Faith and the fight against climate change, Part 2
In a society increasingly driven by science and technology, world religions and the communities they inspire remain a vast and rock-solid political force. Going by the numbers alone, Pew Research…
Young people must take hold of their political future
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Rappers can’t make Black capitalism work for Black people
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How diverse, progressive coalitions can build power in Florida
TRNN’s Marc Steiner talks with Rachel Gilmer, co-director of Dream Defenders, about long-term strategies for progressives to build power in Florida with young, working-class, and ethnically diverse communities. Subscribe to…
‘When we do it to people of color, we don’t call it fascism.’ Bruce Franklin, 40 years later
Forty years ago, Bruce Franklin sounded the alarm on surveillance limiting underground work, climate change, and the impeding elimination of the human species—all of which, he argued, would pave the…
Marc Steiner Show: Black and Indigenous antifascism, Cindy Blackman Santana, and social justice
In the premier episode of the Marc Steiner Show, as fears mount over political violence in the wake of the election, Dr. Nikki Taylor and Dr. Gerald Horne talk about…
The law enforcement lies distorting the ‘Defund the Police’ movement
PAR takes a deep dive into the deliberately misleading rhetoric surrounding the ‘Defund the Police’ debate and uncovers data that reveals which political party really loves policing. Subscribe to our…
Battleground Wisconsin, USA
Former Madison City Councilman David Ahrens and Milwaukee activist Angela Lang join TRNN’s Marc Steiner to look at Wisconsin’s progressive roots and racist realities—and to discuss the political battles to…
‘The’ Black/Latinx vote is a myth
TRNN Editor-in-Chief Maximillian Alvarez interviews Ben Jealous, president of People for the American Way, about the media’s rush to draw conclusions from 2020 exit polls and make sweeping generalizations about…
Florida ‘rights of nature’ amendment protects ecosystems and the right to clean water
Voters in Orange County, Florida overwhelmingly approved a charter amendment granting rights to their main waterways. Chuck O’Neal of the Florida Rights of Nature Network and Thomas Linzey of the…
The American government’s campaign to criminalize BLM
In the wake of the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and other Black people at the hands of police, activists around the country have mobilized in record numbers. Rather…
DeRay McKesson: What’s left for the left; Black expats leave racism behind
In the second episode of the Marc Steiner Show, DeRay McKesson talks about his victorious Supreme Court case against a police officer, and how the left has the numbers, but…
K-9 attacks: The new (old) face of police brutality
Indiana mother Jennifer Fleming speaks out about the brutal and excessive police dog attack on her 19-year-old daughter and calls for police to rethink how these animals and their handlers…
The split between progressives and Democrats widens; Rennie Davis on ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’
In the first segment of this week’s Marc Steiner Show, we discuss how the left can make its voice heard in the incoming Biden administration with Bill Fletcher, a racial…
#EndSARS protests: Nigerians reject US imperialism
Abiodun Aremu is secretary of the Joint Action Front, a coalition of Nigerian pro-labor civil society organizations. He joins Jacqueline Luqman from Lagos, Nigeria, to explain how #EndSARS is a…
The double struggle of Black Native Americans
We’re joined by Marilyn Vann, president of both the Descendants of Freedmen of the Five Civilized Tribes Association and African Indians of the 5 Civilized Tribes Foundation; Johnnie Jae, journalist…
The long, chilling legacies of ‘Russiagate’ and ‘Obamagate’
For four years, the endlessly dogmatic and conspiratorial presentation of these scandals has obscured clear abuses of power by the Obama administration while intensifying real existential threats. Subscribe to our…
Resist unauthorized hysterectomies, get deported
Eddie Conway talks to the legal representative for Dawn Wooten, the whistleblower in the case of ICE detainees who were forced to have hysterectomies while in custody. Six of the…
Black Panthers Eddie Conway and Paul Coates’ revolution wasn’t televised
Former Black Panthers Eddie Conway and Paul Coates talk about their new book, “The Brother You Choose,” which delves deep into their friendship and their parallel lives as freedom fighters…
He bought a car at police auction and got arrested for what was in it
The arrest and prosecution of Texas resident Randal Thompson for drugs found in a car he bought at a police auction renew allegations of police profiteering and entrapment. Please join…
COVID-19 spikes in prison will spread to the larger community
The National Commission on COVID-19 and Criminal Justice—whose mission is to assess the impact of COVID-19 on the justice system—reports that the rate of COVID cases in federal and state…
Democrats battle uphill in PA against Trump’s disinformation campaign
TRNN reporters Taya Graham and Stephen Jannis revisit red counties and blue cities in Pennsylvania to speak with voters, poll-watchers, and organizers about fears and rumors of vote tampering, and…
The media learned nothing from 2016
TRNN Editor in Chief Maximillian Alvarez talks with Parker Molloy, Media Matters editor at large, about why mainstream media keeps getting played by Trump. Subscribe to our page and support…
There is no democracy without felon voting rights
TRNN Editor-in-Chief Maximillian Alvarez talks with Executive Producer and host of Rattling the Bars Eddie Conway about prisoners’ right to vote, or lack thereof, and about the obstacles ex-prisoners face…
Hope and havoc in Baltimore politics
From progressive insurgents and petty tyrants to Kim Klacik, TRNN Baltimore Editor and Managing Editor Lisa Snowden-McCray speaks with Maryland State Senator Jill Carter and local musician DDm about the…
Police HIJACK helicopter ambulance for aerial surveillance
Documents obtained by PAR reveal how an air ambulance (medevac) service has been used repeatedly to fly surveillance missions over the city of Baltimore, raising serious questions about the militarization…