Gold prices have skyrocketed during the pandemic, and illegal mining is bigger than ever. We’re living in a 21st-century gold rush. Today on the show, investigative reporters Nicholas Nehamas and Jim Wyss take us to the underworld of South America’s illicit gold trade and share information and insight from their new co-authored book, Dirty Gold. […]
The Sleeper Population of Spiny Water Flea in Lake Mendota
WORT 89.9FM Madison · The Sleeper Population of Spiny Water Flea in Lake Mendota A new report in the journal BioScience finds that it’s not uncommon for “sleeper populations” of invasive species to lie low in new environments for years or even decades. These small, self-sustaining populations of nonnative species can exist […]
The Real Costs of the National Security State
“The U.S. military reaches around the globe, with approximately 800 foreign military installations in nearly half the world’s countries, and takes up more than half the discretionary budget that Congress allocates each year,” writes Lindsay Koshgarian for Truthout. Today, Lindsay joins us on the show to talk about her work analyzing the federal budget and the real costs […]
Lilada Gee on Defending Black Girlhood
“The more resistance I get, the more resolve I have that I’m doing the right thing.” That’s Lilada Gee: survivor, healer, and fierce advocate for Black girls and women. Today, she joins Ali on the show to talk about her new podcast, Defending Black Girlhood, and the importance of having Black conversations that center freedom […]
Who helps vulnerable farm workers?
The current H-2A program in the U.S. is a mechanism where growers are allowed to import laborers from foreign countries to harvest crops. However, according to a new report by David Bacon, Oakland Institute, these workers are often exploited by the growers, who can set high production quotas, fire workers for little cause, and blacklist […]
Michael Li on redistricting, 2021-22
Michael Li, Senior Counsel, Democracy Program at the Brennan Center for Justice, has recently published a report “The Redistricting Landscape, 2021-22“. His report analyzes four factors that affects voting boundaries: who controls map drawing; changes in the legal rules governing redistricting over the last decade; pressures from population and demographic shifts over the same period; […]
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