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In 2019, the Trump administration charged WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange with 17 counts of espionage and one count of conspiracy. Assange created a website in which gave whistleblowers a platform to hold international governments accountable for their crimes against humanity. WikiLeaks exposes...
A partnership between Big Fish—an online social casino—and Facebook is turning lives upside down and leaving users like Suzie Kelly in severe debt, according to an August 2019 report by Reveal in partnership with the PBS NewsHour. Suzie, a grandmother from the Dallas area, spent over $400,000 on...
Mexican citizens are crossing the border to donate their blood plasma at various US donation sites established by Big Pharma, according to an October 2019 report from ProPublica. “Donate” is the word being used by these companies, but Mexicans are selling their plasma, and the incentives...
Filing taxes is often talked about as something many people in the US are not sure how to do. As reported by ProPublica, in countries including Denmark, Spain, and Sweden, taxes are filed automatically through one’s employer and their bank, all for free. This expedited process is estimated to “...
US Border Patrol agents have been spreading an unofficial commemorative coin which appears to mock “the task of caring for migrant children” and other duties that Border Patrol staff have been tasked with along the Mexico-US border, according to a July 2019 report from ProPublica.
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Mickey begins the show in conversation with academic colleague Dr. John Corbally; their topic is “Why History Matters.” Corbally recently completed a new textbook on 20th Century history, one that endeavors to include the perspectives of third-world nations, and of everyday people, rather than...
Along the Line, is a member of the Demcast network, brought to you by the Media Freedom Foundation. On today’s episode hosts Nicholas Baham III (Dr. Dreadlocks), Janice Domingo, and Nolan Higdon analyze the 2016 and 2020 swing states. ATL’s Creative Director is Dylan Lazaga. Mickey Huff is...
Along the Line, is a member of the Demcast network, brought to you by the Media Freedom Foundation. On today’s episode hosts Nicholas Baham III (Dr. Dreadlocks), Janice Domingo, and Nolan Higdon analyze The history of Iran-US Relations. ATL’s Creative Director is Dylan Lazaga. Mickey Huff is...
Mickey’s first guest, author Rosa del Duca, recounts her personal journey from teenage National Guard recruit to conscientious objector, and the maze that all would-be-COs must navigate. Then Nolan Higdon revisits the show to discuss a new study of corporate-media bias against the Bernie Sanders...
Along the Line, is a member of the Demcast network, brought to you by the Media Freedom Foundation. On today’s episode hosts Nicholas Baham III (Dr. Dreadlocks), Janice Domingo, and Nolan Higdon analyze “The Bernie Blackout Is Real, and These Screenshots Prove It,” a recent article by Nolan...
2019 marked a turning point in a growing public banking movement that has been picking up momentum across the US. Progress included passage of the Public Banking Act (AB-857) in California, the establishment of a state public bank in New Jersey, and the opening of the Territorial Bank of...
Plastic pollution, long seen as marginal and largely aesthetic, is now established as one of humanity’s greatest challenges. Plastic production grew more than twenty times between 1964 and 2015 and is expected to double again by 2035 and quadruple by mid-century. Most of this plastic is...
The United States leads the world in imprisoning it’s own citizens—currently more than 6.6 million people—while ripping loved ones from their families every day. We spend billions on jails and prisons, including $38 million every day to detain people who are simply awaiting trial. Once convicted...
The word is out: “Fast fashion” is killing our planet. Low-cost, cheaply made clothes designed to be worn briefly until styles change are terrible for the environment. Consumers are buying and discarding clothing more often than previous generations. Between 2000 and 2014, global clothing...
President Trump and the National Rifle Association used the same consultants to spearhead TV ad blitzes at the height of the 2016 presidential election, likely in violation of federal law. For the complex and consequential task of placing ads in key markets across the nation in the 2016 election...
As housing costs climb and wages stagnate, more than half of Americans are struggling to afford a home. Local governments are also wrestling with a chronic housing shortage. With affordable housing becoming more and more difficult to find, many US cities appear to be entering a full-blown...
Along the Line, is a member of the Demcast network, brought to you by the Media Freedom Foundation. On today’s episode hosts Nicholas Baham III (Dr. Dreadlocks), Janice Domingo, and Nolan Higdon analyze the global sex trafficking epidemic, ATL’s Creative Director is Dylan Lazaga. Mickey Huff...
Along the Line, is a member of the Demcast network, brought to you by the Media Freedom Foundation. On today’s episode hosts Nicholas Baham III (Dr. Dreadlocks), Janice Domingo, and Nolan Higdon explore the Afghanistan Papers, ATL’s Creative Director is Dylan Lazaga. Mickey Huff is ATL’s...
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The Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) has diverted over $100 million from safety and maintenance programs to...
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The foundation of a public utility is public trust. Public utilities by definition include responsibilities and...
Andy Worthington and Kristina Borjesson make return visits to the Project Censored Show to update listeners on their work. Journalist and activist Andy Worthington, a long-time campaigner for the closure of the Guantanamo Bay prison camp, shares what he’s learned about conditions for the men...
Along the Line, is a member of the Demcast network, brought to you by the Media Freedom Foundation. On today’s episode hosts Nicholas Baham III (Dr. Dreadlocks), Janice Domingo, and Nolan Higdon explore the global crisis of child labor exploitation, ATL’s Creative Director is Dylan Lazaga. ...
Independent Journalists Kevin Gosztola and Ted Rall make return visits to the Project Censored Show to update listeners on their latest work. Kevin Gosztola shares the latest news about the cases of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange and military whistleblower Chelsea Manning and in the second...
Along the Line, is a member of the Demcast network, brought to you by the Media Freedom Foundation. On today’s episode hosts Nicholas Baham III (Dr. Dreadlocks), Janice Domingo, and Nolan Higdon discuss the Inspector General’s Report on the FBI Investigation into the Trump Campaign, ATL’s ...
Along the Line, is a member of the Demcast network, brought to you by the Media Freedom Foundation. On today’s episode hosts Nicholas Baham III (Dr. Dreadlocks), Janice Domingo, and Nolan Higdon discuss a history of food stamps and their cuts. ATL’s Creative Director is Dylan Lazaga. Mickey...
Along the Line, is a member of the Demcast network, brought to you by the Media Freedom Foundation. On today’s episode hosts Nicholas Baham III (Dr. Dreadlocks), Janice Domingo, and Nolan Higdon discuss Internet regulation from its inception to California’s 2020 privacy protection law. ATL’s ...
Along the Line, is a member of the Demcast network, brought to you by the Media Freedom Foundation. On today’s episode hosts Nicholas Baham III (Dr. Dreadlocks), Janice Domingo, and Nolan Higdon discuss the Bolivian Coup. ATL’s Creative Director is Dylan Lazaga. Mickey Huff is ATL’s producer...
In September 2019, ColorLines reported that students attending schools with high suspension rates are more likely to be arrested and incarcerated later in life and less likely to attend a four-year college. The ColorLines article reported findings from a study titled “The School to Prison...
A July 2018 RAND Corporation study emphasized the importance of higher education for inmates, as Leighanna Shirey reported for Citizen Truth. Higher education serves as a form of rehabilitation. Access to higher education allows incarcerated individuals to develop new skills leading to reduced...
The US military is “one of the largest polluters in history, consuming more liquid fuels and emitting more climate-changing gases than most medium-sized countries,” Benjamin Neimark, Oliver Belcher, Patrick Bigger reported for The Conversation in June 2019. By burning fossil fuels, the US...
A United Nations report released in November 2019 determined that the international community will fail to curb planet-heating emissions and prevent climate catastrophe, based on projections for fossil fuel production over the next decade, Jessica Corbett reported for Common Dreams.
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After headlines reported that thousands of children had been forcibly separated from their families by US officials, in June 2018 the Trump administration announced an end to the family separation policy, and a federal court ordered the reunification of separated families. However, as Michael...
Colorado state has one of the highest voter turnouts in the United States, because its vote-by-mail system allows residents to bypass long lines at polling places, Democracy Now! reported in November 2019. Colorado voting measures also include automatic voter registration with driver’s license...
In June 2019, ProPublica published a report revealing that a much-heralded $20 million donation to Teach for America from the Walton Family Foundation came with secret strings attached. The donation, which aimed to help Teach For America recruit and train nearly 4,000 teachers for low-income...
In June, 2019, Texas legislators passed House Bill 3, an $11.6 billion dollar school finance and property tax reform package, but lawmakers failed to include a way to pay for the bill beyond the next two years, Justin Miller reported for the Texas Observer.
State Representative Harold...
An increasing number of competitive colleges and universities across the US are eliminating the requirement to submit SAT and ACT scores as part of their admissions process. By encouraging admissions officers to look beyond test scores when evaluating students, eliminating requirements for...
In May 2019, Citizen Truth journalist Will Bacha reported on how Ohio Excels—a coalition of corporations focused on creating policies for elementary and secondary school systems—serves the interests of big-business rather than the needs of students. His article, “Another Private Sector-Public...
It seems that the more money Betsy DeVos pours into the United States education system, the lower children’s National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) test scores become. As David Badash reported for RawStory, DeVos’s answer to getting better test scores out of students is the same...
In October 2019, millions of Brazilian students and teachers took to the streets to protest another round of budget and wage cuts to the nation’s Department of Education. Miguel Andrade, writing for the World Socialist Web Site, reported that over 25,000 Brazilian students answered the calls...
On September 28, 2019, Autumn Peltier, a 15-year-old is a Canadian clean water activist from the Wiikwemkoong First Nation, addressed the UN’s Global Landscape Forum in Manhattan. Peltier—who was named as the Chief Water Commissioner by the Anishinabek Nation in April 2019—paid tribute to her...
US corporate media are currently inundated with former US intelligence agents who appear as expert commentators and pundits on programs broadcast by NBC News, CBS News, and CNN, AJ Nelson reported for We Are Change in October 2019. “Reborn as cable news pundits,” former national security...
In Neshoba County, Mississippi, children are being charged as adults in record numbers, Ko Bragg reported for Reveal in November 2019. “Nearly 5,000 Mississippi children have been charged as adults in the last 25 years,” Bragg wrote, and “three out of every four are black.”
As Bragg...
In October 2019, Wealth and Disparities in the Black Community–Justice 4 Mario Woods held a press conference about problems with the Department of Justice’s Community Oriented Policing (COPS) program. Since 2016, the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) has been working, in response to...
From delivery drivers to home care providers, workers face increasing pressures to work faster and longer, making their jobs more dangerous, María José Carmona reported for Common Dreams. Carmona’s article was based data from the International Labor Organization (ILO) on work-related deaths,...
Private, for-profit prisons in Tennessee have double the number of homicides as state-run facilities, while having less than half the number of prisoners.
CoreCivic, the for-profit corporation formerly known as Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), runs four medium-security Tennessee...
Beginning in 2001 under President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, soldiers in the Philippines have undertaken an extended counterinsurgency campaign that one human rights organization has called “by far the bloodiest and most brutal” campaign unleashed on the Filipino people. According to Nick...
Investigative reporters Peter Byrne and Will Carruthers return to the show to speak about the latest story in their “Power Brokers” series: “Burned.” This muckraking report is case study of political influence and media control in California, examining the connections between utility giant PG...
Along the Line, is a member of the Demcast network, brought to you by the Media Freedom Foundation. On today’s episode hosts Nicholas Baham III (Dr. Dreadlocks), Janice Domingo, and Nolan Higdon revisit the Ukraine Impeachment Process by analyzing the House Intelligence Report. ATL’s Creative...
In August 2019, Mary Alice McCarthy and Debra Bragg reported on the racial gap among students transferring from college to university in the US. Only about one in three community college students eventually transfer to four-year institutions, and transfer and graduation rates are “especially low...
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