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Host Jim Vrettos interviews Actress, Film Maker and Environmentalist Jean Goto; who uses her art not only as a expression of herself but as a way to create conscience about climate change and social justice.

Host Jim Vrettos interviews Ray Rogers, Labor Rights Activist and Founder and Director of Corporate Campaign Inc. They talk about activism, the Real State Boar of New York (REBNY) and how their politics keep rents going high and construction workers being underpaid.

Host Jim Vrettos interviews Clarence Ruth; Artist, Designer and Author. They talk about fashion and design as a way to address the challenges our society is facing.

The people of Newark, New Jersey—the majority of whom are black and brown—are grappling with a lead contamination crisis that has drawn comparisons with Flint, Michigan. There the state took control of the city’s water after municipal officials and a private management company failed to provide...

Host Jim Vrettos interviews Bill Fletcher Jr., Columnist, media commentator, International racial justice and labor activist. Both make an analysis of the labor movement in the actual political, social and economical scenario in the US.

The U.S. economy, weak or strong, is the question at the heart of the election. But it doesn't get to the reality which is that, whatever else it may be, the U.S. economy is not democratic or good for the planet. But it could be. Marjorie Kelly and Ted Howard of the Democracy Collaborative say how...

New York, NY... Its a city with close to 100 billion dollar budget every year and one deputy mayor with some pretty creative plans for how to spend it. What can one city do? And what's it gonna take to create a non-racist democracy? J Phillip Thompson, NYC Deputy Mayor for Strategic Policy...

Host Jim Vrettos interviews Melissa Montero, film and media maker, activist, salsa dancer.  Mrs. Montero talks about his experience with Isabel Rosado who passed on in 2015 at the age of 107 and whose life encompassed Puerto Rico's historical struggle with colonialism over the last century.

Roughly 40 million people live in poverty in the USA. Can you imagine living under $24,000 a year for a family of four? If you can’t, why not? Surely the media should help. This week, why mainstream media are so poor at covering poverty – and what one project is doing about it.