Episodios

  • June 14 Nationwide Pro-Democracy Protests Likely to be Largest Since Trump Returned to Office
    Jun 11 2025

    Women's March's Tamika Middleton: June 14 Nationwide Anti-Authoritarian Protests Likely to be Largest Since Trump Returned to Office

    Formerly of the UN's High Commissioner for Human Rights' New York Office Craig Mokhiber: Israel’s Seizure of Gaza-Bound Humanitarian Aid Ship Violates International Law

    Oil Change International's Collin Rees: Trump & GOP Slash Clean Energy Incentives that Reduced Pollution, Created Jobs, Lowered Electric Bills

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
    • UN aid convoy attacked in Sudan
    • Record-breaking wildfires burning across Canada
    • Trump officials may be profiting from insider information


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    Produced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

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  • ‘Project Esther’ Advocates Suppression of Pro-Palestinian Protest, Equating All Dissent with Terrorism
    Jun 4 2025

    New York Times best-selling author Andra Watkins: ‘Project Esther’ Advocates Suppression of Pro-Palestinian Protest, Equating All Dissent with Terrorism

    Progressive Democrats of America Executive Director Alan Minsky: Passive Democrats Fail to Convene Emergency Meeting to Confront Trump’s Assault on Democracy

    Defend and Recruit organizer Umme Hoque: Growing National Boycott Campaign Targets Avelo Airlines for its ICE Deportation Flights Contract

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
    • Seventy-five of the poorest nations owe large debts to China
    • Tax breaks flipped GOP representatives on Medicaid cuts
    • Pro bono architectural aid rebuilding Los Angeles after wildfires


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    Produced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

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    29 m
  • Trump-GOP House Budget Bill will Literally Kill Americans Who Lose Access to Healthcare
    May 28 2025

    Social Security Works' Alex Lawson: Trump-GOP House Budget Bill will Literally Kill Americans Who Lose Access to Healthcare

    Vietnam veteran Russell Brown: Veterans and Allies’ 40-Day Fast Demands Israel Restore Full Humanitarian Aid to Gaza

    Connecticut Action Group's Helen Humphries: Campaign Targets Insurance Companies to End Their Underwriting and Investments in Fossil Fuels

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

    • Salvadoran dictator arrests human rights lawyer Ruth Lopez
    • Peru courts grant "personhood" status to Marañon River in Amazon basin
    • Trump emergency logging directive supercharges wildfire risk

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    Produced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.


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    Produced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

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    29 m
  • Overwhelming Opposition to Trump-GOP’s Extreme Medicaid, SNAP Budget Cuts
    May 21 2025

    Popular Democracy in Action's Analilia Mejia: Overwhelming Opposition to Trump-GOP’s Extreme Medicaid, SNAP Budget Cuts

    Democracy for the Arab World's Raed Jarrar: Trump Visit to Oil-Rich Gulf Monarchies Produces Mixed Outcome

    Democratic Constitution Blog's Luke Pickrell: Repairing the Constitution’s Democracy Deficit Key to Challenging Trump Authoritarian Power Grab

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

    • South Sudan conflict escalates
    • New policies criminalize homelessness
    • Unique labor organization organizes ex-convicts



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    Produced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

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    29 m
  • Challenging Trump’s Unconstitutional Effort to Eliminate Birthright Citizenship
    May 14 2025

    Lawyers for Civil Rights Senior Attorney Jacob Love: Challenging Trump’s Unconstitutional Effort to Eliminate Birthright Citizenship

    Economic Policy Institute Senior Policy Analyst Margaret Poydock: New Report Finds 100 Ways Trump Has Hurt US Workers

    International Association of Machinists Union member Phil Clarkin: Machinist Strike Against Pratt and Whitney Over Job Security Enters 2nd Week

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
    • Russian drone strike's multi-million-dollar damage at Ukraine's nuclear plant
    • Dairy farmers fear loss of workers from ICE raids
    • Several pardoned Jan. 6 insurrectionists arrested again


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    Produced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

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    29 m
  • Israel’s Gaza Food Blockade Triggers Famine, Hospitalizes Thousands of Children for Acute Malnutrition
    May 7 2025

    UN High Commissioner for Human Rights' former NYC Office Director Craig Mokhiber: Israel’s Gaza Food Blockade Triggers Famine, Hospitalizes Thousands of Children for Acute Malnutrition

    The nation's leading public interest lawyer Ralph Nader: Ralph Nader Labels Trump’s 100-Day Attack on Democracy a ‘Fascist Dictatorship’

    Memphis Community Against Pollution Executive Director KeShaun Pearson: Memphis Resident Fighting to Shut Down Elon Musk’s Polluting Super-Computer Data Center

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

    • Halted Agent Orange cleanup outs thousands at risk
    • Trump border nominee accused of ‘cover-up’
    • FEMA eliminates popular disaster adaptation program


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    Produced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

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    29 m
  • Trump Deports U.S. Citizen Children, Arrests Wisconsin Judge
    Apr 30 2025

    Alianza Americas Executive Director Dulce Guzmán: Trump Deports U.S. Citizen Children, Arrests Wisconsin Judge

    Child Labor Coalition Director of Child Labor Advocacy Reid Maki: As Trump Weakens Worker Protections, Assault on State Child Labor Laws Escalates

    Investigative journalist Gareth Gore: Opus Dei, Pope Francis, the Catholic Church and Trump’s MAGA Movement

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

    • How vulnerable is the US dollar?
    • EPA plans to eliminate data collection for polluters
    • Sri Lanka pledges to build a “sustainable” world


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    Produced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

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    29 m
  • Campaign Prepares to Challenge Trump’s Future Invocation of the Insurrection Act
    Apr 23 2025

    Climate Disobedience Center organizer Nastasia Lawton-Sticklor: Campaign Prepares to Challenge Trump’s Future Invocation of the Insurrection Act

    National Immigration Law Center President Kica Matos: Protests Target Avelo Airlines for Its Trump Contract to Fly ICE Deportation Flights

    Roots Action Political Director Sam Rosenthal: Groups Demand Democrats Convene Emergency Meeting to Counter Trump’s Authoritarian Coup

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

    • Landmines in Syria killing hundreds
    • American detained by the Taliban is freed
    • Justice Department scales back crypto cases


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    Produced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

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