April 12, 2021 – The date has changed, but the migration situation continues from Trump, to the Biden administration. Once again, the US Southern Border is deluged with migrants from nations referred to as the “Northern Triangle Countries of Central America” – namely, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. To make…
Guest is Denice Labertew. She is a women’s rights advocate, professor, and former US envoy to foreign states – providing policy guidance to protect the rights of women and girls. Her work includes negotiating regulations in the Violence Against Women Act, and advocating for human rights at the recent UN Universal Periodic Review – on the US Treatment of migrant women and girls detained at the US/Mexican border.
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.
Guests: Massachusetts State Senator James ‘Jamie’ Eldridge, Vice-Chair of the Senate Committee on Global Warming and Climate Change, and Member of the Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy; Jim O’Reilly, Director of Public Policy at Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships (NEEP)
Discussion on climate change from Dr. McCarthy’s first-hand observations over the span of decades.
Discussion with Dr. James McCarthy of his first-hand observations of climate change over decades of his research.
April 24, 2015 – The Legal Edition’s recently released program on Toxic Food and Toxic Metals, delves into the issues such as the toxification of our food supply and metal adjuvants that are polluting our nations’ population. In our interview, Dr. Gary Kracoff, NMD, RPh, a Naturopathic Medical Doctor, Registered…
