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Dec 3, 2020 • 14min
Can a Biden presidency solve the Global South’s climate struggles?
In an interview with The Real News, author and academic David Orr says the Global North has a moral obligation to assist the developing world in confronting global warming—And Biden’s presidency could be the last chance to do so.Subscribe to our page and support our work at https://therealnews.com/donate.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-news-podcast--2952221/support.Help us continue producing radically independent news and in-depth analysis by following us and becoming a monthly sustainer.Follow us on:Bluesky: @therealnews.comFacebook: The Real News NetworkTwitter: @TheRealNewsYouTube: @therealnewsInstagram: @therealnewsnetworkBecome a member and join the Supporters Club for The Real News Podcast today!
Dec 3, 2020 • 19min
Bankers stole millions. He defied a cop. Guess who went to jail?
The settlement between Goldman Sachs for stealing hundreds of millions compared to the treatment of Blind Justice an activist for the disabled who refused to provide ID to a cop illustrates the vast gap between justice for the rich and everyone else.Subscribe to our page and support our work at https://therealnews.com/donate.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-news-podcast--2952221/support.Help us continue producing radically independent news and in-depth analysis by following us and becoming a monthly sustainer.Follow us on:Bluesky: @therealnews.comFacebook: The Real News NetworkTwitter: @TheRealNewsYouTube: @therealnewsInstagram: @therealnewsnetworkBecome a member and join the Supporters Club for The Real News Podcast today!
Oct 30, 2020 • 17min
'Fake news' and what's missing from the presidential debates
Corporate media has some responsibility for the explosion of disinformation argues Nolan Higdon, author of "The Anatomy of Fake News."Subscribe to our page and support our work at https://therealnews.com/donate.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-news-podcast--2952221/support.Help us continue producing radically independent news and in-depth analysis by following us and becoming a monthly sustainer.Follow us on:Bluesky: @therealnews.comFacebook: The Real News NetworkTwitter: @TheRealNewsYouTube: @therealnewsInstagram: @therealnewsnetworkBecome a member and join the Supporters Club for The Real News Podcast today!
Oct 30, 2020 • 26min
Prisons are COVID-19 cluster sites, but this federal law denies recourse for the incarcerated
The Litigation Reform Act makes it harder for prisoners to file lawsuits—Including over unsafe conditions that could put them at risk of COVID-19.Subscribe to our page and support our work at https://therealnews.com/donate.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-news-podcast--2952221/support.Help us continue producing radically independent news and in-depth analysis by following us and becoming a monthly sustainer.Follow us on:Bluesky: @therealnews.comFacebook: The Real News NetworkTwitter: @TheRealNewsYouTube: @therealnewsInstagram: @therealnewsnetworkBecome a member and join the Supporters Club for The Real News Podcast today!
Oct 30, 2020 • 28min
QAnon isn't a fluke. It's a combination of big tech and Republican politics
As Trump has downplayed COVID-19, he's praised the QAnon conspiracy, a primary vehicle of disinformation fueling far-right hatred and violence ahead of the 2020 election.Subscribe to our page and support our work at https://therealnews.com/donate.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-news-podcast--2952221/support.Help us continue producing radically independent news and in-depth analysis by following us and becoming a monthly sustainer.Follow us on:Bluesky: @therealnews.comFacebook: The Real News NetworkTwitter: @TheRealNewsYouTube: @therealnewsInstagram: @therealnewsnetworkBecome a member and join the Supporters Club for The Real News Podcast today!
Oct 30, 2020 • 10min
COVID-19 is raging in prisons. Why are America's aging political prisoners still behind bars?
Ericka Payne discusses the struggle to get her uncle Ed Poindexter released, and how political prisoners are left out of the conversation about protecting aging prisoners from the pandemic.Subscribe to our page and support our work at https://therealnews.com/donate.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-news-podcast--2952221/support.Help us continue producing radically independent news and in-depth analysis by following us and becoming a monthly sustainer.Follow us on:Bluesky: @therealnews.comFacebook: The Real News NetworkTwitter: @TheRealNewsYouTube: @therealnewsInstagram: @therealnewsnetworkBecome a member and join the Supporters Club for The Real News Podcast today!
Oct 30, 2020 • 18min
Is the left organized enough to fight neofascism?
This election, voters have a choice between neoliberalism and neofascism. Marc Steiner talks to Norman Solomon about what's at stake on November 3.Subscribe to our page and support our work at https://therealnews.com/donate.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-news-podcast--2952221/support.Help us continue producing radically independent news and in-depth analysis by following us and becoming a monthly sustainer.Follow us on:Bluesky: @therealnews.comFacebook: The Real News NetworkTwitter: @TheRealNewsYouTube: @therealnewsInstagram: @therealnewsnetworkBecome a member and join the Supporters Club for The Real News Podcast today!
Oct 30, 2020 • 30min
US elections and the global climate emergency
America’s departure from the Paris Agreement is widely seen as a set back to global efforts to stem the menacing effects of climate change.Subscribe to our page and support our work at https://therealnews.com/donate.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-news-podcast--2952221/support.Help us continue producing radically independent news and in-depth analysis by following us and becoming a monthly sustainer.Follow us on:Bluesky: @therealnews.comFacebook: The Real News NetworkTwitter: @TheRealNewsYouTube: @therealnewsInstagram: @therealnewsnetworkBecome a member and join the Supporters Club for The Real News Podcast today!
Oct 30, 2020 • 14min
Thousands of ex-felon first-time voters in Florida could help decide the 2020 election
In 2000, with all eyes on Florida, a young lawyer named Amy Coney Barrett helped swing the controversial Bush v. Gore decision, securing a Republican presidency. In 2020, the courts could again be decisive in swing states. Voting rights activist Desmond Meade is working to get court costs paid and ex-felons registered to vote.Subscribe to our page and support our work at https://therealnews.com/donate.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-news-podcast--2952221/support.Help us continue producing radically independent news and in-depth analysis by following us and becoming a monthly sustainer.Follow us on:Bluesky: @therealnews.comFacebook: The Real News NetworkTwitter: @TheRealNewsYouTube: @therealnewsInstagram: @therealnewsnetworkBecome a member and join the Supporters Club for The Real News Podcast today!
Oct 30, 2020 • 18min
Pregnant inmate in Maryland alleges being pepper sprayed and slammed to the floor
Ashiya Mincey already had a positive pregnancy test when she began serving her time at Prince George's County Department of Corrections. She alleges that staff administered a new test incorrectly, denied her medical care, food, and water, and pepper sprayed and handcuffed her in her cell.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-news-podcast--2952221/support.Help us continue producing radically independent news and in-depth analysis by following us and becoming a monthly sustainer.Follow us on:Bluesky: @therealnews.comFacebook: The Real News NetworkTwitter: @TheRealNewsYouTube: @therealnewsInstagram: @therealnewsnetworkBecome a member and join the Supporters Club for The Real News Podcast today!
