence and insights into…
‘My Country Is the World’ opposing the Vietnam War and Jim Crow | The Chris Hedges Report
The radicalism of the 1960s did not fall from the sky—it was built by the uncommon bravery of common people. One of those people was Staughton Lynd, a professor who accompanied movements for justice as…
The Showdown at UPS | Working People
We are less than two weeks away from what could be the largest single-employer strike in US history. As of this recording, contract negotiations between United Parcel Services (UPS) and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters…
Oakland A’s Vegas move shows Rob Manfred hates baseball | Edge of Sports
After decades in Oakland, the A’s are moving to Las Vegas, where a promised stadium of gigantic proportions awaits. The decision has not only been devastating for the city of Oakland and its many baseball…
The persecution of Jeremy Corbyn w/Asa Winstanley | The Chris Hedges Report
Jeremy Corbyn’s ascendance to the leadership of the UK Labour Party in 2015 offered hope for a revival of the British left. With decades of experience and principled opposition to war and privatization under his…
New Edge of Sports: How to ‘play’ Kareem Abdul-Jabbar w/ actor Solomon Hughes
This week, Edge of Sports host Dave Zirin speaks with actor Solomon Hughes about his role in HBO’s new series Winning Time. Premiering 7/5 at 9pm ET. Watch: https://youtu.be/EW5KF9ORoUA ** (Disclaimer: This video content is…
What the hell is going on with the UK?
The once mighty United Kingdom is displaying all the signs of a rapidly deteriorating and declining power, and its politics are one of the surest indicators of this. In the past year, the country’s reigning…
What it’s really like working in the legal cannabis industry
Legalizing pot has opened the floodgates to a new multibillion dollar industry in multiple states. But where there are high profits, there’s often high exploitation. The experience of unionized cannabis delivery drivers and warehouse workers…
Video game developers are unionizing too w/James Russwurm
The global video games market nets more than $200 billion in revenue a year. Like every other industry, gaming profits are made possible by countless workers. While many video game workers share an affinity for…