June 2011

We speak with Amy Goodman, award-winning journalist and host of Democracy Now!.  She recently returned from a trip to Honduras, where she accompanied former President Manuel Zelaya on his first trip back to Honduras since he was ousted in a 2009 coup.

Join us for a visit to San Domingo, Maryland, a small unincorporated town in Wicomico County.  The town was founded in the early 1800s by free black settlers who purchased the land, and thus were able to secure an economic independence rare for African-American communities of the time.  We traveled to the town’s 1919 school house to meet with a group of residents and discuss the history of

In Baltimore, a number of serious health problems resulting in part from unhealthy diets are widespread, including diabetes and obesity.  In this segment, we discuss ways of providing wider access to healthy food, including how the urban farming and local food movements can be part of the solution.

Author Walter Mosley joins us to talk about his new book Twelve Steps Toward Political Revelation. The book provides a 12-step program for kicking "Americanism"--an addictive and pernicious ideology that encourages "tolerance to lies, worldwide aggression...

The federal government is at or near its statutory limit of approximately $14.3 trillion in debt, meaning that the Treasury cannot borrow more money without congressional authorization. In theory, a failure to raise the debt limit could eventually lead to a default on U.S. government debt, which most economists say would be disastrous.