From Afghanistan to Niger, the “new normal” of American warfare shows no signs of changing course under President Biden and his hawkish national security team. In this episode of “The Marc Steiner Show,” combat veteran and writer Danny Sjursen issues a dire warning about American military policy. Tune in for new episodes of The Marc Steiner […]
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Battleground Baltimore: Maryland shows solidarity with unionizing Amazon workers
Amazon workers rally in Baltimore County, the LEOBR could survive attempts to weaken it, City Councilperson Ryan Dorsey feuds with the FOP, and more.
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Filming the police is legal, but that doesn’t stop them from arresting people for it
Another Ohio resident has been arrested under the dubious charge of “misconduct during an emergency,” which has been used again by Ohio police to incarcerate another person who filmed them in action.
Posted inThe Tight Rope
Mayim Bialik: ‘S*** got deep with me and Cornel West’
Mayim Bialik delves into the long history of solidarity amongst the Jewish people and Black Americans, and details her dismay at the state of racism in America, her upbringing as a staunch advocate for social justice, and her perspective on the apparent contradictions between her faith and her political ideologies.
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Dr. Cornel West vs. Harvard University
In a special edition of “The Tight Rope,” Dr. Cornel West speaks freely about his “ridiculous situation at Harvard” with respect to his being denied tenure at the institution.
Posted inEconomy and Inequality
Amazon faces a day of reckoning for its treatment of workers
Amazon workers and their allies rallied last weekend to support the union drive at the Bessemer, Alabama, facility. Workers say the company has failed to protect worker safety or improve working conditions even while Amazon and Jeff Bezos profited from the pandemic.
Posted inWorking People
How do you market sex work?
In Part II of our special mini-series, we talk about the day-to-day labor that goes into being a successful sex worker.
Posted inEconomy and Inequality
The pandemics of racism and COVID-19 are a deadly mix
A century of racist public policy laid the foundation for deep racial inequities in employment and vaccination rates in the U.S. pandemic response.
Posted inThe Marc Steiner Show
Nathan Robinson speaks about losing his Guardian column after criticizing Israel
Current Affairs Editor-in-Chief Nathan Robinson tweeted a joke satirizing U.S. support of Israel, and The Guardian newspaper cancelled his regular op-ed column. Now he speaks with TRNN about facing accusations of anti-Semitism for criticizing Israeli power on Capitol Hill.
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How Malcolm Little became Malcolm X
On the 56th anniversary of Malcolm X’s assassination, we talk with Tamara Payne, co-author of “The Dead Are Arising,” an award-winning biography—thirty years in the making—that offers a never-before-seen look into what molded Malcolm Little into Malcolm X.