Archive for the ‘prison reform’ tag
When is a terrorist not a terrorist? (When he’s a white dude), u can haz class war
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Allison and Jamie talk about how terrorism is still terrorism even if it involves a white dude, the death penalty still sucks, class war and the widening divide in our two-tier society, the ongoing Gitmo hunger strike, the secret Bradley Manning pre-trial, crime dropping along with Stop and Frisk stops, Apple dodging enough in taxes to entirely cover the sequester, and the world’s first 3D-printed gun.
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Time to yell about idiots, fracking, and solitary confinement
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Allison and Jamie talk about a fracking pipeline being built in NYC, sexist idiots, solitary confinement, the fucked up nature of US prisons (on and off the grid), and the US’s two-tier society.
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BOO homophobes, YAY lifesaving drugs for poor people
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Jamie and Allison talk about how homophobes (including David Brooks) suck, and lifesaving drugs for poor people are awesome. Plus, updates on the Stop and Frisk trial in NYC, the public school cheating scandal in Atlanta, and how the media was MIA during a prison protest in New Mexico.
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Iraq: pundits mea culpa everywhere, Syria, Part 2 of America’s Domestic Black Sites
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Allison and Jamie discuss how Ezra Klein doesn’t think the Iraq invasion was “managed” very well, the legacy of the U.S.’s invasion and occupation of Iraq, discuss the horrific situation in Syria and why media consumers should be cautious about the drumbeat for bombings and future wars. Also, Part 2 of America’s Domestic Black Sites with Marc Kilstein (@MarcKilstein).
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Wall Street isn’t done screwing you, Part 1 of America’s Domestic Black Sites
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Allison and Jamie recommend a couple articles that you should definitely read this week: Sarah Jaffe on the Chained CPI nonsense and Washington’s commitment to austerity and Alexis Goldstein on the London Whale Fail and how Wall Street isn’t done screwing you yet. Then, Marc Kilstein (@MarcKilstein) brings you part 1 of his report on America’s domestic black sites: the tragic history of solitary confinement.
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Police kill Brooklyn teenager, media’s obsession over next pope, Steubenville rape trial begins
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Police kill a Brooklyn teenager, the media’s obsession over the next pope, Steubenville rape trial begins, James O’Keefe is still a joke, the New York Times’ Bill Keller is wrong on Bradley Manning’s motives, Louisiana teaches children hippies are dirty, unemployed cowards, and a man was held in solitary confinement (and forgotten about) for two years.
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On being perpetually high in a retail environment, Red Cross’ denial, and kittens
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Allison and Jamie discuss being perptually high in a retail environment, the Red Cross’ denial, the shady MTA, and prisoners getting teh kittens.
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Felon voting disenfranchisement, BEST-OF: Sarah Silverman, Regina Spektor, Matt Taibbi at Citizen Radio Live
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Rania Khalek (@RaniaKhalek) brings you a great field piece about felon voting disenfranchisement, plus a BEST-OF Citizen Radio: Citizen Radio Live! with Sarah Silverman, Regina Spektor, and Matt Taibbi (originally aired 3/18/11).
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EXCLUSIVE interview with Koch employee denied job for being “too political,” it’s time to #changethedebate
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Allison and Jamie are back with tales of their meeting, plus interviews with Travis McKinney, a Koch employee denied a job for being “too political” (at 31:00), and Nelini Stamp (@NelStamp) about the current status of Occupy Wall Street, and her work in Florida with a group of students and youth organizing against the school to prison pipeling and the two crows (Jim and Juan) (at 48:00).
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Back to school nightmares, Paul Ryan’s many lies, Roastmaster Tim Pawlenty
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Allison and Jamie share their back to school nightmares, the RNC and Paul Ryan’s many lies, offer advice about voting, discuss how Texas is reconsidering sending prostitutes to prison, and how a U.S. federal court struck down a racist Texas voter ID law.
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