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What most Americans know about Puerto Rico is based on a colonial fantasy, says journalist and Columbia University professor, Ed Morales. This fantasy, and the reality it obscures, is the subject of his new book, Fantasy Island. In this episode, Laura interviews Morales and scholar/activist Rosa...

Host Jim Vrettos interviews Anthony Miranda, Democratic Candidate for Queens Borough President who thinks the political class has made too many promises and accomplished nothing in return.

Host Jim Vrettos interviews Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, Writer, Preacher, Moral Activist, author of the book "Revolution of Values: Reclaiming Public Faith for the Common Good"

In this episode of The Laura Flanders Show, author and scholar Dr. Priyamvada Gopal discusses her latest book, Insurgent Empire, which examines a history of abolition and rebellion under colonial rule to demonstrate how these resistance movements served as active participants in their own liberation...

Host Jim Vrettos interviews Lisa Fithian, Organizer, Activist and Author of "Shut It Down", who shares her views on organizing and protest as a way to look for change.

Host Jim Vrettos interviews Rabbi Michael Lerner, Editor or Tikkun Magazine, Activist, and Author of "Revolutionary Love: A Political Manifesto to Heal and Transform the World", in which Lerner talks about polarization, dialogue and the need to understand each other in despite of our differences.

The climate crisis is accelerating faster than expected. This November, 11,000 scientists from 153 countries declared that “We’re reaching potentially irreversible climate tipping points—climate chain reactions that could cause significant disruptions to ecosystems, society, and economies...” In...

Host Jim Vrettos interviews Manuel Gomez, Black Ops Private Investigator and Activist, who have drafted a bill to create the Department of Civilian Justice as an overseer for cases in which the ones that are supposed to administer justice end up being the corrupt ones.

Social change and systems change go hand-in-hand. Movements for democracy and human rights are most effective when they aim to transform unjust, unequitable economic systems. In this episode, Laura travels to Spain to learn how people in two of the regions most brutally repressed under the...