The Philadelphia-based Duboisian scholar Dr. Anthony Monteiro said President Trump “would like to set up a Latin American-style strongman kind of government. “But, the problem is, Trump doesn’t have many allies, “anywhere – in the ‘deep state,’ in his own party, or among the American people -- to establish such a strongman rule.” If Trump overreaches and attempts to take excessive power in his own hands, said Monteiro, “this will lead to a growing popular demand, which the ‘deep state’ and the Democrats and Republicans will seize upon to move quickly to remove him from office through impeachment.” He said the U.S. is racked by economic and political crises, including a crisis of legitimacy. “We have never seen a crisis of this type.”
The arrest and deportation of several prominent Kanak leaders have reignited widespread protests in New Caledonia.
Julian Assange accepted a plea deal in exchange for his freedom from the bipartisan effort to keep him imprisoned and to charge him with a crime for publishing material the state wants to keep a…
This week, we learn about a lawsuit by Black and Latino residents over the redrawing of an electoral district map that leaves them without representation. We discuss New York State's…
We are joined by Joe Torres to discuss the 1921 Tulsa Massacre and the media’s role in instigating the atrocity.
Yurij Rudensky joins us to discuss a lawsuit against Galveston County, Texas, brought by Black and Latino residents over its racially discriminatory district map.
