Today on the show, Thursday host Allen Ruff talks to Justin Akers Chacón about his new book, The Border Crossed Us: The Case for Opening the US-Mexico Border. Justin Akers […]
Trump’s Final Days in Office
The Trump administration has given millions of dollars to the Sunny Glen Children’s Home—a Christian foster home with a checkered past—to house immigrant children. We learn more in today’s first […]
Taking Children: A History of American Terror with Laura Briggs
Separating children from their families has been a tool used by the government for centuries to terrorize and police communities of color. That’s the topic of Laura Briggs’s new book, […]
Split Show: Trump’s Middle East Peace Plan and Asylum-Seekers at...
Earlier this week, the Trump administration announced a peace plan for the Middle East. What does this really mean for Israel and Palestine? For the first part of today’s show, […]
Bearing Witness to Injustices at the Border with Rabbi Bonnie Margulis...
“Our obligation as Jews is to bear witness when we see injustice anywhere,” says Rabbi Bonnie Margulis of Wisconsin Faith Voices for Justice. She recently made a trip to the […]
Rebroadcast: Bikes and Migrants with Kimball Taylor
Today’s episode is a rebroadcast from May 15, 2017, during National Bike Month. Patty spends the hour with Kimball Taylor, author of The Coyote’s Bicycle, to learn about the migrants […]