June 7, 2020 – As the epicenter of the George Floyd killing, the state of Minnesota has a lot to deal with: systemic racism, and police brutality. But what about the law itself? The charges against Derek Chauvin, the former officer whose knee-in-the-neck maneuver is literally the killing tactic heard…
May 28, 2020 – If anyone is opposed to state-sponsored mandates, time is of the essence. This is an immediate call to action must happen Now! The Massachusetts state legislature is moving forward on two Bills (Senate Bill 2359 and the corresponding House Bill 4096) that would critically circumscribe the…
May 5, 2020 – As a followup to our programming on what has been reported in the scientific and jurisprudential communities, is the devastating effects of the herbicide glyphosate on human health, the food supply, and the environment. Juries in the United States have heard several cases where plaintiff’s have…
Discussion on the new US Supreme Court Challenges by Republican-led states to ‘Dismantle’ the ACA which provides affordable healthcare to millions of Americans. What that would look like in a COVID world.
Guest: Attorney, Nicole Huberfeld, Professor of Health Law, Ethics & Human Rights, at Boston University School of Public Health, & Professor of Law at Boston University School of Law. Her work is at the intersection of Health law & Constitutional law, and the role of “federalism in health care” –which is the role of the states with regard to actions by the federal government. Professor Huberfeldand often writes about Medicaid.
Nov. 8, 2019 – There has been much controversy in Washington about the Trump impeachment inquiry–but many working in our nation’s government on the other side of the aisle seem to have no have no clue as to what is really going on. They make excuse after excuse for the…
Oct. 29, 2019 – In a long awaited move by our Congressional representatives, the US House just voted in a mostly bipartisan fashion to finally acknowledge the gruesome ethnic cleansing “genocide” of over a million Armenians in their homeland in the early 20th century by the Ottoman Turks. This decimation…
Discussion on the history of immigration to the US and the often unwelcoming American sentiment towards immigrants. From the Chinese Exclusion Act of the latter 19th Century, the mistreatment of Jewish immigrants in the early 20th Century – to the Muslim Ban took in the 21st Century. Why American looks with suspicion and intolerance on other races, religions and ethnicities that look to immigrate to America – and why the Crisis at the US Southern Border is not much different than earlier immigrants coming to the US fleeing violence, persecution, intolerance, and hunger. From Ellis Island to the US Southern Border – the history of migration makes its 21st Century appearance with the same prejudices that have challenged previous immigrants of years past.
Guest: Adam Strom, Director of Re-Imagining Migration, an education project working with a team of experts from UCLA and Harvard Graduate School of Education. The focus of their work is to bring history and understanding of past immigration–and its current day analogs to classrooms and educational leaders across the globe. He is the former Director of Scholarship and Innovation at Facing History and Ourselves, an organization dedicated to helping educators, schools and communities learn about ethics, social responsibility and justice. He has written extensively on issues including: George Washington’s Rebuke to Bigotry; Stories of Identify & Religion; American’s Civil Rights Movement; Crimes Against Humanity and Civilizations–including the Jewish Holocaust, and the Armenian Genocide.
Discussion on the Trump-era of public school education. How Trump’s pick for Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos, a woman of privilege, who never attended public school – thinks she knows better what works than those entrenched in the system for years. Hear from Dr. Meira Levinson – former public school classroom teacher, now professor at Harvard Graduate School of Education. Hear what she hears from educators in the field, the ethical dilemmas they face when children chant ‘build that wall’ and ‘lock her up’ and single out minority students in the classroom. Because they heard from the President – that gives it legitimacy in the eyes of children – putting educators in the role of referee, peacekeeper and ethics trainer. An eye opening discussion on changing role of educators in the Trump-era Democracy.
Dr. Meira Levinson of Harvard Graduate School of Education discussing the privacy issues that arise when schools provide iPads to students – how school personnel can monitor students at home and invade their privacy. Discussion on how ICE agents have used the information gleaned from digital devices to assess immigration status of students and parents for deportation. What every parent should understand that many of the permission forms their child brings home from school, actually can lead to loss of privacy in their own home. What every parent should know.
January 27, 2019 – Polarization on issues such as “Pro-Life” and “Pro-Choice” routinely prevents clear dialog by those who hold them. So much so, that a well-known women’s rights advocate, and Benedictine Sister Joan Chittister, has written dozens of books on issues encompassing women’s rights, social advocacy and spirituality. Sister…
