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Trump’s Cuba travel restrictions roll back progress on US-Cuba relations
Netfa Freeman, analyst and events coordinator at the Institute for Policy Studies, joined Watching the Hawks to discuss the Trump administration’s decision to ban U.S. travel to Cuba. Watch the…
Bridging The Racial Wealth Divide With Dedrick Asante-Muhammad
What is wealth? What are the barriers of access to economic security—and how do we overcome them? Today on the show, Ali explores these questions in-depth with Dedrick Asante-Muhammad, one…
Baby Bonds: A “Birthright to Capital”
Professor Darrick Hamilton jokes that he has a “bunch of titles behind my name.” But the executive director of the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity says…
US Congress moves to challenge Trump over weapons sale to Saudi
A bipartisan move to block US President Donald Trump from circumventing a long-standing precedent that allows lawmakers to review major weapons sales is underway. Two senators – Republican Todd Young…
At John Dean hearing, Rep. Raskin says his father was on Nixon’s enemies list
John W. Dean III, former White House counsel under President Richard M. Nixon, was grilled by lawmakers on Monday at a House Judiciary Committee hearing where he compared President Trump to his…
$50K inclusion grant to KCMO a step toward ‘most entrepreneurial city’ for everyone
Kansas City, Missouri, pocketed a major win for the entrepreneurial community Wednesday, becoming one of 10 cities in the nation to be selected for the City Accelerator initiative for inclusive…
The KPFA Evening News
Netfa Freeman, analyst and events coordinator at the Institute for Policy Studies, joined KPFA’s evening news to discuss recent U.S. sanctions on Cuba. Listen to the interview at KPFA.
Netfa Freeman on Cuba Sanctions
This week on CounterSpin: A former US diplomat to Cuba, Wayne Smith, wrote once that Cuba “seems to have the same effect on American administrations that the full moon once had…
US ban on Cuba travel part of ‘US gangsterism’
The Trump administration has announced a ban on all recreational and educational travel to Cuba Group travel, including cruise ships, recreational vessels and private aircraft, is now forbidden to this…
U.S. Imposes Travel Restrictions on Cuba
Donald Trump ramps up restrictions on Cuba once again. On Tuesday, June 4, the Trump administration imposed new travel restrictions targeting some of the most common ways for people in…
Trump’s Ignorance & Arrogance with Cuba In The Cross Hairs
Netfa Freeman joined Flashpoints to discuss Trump’s ignorance and arrogance, and how Cuba finds themselves in his crosshairs. Listen to the full interview on Flashpoints.
Bernie Sanders: I Know Where I Came From. Does President Trump?
My father came to this country from Poland at the age of 17 with barely a nickel in his pocket. I spent my first 18 years, before I left home…
Your Drug Habit Is Destroying the Planet
Cannabis legalization is gathering pace worldwide. Unprecedented amounts of cocaine, MDMA, and heroin are being produced in Colombia, Holland, and Afghanistan, while labs in China are pumping out an alphabet…
US “Emergency” Arms Sales to Mideast Nations Under Fire
UNITED NATIONS, May 29 2019 (IPS) – When the UN Security Council met last week to discuss the deaths and devastation caused to civilians in ongoing military conflicts and civil wars,…
A Plan to Reverse “Economic Apartheid” in the US
Many working in philanthropy and nonprofits are faced every day with the effects of growing economic inequality in this country. Nearly 40 million Americans live in poverty, and it’s harder…
Designing our communities for justice
This week we are discussing how to design communities for justice, in particular as communities seek to respond to challenges of climate change, with new projects from transit to infrastructure.…
What Might Reparations Look Like? Nonprofit Activists Outline One Path
As NPQ’s Cyndi Suarez wrote last month, reparations is now on the agenda of the Democratic Party presidential primary. But except for Marianne Williamson—who has proposed distributing $200-500 billion over 20 years, with…
The richest 10% own 70% of the country’s wealth
The rich are becoming even more obscenely rich. A new chart from Deutsche Bank Securities’ Chief Economist Torsten Slok shows how the richest 10% of households in America own 70%…
Everyone, including incarcerated people and people with felony convictions, deserves the right to vote
Should Americans caught up in the justice system be stripped of their right to vote? Senator Bernie Sanders catapulted the issue into the spotlight when he declared his unequivocal support…
Getting High Is Damaging the Planet – But Mostly Because of Prohibition
Cannabis legalization is gathering pace worldwide. Unprecedented amounts of cocaine, MDMA, and heroin are being produced in Colombia, Holland, and Afghanistan, while labs in China are pumping out an alphabet…
The African Diaspora: Role and Influence
Emira Woods joins Strait Talk Africa to discuss the role and influence of the African diaspora. Watch the full interview at Voices of America.
Federal workers struggle for years to prove they got sick on the job
If the Kansas City Plant was not a “dirty” site, then why were its workers getting sick and dying prematurely? The question haunted television reporter Russ Ptacek. In November 2009,…
4 Writers to Watch This Summer
When Tope Folarin, who was born in Utah to Nigerian parents, won the Caine Prize for African Writing in 2013, there was some controversy over whether he qualified as an African…
Racial wealth gap is vast: 2020 Democrats have plans to close it
If you’ve been to an event with a Democrat running for president this year, there’s a good chance you’ve heard about it: the racial wealth gap. … Read the full…
Morehouse debt relief highlights broken system for black students in higher ed
Billionaire Robert Smith’s pledge to pay off the Morehouse College class of 2019’s student loan debt highlighted the disproportionate impact of student debt on African American students. The big picture: Nearly 400 students…
Can cities design policies to shrink the racial wealth gap?
Black families currently have a median wealth of $3,600, compared to white households’ $147,000. It could take black Americans as many as 228 years to reach the level of wealth white households…
Let Incarcerated People Vote
Should Americans caught up in the justice system be stripped of their right to vote? Senator Bernie Sanders catapulted the issue into the spotlight when he declared his unequivocal support…
Can the Department of Defense Win Its Complicated Battle Against Climate Change?
The 150 mph winds that Hurricane Michael blasted through Tyndall Air Force Base last October left a trail of destruction, ruin and exorbitant financial loss at one of the Department of Defense’s…
Cuba responds to heightened US sanctions
Back from a recent trip to Cuba, Netfa Freeman, an analyst at the Institute for Policy Studies and coordinating committee member with the Black Alliance for Peace joins “By Any Means Necessary” to…
The Great Inequality Debate
The US economy. It is one of President Donald Trump‘s pet topics, he loves to talk about it, he loves to brag about it, and he loves to tweet about it. Just this…
