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Wednesday, May 24, 201705/24/2017

A More Massive Mass MoCA

In Bill Newman

5.24.17 Monte pinch hits as Newman nurses his vocal chords and talks about the expansion of Mass MoCA, plus Emmy-Award winning filmmaker Larry Hott with Barton Byg on the importance of East German films and Vaya Con Muñoz with Natalia Muñoz on the complicated history of Oscar Lopez Rivera.

Tuesday, May 23, 201705/23/2017

Madeloni Gets Mad

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5/23: Massachusetts Teachers Ass’n President Barbara Madeloni and PHENOM, Public Higher Education Network of Massachusetts founder Max Page. Then, Pam Victor –comedy star.

Monday, May 22, 201705/22/2017

Bridges Not Walls

In Bill Newman

5/22: Professor and former political prisoner Mohammed Sawalha, founder and Director of the Palestinian House of Friendship.

Saturday, May 20, 201705/20/2017

Vaya Con Muñoz 5.20.17

In Vaya Con Muñoz

Filmmaker Larry Hott recommends a podcast called “S-Town”.Link here: stownpodcast.org/. Listening to it, you will see a maginifent film created by your imagination based the true story of an Alabama man.
En español, la curadora Waleska Santiago comparte su perspectiva sobre la pintura “Ataúd abierto”, por la pintora blanca alemana Dana Shutz, de Emmett Till, un muchacho negro de 14 años que fue golpeado y ahorcado en 1955 por racistas en Mississippi.
Laura Lovett, U.S. women’s history professor at UMass, and Maurianne Adams, retired social justice professor at UMass, and journalist Marla Goldberg (amherstspectator.com) on the push to create a new historic dsitrict in Amherst based the people who lived in the North Prospect-Lincoln-Sunset area.
Santana sings us out with “Everything’s Going Our Way.”
Image by Natalia Muñoz Google Maps

Saturday, May 20, 201705/20/2017

Western Mass Business Show 5.20.17

In The Western Mass. Business Show

Ira talks with Dr. Lynn Charles about her chiropractic practice and how she helps to heal naturally.

Friday, May 19, 201705/19/2017

Impeach Donald Trump…When?

In Bill Newman

5/19: Impeach Trump? Impeach Trump! with attorney John Bonifaz; then, Mikey Sweet and “Bad Dog Gospel.”

Thursday, May 18, 201705/18/2017

Passing On The Torch

In Bill Newman

5/18: The People Win! Smith College professor Andrew Zimbalist, author of “No Boston Olympics: How and Why Smart Cities are Passing on the Torch.”

Wednesday, May 17, 201705/17/2017

I Want To Ride My Bicycle

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5/17: The Big Bicycle Breakfast! Live from the Court House lawn with Northampton Mayor David Narkewicz, Weatherperson Brian Lapis, Smith College professor James Lowenthal and other bike luminaries.

Tuesday, May 16, 201705/16/2017

Scibak In The U.S.S.R.

In Bill Newman

5/16: Representative John Scibak on Your State U. with host Max Page; our monthly “Comedy Quiz” with contestants Pam Victor and Laura Patrick of the Ha Has and Monte Belmonte and Quiz Master Kevin McVeigh. This is about either capitals or capitols. Newman keeps score—sort of.

Monday, May 15, 201705/15/2017

Sen. Warren & Newman in Amherst

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5/15: Sen Elizabeth Warren on Republicans and Donald Trump; best-selling author Dennis Lehane on ”Since We Fell;” Franklin County Continuing the Political Revolution with Paul Jablon, Doug Selwyn and David Greenberg; “Black in the Valley” with Professor Carlie Tartakov, Rev.-Dr. Jacquelyn Smith-Crooks, and Dr. Marcus Ware, Chair, Sojourner Truth Memorial Committee.

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President Donald Trump has dramatically escalated his confrontation with the Federal Reserve, his Justice Department investigating and threatening a criminal indictment of the independent central bank and serving it with subpoenas.

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George Floyd and Renee Good: 5 years between Minneapolis videos, and confusion has increased

Five years ago, video images from a Minneapolis street showing a police officer kneeling on the neck of George Floyd as his life slipped away ignited a social movement. Now, videos from another Minneapolis street showing the last moments of Renee Good's life are central to another debate about law enforcement in America.

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Protests over federal enforcement operations after shootings in Minneapolis and Portland

As anger and outrage spilled out onto Minneapolis' streets over the fatal shooting of a woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer, a new shooting by federal officers in Oregon left two people wounded, sparked additional protests and elicited more scrutiny of enforcement operations across the U.S.

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Minnesota must play a role in the investigation into Renee Good’s killing by ICE, governor says

The state of Minnesota must play a role in investigating the fatal shooting of a Minneapolis woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer, Gov. Tim Walz insisted Thursday, pushing back against the Trump administration's decision to keep the investigation solely in federal hands.

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Senate considers limiting Trump’s war powers after Venezuela raid

The Senate is expected to vote on a resolution Thursday that would limit President Donald Trump's ability to conduct further attacks against Venezuela, setting up a test for his expanding ambitions in the Western Hemisphere.