What you may have missed on PDR last week
Following is our end-of-the-week summary of all the topics covered on our Politics Done Right on KPFT 90.1 FM program, which is also streamed on Facebook Live, YouTube Live, Twitter, and Twitch.
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Monday, June 3rd, 2024
Norman Solomon admonishes the flawed American special policy towards Israel that causes us all harm: Author & activist Norman Solomon discusses America’s Israel hypocrisy. The war in Gaza is immoral, and we are complicit. [More]
Washington Complicity in Half-Century Privatization of Medicare: Since passage of the 1965 Medicare law, special interests inside and outside of government have continually bent the intent of Medicare in order to maximize corporate profits at the expense of taxpayers, seniors, and the disabled. [More]
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Tuesday, June 4th, 2024
Jasmine Khadem, a Gen Z community organizer the Democratic Party must keep, recruit, and respect: Jasmine Khadem has a background in community organizing. She was the student body president at the University of Houston, where she organized DEI programs during the BLM movement. Now, she is organizing against the TEA takeover and against anti-immigrant legislation like SB-4. … [More]
Insights into the U.S. Maternal Mortality Crisis: An International Comparison: The United States continues to have the highest rate of maternal deaths of any high-income nation, despite a decline since the COVID-19 pandemic. And within the U.S., the rate is by far the highest for Black women. Most of these deaths — over 80 percent — are likely preventable.1 [More]
Wednesday, June 5th, 2024
US Agencies Urged to Tackle Medicare Advantage, Other ‘Outrageous’ Healthcare Greed: “There is much the Biden administration can and must do to address the national embarrassment that is for-profit healthcare in the U.S.,” said Public Citizen’s healthcare policy advocate. [More]
Elon Musk Shows Us Why Individuals Can’t Save the World: “Live by public will, die by public will,” is a mantra the faux libertarian techno billionaires should memorize. They are not our saviors, but rather obstacles to a better future for consumers and workers alike. [Move]
Thursday, June 6th, 2024
Manuel Pastor discusses the failure created by Musk, Billionaires, and Individualism to our economy: Dr. Manuel Pastor, Distinguished Professor of Sociology and American Studies & Ethnicity at the University of Southern California, clarified that the economy is ours and that billionaires like Musk and individualism harm it. [More]
The US Must Choose: Billionaires or Democracy: To limit the impact of our wealthiest on our politics, we simply must limit the wealth of our wealthiest. [More]
Pelumi Adeleke, Candidate for Harris County Appraisal District Board of Directors Place 3: Pelumi Adeleke is a candidate for position 3 on the HCAD Board of Directors. She is committed to addressing the pressing concerns that have left residents feeling unheard. [More]
Friday, June 7th, 2024
Manuel Pastor discusses why some Latinos are moving to Trumpism; we better heed now: Dr. Manuel Pastor dissects a sad reality. Some Latinos are migrating to Trump’s MAGA base because of deceptive messaging that touches on gender, crime, and more. [More]
Red State politicians must stop projecting. Homicide rates in their states eclipse the Blue States: Red State politicians constantly knock the Blue States for their crime, taxes, and more. Unfortunately for them, it is their states with exploding homicide rates. [More]
Reaction to a great job report is another example of our economic system being a fraud by the few: President Biden received yet another solid job report. Unfortunately, financial intelligentsia believes it is bad news for interest rates and inflation. [More]
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