Who’s Responsible For The Rise In COVID-19 Cases In Prison?
Eddie Conway talks to activists from Michigan and California—two hot spots for COVID-19 cases in prisons. In both states, mistakes by prison officials led to a rise in cases. Producer:…
Why You Should Give A F*ck | Ep. 6 | Accountability
We look at how to hold people in government accountable, and the systems that act as a check on their power. Subscribe to our page and support our work at…
The Harper’s Letter Is Really A Case Against Open Debate
Cultural and intellectual elites are trying to save themselves from accountability, not protect your free speech. Subscribe to our page and support our work at https://therealnews.com/donate. ** (Disclaimer: This video…
New Restorative Justice Spaces Must Be Culturally Competent
Brandi Mack from Designing Justice talks about how their work designing restorative justice spaces centers people who have been directly impacted by the system. Producer: Ericka Blount Danois Director/Video Editor:…
Why The Black Environmental Justice Network Is Relaunching
Founded in 1999, the coalition paused its work in 2006. The relaunch aims to bring environmental racism and enforcement of environmental regulation back into focus. Producer: Steve Horn Ericka Blount…
Legendary whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg testifies at Assange extradition hearing
Kevin Gosztola, managing editor of Shadowproof, watched the trial and reports on Ellsberg’s testimony. Subscribe to our page and support our work at https://therealnews.com/donate. ** (Disclaimer: This video content is…
Cartoonist Keith Knight takes his politically ‘Woke’ comic strip to Hulu
Cartoonist Keith Knight’s dramedy “Woke” is a semi-autobiographical mixing of political consciousness with outrageous humor and surreal animation. Subscribe to our page and support our work at https://therealnews.com/donate. ** (Disclaimer:…
A cop watcher gave an interview to a Fox reporter, then it became evidence against him
The limits of the First Amendment are put to the test by veteran Eric Brandt, a cop watcher and member of the Occupy Denver Movement. PAR investigates how a FOX…
Representative for the ICE detention center whistleblower speaks out
Azadeh Shahshahani from Project South says women in detention centers have little to no control over their own bodies. Subscribe to our page and support our work at https://therealnews.com/donate. **…
How the pandemic undermines low income workers
Corporations are using COVID-19 as an excuse to treat low-wage workers as disposable. Subscribe to our page and support our work at https://therealnews.com/donate. ** (Disclaimer: This video content is intended…
Developers displace Baltimore public housing residents, get tax breaks
A multi-year investigation by TRNN reporters reveals how neoliberal policies and public-private partnerships have led to tax-free zones for private interests, while taxpayers foot the bill. Subscribe to our page…
DeJoy strangling the Post Office for Trump
It’s all part of a push to privatize, which threatens the living wages of hundreds of thousands of employees. Subscribe to our page and support our work at https://therealnews.com/donate. **…
For some, homes and neighborhoods are now digital prisons
Authors Maya Schenwar and Vikki Law argue that many alternatives to incarceration follow the same model of oppression as physical prisons. Subscribe to our page and support our work at…
Terror in trailer jail: every single prisoner infected with COVID-19
Eddie Conway talks with reporter Katie Kull in Missouri about poor conditions and the no-mask mandate that led to over 100 prisoners contracting Covid-19. Subscribe to our page and support…
The pandemic is reshaping our sex lives. Is cybersex our future?
As school sex education programs have been cut back and replaced with an abstinence-only standard under the Trump-Pence administration, the LGBTQI community has developed sex-positive and safe sex curricula to…
He exposed police corruption, now cops won’t leave him alone
The story of cop watcher Otto The Watchdog reveals how American law enforcement uses the criminal justice system to retaliate against critics and their families. But Otto is not alone,…
STOP treating this like a normal election!
Ignoring the unique threats Trump presents could destroy our democracy, warns professor Lester Spence. Subscribe to our page and support our work at https://therealnews.com/donate. ** (Disclaimer: This video content is…
Trump tells voters to commit a felony by voting twice
The GOP has been trying to tip the scales on U.S. elections for a long time, but efforts are becoming more brazen. Subscribe to our page and support our work…
COVID-19 could be a death sentence for elderly prisoners
Members of the group Releasing Aging People in Prison talk about officials’ refusal to release aging prisoners with violent offenses, although studies show the chances of someone reoffending as they…
America’s settler colonialist roots explain how we see property rights
How the colonization of the United States helped create the American obsession with property rights and property damage over people’s rights. Subscribe to our page and support our work at…
Sanders supporters strike surprise blow against Rhode Island’s Democratic establishment
Progressives in Rhode Island explain how grassroots organizers, inspired by Bernie and AOC, defeated the state’s powerful Democratic machine. Subscribe to our page and support our work at https://therealnews.com/donate. **…
For Flint residents, money won’t buy forgiveness
A proposed $600 million settlement cannot compensate for Flint’s trauma, one activist says. Subscribe to our page and support our work at https://therealnews.com/donate. ** (Disclaimer: This video content is intended…
The unrest in Kenosha didn’t come out of thin air
We have known about the over-policing of Black and brown communities there for a long time, experts say. Subscribe to our page and support our work at https://therealnews.com/donate. ** (Disclaimer:…
Supreme Court ruling prevents 1.4 million from voting in Florida
Eddie Conway talks with an attorney about what the impact of this ruling will be in one of the most contentious presidential elections in history. Subscribe to our page and…
Thinking beyond representation: progressives weigh Harris’ past
Oakland native and Berkley professor Brandi Thompson Summers tackles the contradictions wrapped up in Harris’ nomination. Subscribe to our page and support our work at https://therealnews.com/donate. ** (Disclaimer: This video…
Lebanon’s future is uncertain after this month’s massive explosion
After protests, citizens are looking to end corruption once and for all. Subscribe to our page and support our work at https://therealnews.com/donate. ** (Disclaimer: This video content is intended for…