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

Background Briefing: October 1, 2023

  Apart From Helping Putin, Why is Cutting Aid to Ukraine the Top Priority of Trump and a Handful of Republicans in Congress? We begin with Putin telling Trump to cut aid to Ukraine, then Trump telling Marjorie Taylor Greene to cut the aid, then Margorie Taylor...

Background Briefing: September 28, 2023

With the Deck Stacked Against American Workers, the Competition to Win Their Votes We begin with the competition for the vote of American workers with Biden on the picket line with striking UAW workers and Trump at a non-union venue appealing to UAW members past and...

Background Briefing: September 27, 2023

  After Losing His Business License in New York, Trump Could Lose All His Businesses Built on Fraud We begin with a judge today dismissing Trump’s appeal against the business fraud case brought by the New York Attorney General which goes to trial on October...

Background Briefing: September 26, 2023

  Biden Sides With Workers on the Picket Line We begin with the first American president to join striking workers on the picket line in Detroit today where Biden made an impassioned speech in favor of workers getting a fair deal and a decent wage in an economy in...

Background Briefing: September 25, 2023

  Trump’s Latest Full-on Fascist Rant to Shut Down Any Media That’s Critical of Him  We begin with Trump’s latest full-on fascist rant on Truth Social on Sunday against the media, in particular NBC and MSNBC, vowing, “I say up front, openly, proudly,...