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

Background Briefing: January 20, 2022

  SCOTUS Slouches Towards Right Wing Lunacy with a Maskless Gorsuch and Clarence Thomas’s Sole Dissent We begin on the 12th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s disastrous Citizens United decision which has unleashed torrents of dark money into our...

Background Briefing: January 19, 2022

  The New York AG Lays out a Pattern of “Fraudulent and Misleading” Practices by the Trump Organization We begin with the pattern of “fraudulent and misleading” practices the Trump Organization has been engaged in laid out in court papers...

Background Briefing: January 18, 2022

  A War Between Russia and Ukraine Will Likely Break Out Within Weeks We begin with a last-minute effort by Secretary of State Blinken to head off a war between Russia and Ukraine with first negotiations in Ukraine then a meeting in Geneva on Friday with...

Background Briefing: January 17, 2022

  On MLK Day Rancor From African American Leaders at Senators Sinema and Manchin We begin on this Martin Luther King Day with the rancor being expressed by African American leaders like MLK’s son and Congressman Clyburn directed at Democratic Senator Sinema...

Background Briefing: January 16, 2022

  The Supreme Court’s Power Grab Puts the Authority of All Government Departments and Agencies in Jeopardy We begin with the most disturbing aspect of the Supreme Court’s ruling against vaccine mandates and that is its implications going forward for...