Podcasts about saheed vassell

Frank Morano brings you the issues that matter the most with style and wit in the Other Side of Midnight Local Spotlight. Frank discusses the $5 million grant from Mayor Eric Adams designed for voter outreach education, the family of Saheed Vassell who was killed by the NYPD is pleading with Rep. gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin to remove footage of Vassell's final moments that were on a Zeldin campaign ad, Howard Stern saying that he is coming to his Manhattan studio for the first time in two and a half years, and former Governor Cuomo on the Cats at Night show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hello and welcome to episode 37 of Diversity Hire. Listen on Apple PodcastsListen on SpotifyToday’s guest is Doreen St. Felix, who is the New Yorker’s television critic. We have been looking forward to this conversation since we first started the pod, and we think you guys will enjoy everything we talked about, which ran the gamut from the art of ambiguity and ambivalence, when we figured out what a critic even was, finding a place in white-dominated spaces, the concessions we make to do the work we want to do, and is Virgil Abloh actually cool? This was a super fun episode and if you are a new listener who caught this on Montez Press Radio, WELCOME! Kevin and Arjun also talked about the week in brutal media news and why it feels like 2016. Thanks for listening.Doreen’s work mentioned in this episode:December 19, 2015 Part I, Enormous Eye, 2015KARA WALKER’S NEXT ACT, Vulture, 2017On the Street in Brooklyn the Morning After the Police Shooting of Saheed Vassell, The New Yorker, 2018Virgil Abloh, Menswear’s Biggest Star, The New Yorker, 2019Queen Latifah Obliterates Trumps n’ Musks in “The Equalizer”, The New Yorker, 2021The Embarrassment of Democrats Wearing Kente-Cloth Stoles, The New Yorker, 2020———This is your brain *picture of your brain*. This is your brain on Diversity Hire *it’s the same picture of your brain, but this time it’s wearing sunglasses and an Eckhaus Latta lapped t-shirt*. Any questions? If so, email us at diversityhirepod@gmail.com. We’ll read your questions in an upcoming Q&A episode. Also, please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts. You can use your review to share anonymous experiences of working in corporate media, and we will read those on the pod as well.Thanks,Arjun & Kevin Get on the email list at diversityhire.substack.com

"Use of Force" is a sub-series of the podcast where we highlight one instance of NYPD use of lethal force over the past decade along the route we're walking for the week. The name refers to the Use of Force reports the NYPD generates each year where descriptions of these events are compiled. This week we discuss the 2012 death of Saheed Vassell, 34. Vassell was shot by police after calls went to 911 saying he was brandishing a firearm when he was not. For more information including a mapping of lethal force in New York over the past decade, visit:     https://highleyvarlet.com/posts/Use_of_Force

The shooting of Saheed Vassell by the NYPD on April 4th in Crown Heights re-ignited a chronic community safety debate: What kind of discretion should we use in calling the police when we know that it can result in a death sentence for an unsuspecting Black person?   Today, we investigate what runs through people’s mind when neighbors call cops on neighbors. Third Rail’s Mark Winston Griffith and guest co-host Shantae J. Edwards sit down with Malika Aaron-Bishop, the Membership Chair for GetOrganized BK and co-facilitator for one of its working groups, Racial Justice BK; and Tom Weinreich, who helps organize the deep canvassing team within the NYC chapter of Showing up for Racial Justice (SURJ) . We also include excerpts from a telephone interview Mark conducted with Soraya Palmer, a member of Equality for Flatbush. Together, these three organizers offer an alternative framework for how to assess the necessity of calling the police and, in doing so, point towards a new community safety protocol in the midst of rapid gentrification. Segment One: We learn more about the boot on the ground work from our guests, Soraya, Malika, and Tom do and how vital it is to our neighborhoods.  Segment Two: What is the role of gentrification and how are white people are socialized to call the police? We go through some scenarios that take us thru the critical thought process of calling the police.  Segment Three: We talk about models and alternatives to calling the police we can point to and get to the root of offensive community listservs. Segment Four: "Tell 'Em Why You Mad" Intro and Outro theme Music: “City Survival” by MC K-Swift featuring TreZure Empire.                   Episode Music: "Clear Sky" by Jimmy Square.With additional editing by Siad "Gypsy" Reid.

On today's episode of Loud & Clear, Brian Becker and Walter Smolarek are joined by Arnold August, a lecturer, journalist, and author of the book “Cuba and the US in the Age of Trump,” and Gloria La Riva, the director of the Cuba and Venezuela Solidarity Committee. Miguel Diaz Canal has been elected by the National Assembly to be the new President of Cuba. As the country embarks on a historic leadership transition as Raul Castro steps down, what does the future hold for Cuba and its socialist system?The weekly series “Criminal Injustice” continues, where the hosts discuss the most egregious conduct of our courts and prosecutors and how justice is denied to so many people in this country, including the murder by NYPD of Saheed Vassell, a man known by cops and the community to be mentally ill. Kevin Gosztola, a writer for Shadowproof.com and co-host of the podcast Unauthorized Disclosure, and Paul Wright, the founder and executive director of the Human Rights Defense Center and editor of Prison Legal News and Criminal Legal News, join the show. Cancer is not only traumatic and deadly, but it can be incredibly expensive to treat. One organization, Value in Cancer Care Consortium, has been working on cutting those costs to make cancer treatment more readily available, and for one treatment, the researchers were able to confirm that just one-third of a drug for blood cancer was just as effective as the previously recommended dose. This would, of course, cut the treatment cost by a third—until Janssen and Pharmacyclics tripled their prices in response. Brian and Walter speak with Dr. Allen Lichter, an oncologist and chair of the board of directors of the Value in Cancer Care Consortium. The Department of Health and Human Services is reportedly planning to issue regulations that will further restrict undocumented people's ability to access health care. The hosts take an in-depth look today and tomorrow at this latest attack on immigrants and the barriers to healthcare access that already existed. Leo Cuello, an attorney and the director of health policy for the National Health Law Program, joins the show. Yesterday evening, Charles County, Maryland residents rallied at the town council building to protest fracking and a potential new fracked gas compressor station. Fracking is a problem nationwide that is hazardous to the environment and to people living nearby. Maryland anti-fracking organizer with Amp Creeks Council, who was a key organizer in the rally yesterday, joins Brian and Walter. Puerto Rico suffered a huge blackout yesterday leaving the entire island without power, which has still not yet been fully restored. Months after Puerto Rico was hit with a devastating hurricane, critical infrastructure is still yet to be repaired. Camilo Punsoda, spokesperson for Juventud Trabajadora, the youth wing of the Working People’s Party of Puerto Rico, joins the show.The Syrian army has given ISIS a 48-hour deadline to vacate areas south of the capital Damascus, primarily the Palestinian refugee camp of Yarmouk, which has suffered under ISIS’ brutal rule since the spring of 2015. Meanwhile, controversy continues to swirl over the alleged chemical weapons attack in Douma. Brian and Walter speak with Massoud Shadjareh, the founder of the Islamic Human Rights Commission.

Over the weekend, the Working Families Party endorsed Cynthia Nixon for governor. We'll talk to two WFP backers about the fallout; and the NYPD's shooting of Saheed Vassell has further stoked gentrification concerns in Crown Heights. We'll find out how. 112BK is hosted by Ashley Ford (twitter.com/iSmashFizzle), and produced by Ross Tuttle, Fred Brown, Shirin Barghi, Emily Boghosssian and Kritzie Roberts. Our editors are Clinton Philson, Jr. and Khyriel Palmer, our Technical Director is Eric Haugesag, and o

Episode 4 of "That's What I'm Saying" the podcast, finds Shaun and Ny voting Cardi B. for president and being named one of Oprah's favorite things! The ladies throw shade at Tyga for having his 5 year old son, Cairo, being named a defendant in his eviction case before touching on the downfall of Backpage, the very weird Sammy Sosa inspired episode of Atlanta, the state of the Real Housewives of Atlanta franchise and dating younger men (courtesy of Halle Berry). Shaun also talks about her love for the horror/thriller movie, A Quiet Place. The ladies then get "woke" when discussing the strange circumstances surrounding the death of CDC epidemiologist, Timothy Cunningham, the fatal police shooting of Saheed Vassell in Brooklyn, New York, and the pros and cons of gentrification and going to a HBCU. The episode ends with the weekly D*** report and remembering the classic throwback by EPMD, "So Watcha Sayin".

This Week on The Earth Wants YOU! We talk with June from NYC Shut It Down about the murder of Saheed Vassell, who was shot last week in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. We cover gentrification's role in Police violence. This week in the news; humans are swallowing more plastic than ever, humpback Whales sound like Charlie Parker and the Stop Shopping Choir are singing their songs louder than ever. email revbilly@revbilly.com for any queries or questions https://www.youcaring.com/saheedvassell-1161848 https://www.gofundme.com/nycshutitdown

This week on Bag Ladiez we rocking Cardi #moneybags and also regular bags lol We start off with our VERY SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT!! We’re having a live show June 9th in Brooklyn! Buy your tickets ASAP and come kick it with us!!! Buy tickets here:http://bgladiezlive.eventbrite.com/ For “Currento Eventos” we’re talking about the environmental pollution those on the island of Puerto Rico are dealing with in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, Flint is ending it’s free bottled water program even tho NO BODY TRUST THAT WATER, and the murder of #SaheedVassell in Crown Heights, Brooklyn this past week. In “What’s your Baggage” we’re talking about BEING NICE. NICE FOR WHAT? NICE FOR WHY? We talk about why we’re nice, who taught us to be “nice,” what it really means to us when we’re saying we’re being “nice,” and how to stop that BS. For “Put it in your Bag” Lina puts in INVASION OF PRIVACY by our fave Cardi B! In case you ain’t know it’s FULL OF BANGERS. Estephanie puts her very own shop! You can shop for art, calming sprays, and herb mixes at cinpim.com! Finally for our rotating theme we talk about something that got us OD TIGHT this week and Lina wraps it up with our weekly affirmation! Use #UnpackBG to let us know what’s your favorite Cardi song off #InvasionofPrivacy! As always thank you for listening and you can find all our links below! Comment, subscribe, leave an Itunes review, and tell a friend! You can listen to us on soundcloud, Itunes, and Googleplay! Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/bgladies Itunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/bgladiez/id1073190648?mt=2 Google Play:http://bit.ly/2D7bSJ5 You can Follow us @: Twitter: Bag_Ladiez Tumblr: bgladiez.tumblr.com Instagram: BgLadiez Gmail: bgladiez@gmail.com Contamination in Arecibo, PR: http://bit.ly/2qjSwLy Flint ends bottled water program: https://cnn.it/2Hew94q NYPD Murder of Saheed Vassell: https://nyp.st/2qiZoJ2 Estephanie’s Shop: www.cinpim.com Buy tickets to our LIVE SHOW: http://bgladiezlive.eventbrite.com/

This week, Law Enforcement and Security Analyst Vincent Hill dives into the “controversial” arrest of Forrest Curry in Ft. Worth, TX. Why the arrest was by the book and why the Chief there is right in supporting his officers. Also, the death of Saheed Vassell has caused protests in Brooklyn, NY. Vincent breaks down the […] The post Beyond The Badge: Forrest Curry / Saheed Vassell appeared first on Radio Influence.

Last Wednesday, April 4th, a man named Saheed Vassell was killed due to a combination of fear, ignorance and poor policing. Saheed lived in Crown Heights for most of his life, but he lost his life because his presence in the neighborhood he grew up in made people who look like Alexis feel unsafe. With this and the purpose of our podcast in mind, Alexis reads an open letter she wrote to fellow white people living in the gentrifying neighborhoods of New York City. The full text of this letter and citations for all statistics and references heard in the recording are available on our website www.newyorkilybyc.com under the "Hear Something-Read Something" tab. We will be back on Thursday with our next full episode. Thanks for listening.

Stephon Clark. Saheed Vassell. Skyrocketing poverty and black incarceration rates. Are we upholding King’s fight for justice? On this episode of "Let Your Voice Be Heard!," Selena Hill, Stanley Fritz, and Ilyssa Fuchs reflect on Dr. Martin Luther King’s life, legacy, and the progress – or the lack thereof -- that has been made in the in wake of the 50th anniversary of his assassination. They also spoke to Rachel Knox, a former city council candidate in Memphis and the current Thriving Arts and Culture Program Officer for the Hyde Family Foundation. http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/02/22/5-facts-about-blacks-in-the-u-s/ https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/race/news/2012/03/13/11351/the-top-10-most-startling-facts-about-people-of-color-and-criminal-justice-in-the-united-states/ Want to learn more about King? Check out one of his most famous speeches, Letters from Birmingham Jail. https://www.africa.upenn.edu/Articles_Gen/Letter_Birmingham.html Check out this awesome speech from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s granddaughter: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvskFQN-4eY Consider supporting us by becoming a monthly subscriber at Patreon. www.patreon.com/Beheardradio Follow us on Twitter: @Beheard_Radio Like our Fan Page and Watch Episodes Live here: www.facebook.com/LetYourVoiceBeHeard/

In Episode 25, The Goddamn Fools discuss Evan almost killing a child (3:18), Cardi B's album & SNL appearance (9:02, other new music (15:30), Channing Tatum, Logic, and peoples obsession with celebrity couples (22:38), Ashton Kutcher (27:20), Teens snorting condoms (31:00), Fabolous Video (35:04), Police shooting Saheed Vassell (44:02), Black Panther passing Titanic (51:22), Sourtoe Cocktails? (55:48), Florida teen biting off chicken head (58:45), Conor McGregor (1:01:06), Canello/GGG cancelled (1:04:40), Our #AskAFool segment where Bianca threatens @ChefWaites from #CAAP Subscribe, rate us, and comment! Follow us on social media:@TheGoddamnFools@ChixDigThaBeard@TheBlkofWallSt@Ms_Bianca_Bisa (Twitter)@hi.biancaaa (Instagram)  

The Oklahoma teachers’ walkout enters its second week as teachers keep pressure on legislators for more permanent solutions to the state’s education crisis. At least 58 of the state’s 500-plus school districts - including Oklahoma City and Tulsa - will be closed. What are conditions like in Oklahoma schools and what are the teachers’ demands?New Yorkers gather to mourn the death of Saheed Vassell, a black man who was shot and killed by police during what appeared to be a mental health episode. Along with several other high-profile police killings in recent weeks, the death of Vassell has reignited a national conversation about police violence and gentrification. What are the facts on the ground in Vassell’s case and the stakes for Crown Heights?Donald Trump’s recent announcement that the U.S. would be leaving Syria “very soon” was met with open hostility from corporate media. The current presence of U.S. troops on Syrian land is a violation of international law, but that has rarely been mentioned in American reporting. Instead, the Washington Post and CNN are using the specter of Russiagate as a justification for continued U.S. military action. Is this the beginning of another U.S. ground war in the Middle East?We are joined for this show by Scott Heins, a freelance photojournalist and reporter; and Dr. Gregory Shupak, professor of media studies at the University of Guelph in Toronto. Shupak is also the author of The Wrong Story: Palestine, Israel, and the Media, which is available for pre-order now at OR Books.

Following up on last week’s episode, Kea spoke with a member of TEAM KEA, Liz, who is a huge support to her in her mental health recovery. In part two, Liz discussed how family and friends can help those who live with mental illness. Kea also share her thoughts on the recent killing of Saheed Vassell who was killed by the police and lived with bipolar disorder. During the mind, body and soulness segment, Kea talks about the benefits of taking social media detoxes to help us with our mental health. References/Links: Learn more about Saheed Vassell https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2018/04/05/police-shoot-and-kill-brooklyn-man-after-mistaking-a-metal-pipe-for-a-gun/?utm_term=.96949996b928 Therapist Shout-Out: Dr. Bryant Psychology Today Profile https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/dr-deitra-bryant-upper-marlboro-md/361234?sid=1522958537.5194_2559&search=Upper+Marlboro&city=Upper+Marlboro&state=MD&ref=3&tr=ResultsName Benefits of social media detox https://www.lifehack.org/483829/9-positive-benefits-of-a-social-media-detox No More Martyrs event in Washington, DC: Get Your Tickets! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sister-speak-black-women-and-suicide-tickets-44750486911?aff=efbeventtix

Episode 5 of The MostlyEverythingPodcast is back for another week! Reece and Corey talk about Rihanna's Body Lava, Reece's Sephora shopping bag, the shooting death of Saheed Vassell, in brooklyn and how we can encourage our children to become police officers and much more! Indulge! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mostlyeverythingpodcast/support

Anti-racism activist, author, and scholar Tim Wise is the guest on this week's edition of The Chauncey DeVega Show. Tim Wise is the author of numerous books including his most recent Under the Affluence: Shaming the Poor, Praising the Rich and Sacrificing the Future of America. During this episode of The Chauncey DeVega Show, Tim and Chauncey discuss toxic white masculinity and mass shootings in the context of the Parkland high school massacre, white racial fragility, and how white privilege and white racism continue to hurt white people in Donald Trump's America. And in a first for the podcast, Chauncey and Tim respond to a listener's email who is seeking advice for how best to deal with their racist Donald Trump Tea Party supporting father and what strategies that white folks who want to fight for justice along the color line can implement in their own lives and communities. In this week's episode Chauncey DeVega continues to document how Trump's presidency is an exercise in corporate corruption and theft and also highlights the continued violence by Trump's human deplorables against the American people. And in this week's show Chauncey shares what may be an unpopular opinion about the NYPD's horrific and tragic killing of a mentally ill black man named Saheed Vassell.

Independent Reporter Ash Agony is back in Beelzebub's lair! (Note: this was recorded just before the shooting of Saheed Vassell in Crown Heights, which Ash has diligently reported; follow his coverage on Twitter: @AshAgony) In this week's episode... 01:05 - Seasonal Affective Disorder: not just something white people made up. Take care of yourselves. 02:35 - Our friend Ash "The Antifa Angel" returns to Beelzebub's lair to drop more knowledge. 03:50 - Ash's last big story was the legal victory of Arminta Jeffryes. (Again, we recorded just before the Vassell shooting; we'll have more on that soon.) 05:40 - Where can you find the work of indy journalists like Ash, now that so many local sites are shuttering? Look up Injustice Today, Waging Nonviolence and Mass Magazine 08:00 - A look at Sinclair Broadcasting Group, the shady TV conglomorate buying up local stations around the US to push right-wing propaganda. 21:05 - A new ACTIVISM WINS: The "Red State Revolt" isn't the 2nd Civil War that its name might insinuate. Rather, it's the movement that's led to actions like Teacher Strikes in West Virginia, Kentucky and Oklahoma, with more to come. 27:20 - Portland may become the first place in the country to form a Fast Food Workers Union. 27:50 - The subway ads for freelancer website Fiverr are the devil. And a website that sells your skills for only $5 is pure exploitation. 31:25 - Amazon vs. Trump. Whoever wins, we lose. A tax-dodging bloodsucker battling a blood-sucking tax dodger. Whoever wins, we lose. Although Trump is technically right, Amazon is ripping us off by not paying taxes. 40:48 - Mark Zuckerberg is going to face Congress for his role in the Cambridge Analytica scandal. 49:45 - It's finally here: The White Fuckery of the Week! This week, Laura Ingraham is still stinging from the Twitter beatdown she brought on herself. After taking a week off, will she still have her Fox show? It's qwhite a conundrum... 58:15 - Flashback to Laura Ingraham's days in college, when she (and her boyfriend Dinesh D'Souza) would write racist articles for the school newspaper and out LGBT students publicly. Help spread the word about 2 Spicy by rating and reviewing us on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, or wherever you listen to us. And we love to hear from you! Talk back to us via Twitter or on our Facebook page! Also, we're still looking for a theme song–if you make beats, hit us up! Follow our guest Ash on Twitter: @AshAgony Support his Independent Journalism: Crowdfunding for Ash Support us on Patreon: Click here Follow 2 Spicy on Twitter: @2SpicyPodcast Like 2 Spicy on Facebook: Our Page Follow Elsa on Twitter: @ElsaJustElsa Follow Heather on Twitter: @HMS_TheArtist (intro music: "Danger Storm" by Kevin MacLeod, incompetech.com. Licensed under Creative Commons by Attribution 3.0 License)

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In this ITT Extra, Maria and Julio highlight three stories you may have missed this week because... Trump: the missing migrant voices from the coverage of the Central American refugee caravan; the conviction of former Bolivian president Gonzalo "Goni" Sánchez de Lozada for the killings of mostly indigenous civilians during the 2003 gas protests; and the latest police shooting of unarmed black man, Saheed Vassell, in Brooklyn. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On today's episode of Loud & Clear, Brian Becker and John Kiriakou are joined by Joe Lauria, a journalist, political commentator, and author of the book "How I Lost, By Hillary Clinton," and Alexander Mercouris, the editor in chief of The Duran. This morning, the Trump administration issued sanctions on seven Russian oligarchs, and 12 companies they own or control, and 17 senior Russian government officials. The administration says this is due to Russian meddling in the 2016 election. But where’s the evidence about this meddling? On L&C’s regular Friday segment covering the upcoming midterm elections, the hosts take a look at special elections in Wisconsin and Arizona, a Republican primary in West Virginia, and the crucial senate race in Tennessee. Jacqueline Luqman and Abdus Luqman, the co-editors-in-chief of Luqman Nation, join the show. In a second Friday in a row, Israeli forces are killing Palestinians for protesting for the right to return to their land. At least eight Palestinians have been killed already today, with another 700 wounded. One dead is a 16-year-old boy and at least 31 children have been wounded, as Israel refuses to change its open-fire rules and pummels the protesters with live ammunition and high velocity bullets. That brings the total killing over the last week to 30 Palestinians dead and more than 1,600 wounded. Brian and John speak with Miko Peled, the author of “The General’s Son - A Journey of an Israeli in Palestine” and the newly released "Injustice: The Story of the Holy Land Foundation Five." Saheed Vassell was well known to residents and police alike in his Brooklyn, NY neighborhood as a harmless mentally ill man who danced on the sidewalks and played with all types of items left on the street. But two days ago, newcomers to the neighborhood called 911 to report that Vassell pointing something that looked like a gun at passers-by. It wasn’t a gun. It was a shower head. Police arrived and, within six seconds, Vassell was shot and killed. The community is incredibly angry and has been rising up in protest. Kerbie Joseph, an activist and organizer deeply involved in the issues of human rights and social justice, joins the show. Thousands of Arizona teachers took to the streets yesterday threatening to go on strike if the state legislature doesn’t improve teacher pay and working conditions, reduce class sizes, and purchase new textbooks and equipment. Teachers in Arizona are among the worst paid in the country. Noah Karvelis, a public educator in Phoenix who frequently publishes and speaks about public education and democracy in the United States, joins Brian and John. 3,100 employees of Google have signed a letter protesting the company’s involvement in a Pentagon program that uses artificial intelligence to interpret video imagery that could be used to improve the targeting of drone strikes, or what Defense Secretary James Mattis calls “the lethality of the US military.” Web developer and technologist Chris Garaffa joins the show.Yesterday’s conversation continues about Facebook, Cambridge Analytica, and personal data. Did Cambridge Analytica impact the 2016 election? Brian and John speak with Dr. Robert Epstein, the Senior Research Psychologist at the American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology, and Bill Binney, a former NSA technical director who became a legendary national security whistleblower.

On today's episode of Loud & Clear, Brian Becker and John Kiriakou are joined by Kevin Gosztola, a writer for Shadowproof.com and co-host of the podcast Unauthorized Disclosure, and Paul Wright, the founder and executive director of the Human Rights Defense Center and editor of Prison Legal News and Criminal Legal News.Today, the weekly series “Criminal Injustice” continues, where the hosts discuss the most egregious conduct of our courts and prosecutors and how justice is denied to so many people in this country, including the murder by NYPD of Saheed Vassell, a man known by cops and the community to be mentally ill. Yesterday was the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. After he was killed, there were uprisings in dozens of cities, though these powerful rebellions have been falsely portrayed as opportunistic and materialistic looting and rioting. What were the social movements at the time of the assassination of Dr. King and what kind of oppression caused the Black community to rise up after this assassination? Malik Rahim, a former Black Panther and a longtime housing and prison activist in Louisiana who gained widespread attention as an important community organizer in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, joins the show. Yulia Skripal, who last month was poisoned in the UK with her father, a Russian double agent, is finally recovering. She said she feels stronger each day, but is still disoriented. The British government has said the Skripals were poisoned with the nerve agent Novichok. Absent any proof, however, British scientists and politicians have backed off that claim. Brian and John speak with Dr. Piers Robinson, the chairman of the politics, society, and political journalism department at the University of Sheffield and the author of “Routledge Handbook of Media, Conflict and Security.” The Brazilian Supreme Court ruled last night that former president Luiz Ignacio Lula da Silva can be sent to prison while he appeals his conviction on corruption charges. Lula said that the 6-5 ruling was an underhanded ploy to keep him off the ballot. He is currently leading in presidential preference polls. Earlier yesterday, a Brazilian general threatened a military coup if Lula was not imprisoned. Ada Siqueira, a member of Brazilian Expats for Democracy and Social Justice, joins the show. Major teachers strikes continue in Oklahoma and Kentucky, even though the Oklahoma state legislature has agreed to increase teachers salaries. The teachers are striking due to pensions, class sizes, classroom supplies, up-to-date textbooks, and respect. Liz Davis, President of the Washington Teachers Union who has taught in DC public schools for 41 years, joins Brian and John. Facebook executives announced yesterday that at least 87 million users had their personal data harvested secretly by data firm Cambridge Analytica. The number is far higher than Facebook had previously admitted. The company responded by saying that it would adopt Europe’s stricter privacy policies for the US. But Congress wants CEO Mark Zuckerberg to testify. Dr. Robert Epstein, the Senior Research Psychologist at the American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology, and Bill Binney, a former NSA technical director who became a legendary national security whistleblower, join the show.A group of retired veteran intelligence, law enforcement, and military professionals yesterday delivered a letter to the Ecuadorian Ambassador to the United States asking that his country allow Wikileaks founder Julian Assange to have internet access and permission for him to receive visitors. Assange has been cut off from the outside world for two weeks now after he commented on Twitter about Catalonian elections. Brian speaks with John about delivering the letter to the embassy yesterday.

Ify and Turquoise discuss Trump signing order to send National Guard to border, Ivanka and Jared accused of seeking to bribe Planned Parenthood to stop abortions, McMaster out as NSA head, Mueller told Trump's lawyers he's not a criminal target of Russia probe, White Nationalist podcast teacher resigns, Naomi Campbell seeking to launch Vogue Africa, Federal Judges reject TX voting practices, Bernice King highlights father's final sermon, Howard University student activism article by Adam Hill in the Atlantic, GAO report on racial bias in school discipline and mental health, and Saheed Vassell's police killing in Brooklyn.