A DAILY PUBLIC RADIO PROGRAM FEATURING NEWS ANALYSIS OF THE DAY'S TOP ISSUES

Background Briefing: June 3, 2021

  The End of Netanyahu’s 12 Year Rule in Israel We begin with what looks like the end of the 12 year rule of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu as a new government of change is forming which is an unlikely coalition of religious nationalist and secular...

Background Briefing: June 2, 2021

  An Urgent Call to Save American Democracy We begin with President Biden’s call yesterday, at the ceremony in Tulsa, to pass the For the People Act in the Senate to ensure a level playing field in the next election that the Republicans shamelessly plan to...

Background Briefing: June 1, 2021

  The 1921 Tulsa Massacre and the Persisting Wealth Gap Between Blacks and Whites We begin with President Biden’s visit to Tulsa, Oklahoma today to honor the victims of the 1921 race massacre of hundreds of African Americans 100 years ago. In addressing the...

Background Briefing: May 31, 2021

  After 8 Years as a POW in North Vietnam, Going Back Inside California’s Prisons to Help Vets Rebuild Their Lives We begin on this Memorial Day with a highly decorated combat veteran who was awarded two Silver Stars, two Legion of Merits, two Bronze Stars...

Background Briefing: May 30, 2021

  With Democracy Under Attack Around the World, Could Turkey See the Reversal of That Trend? We begin with the possible reversal of a global trend in which democracies are undermined by authoritarian leaders who destroy democratic institutions, corrupt the rule...