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

Background Briefing: April 22, 2021

  Putin Warns the U.S. About Red Lines as He Puts the Squeeze on Belarus We begin with Russian President Putin’s warnings to the U.S. not to cross red lines and his claim in an address to the Russian parliament that the CIA had tried to assassinate the...

Background Briefing: April 21, 2021

  In Response to BLM Protests, Republican Laws Now Criminalize Protest in 45 States We begin with the Republican pushback against Black Lives Matter and other protest groups who helped bring attention to police brutality following the murder of George Floyd with...

Background Briefing: April 20, 2021

  Three Guilty Verdicts in the Trial of the Murderer of George Floyd We begin with the three guilty verdicts of second degree unintentional murder, third degree murder and second degree manslaughter in the Minneapolis trial of Derek Chauvin who murdered George...

Background Briefing: April 19, 2021

  How to Screen Out Racist Cops Who Join Anti-Government Militias We begin with boasts on “60 Minutes” from the leader of the Arizona chapter of the Oath Keepers, the biggest of the nationwide militia among the far-right groups who stormed the...

Background Briefing: April 18, 2021

  Finally the “Smoking Gun” of Collusion Mueller Was Looking For Emerges We begin with the proof of collusion between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin that just emerged which Andrew Weissman the number two in charge of the Mueller Report, now...