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

Background Briefing: April 30, 2023

  Sudan is Descending Into a Destructive and Bloody Civil War Along the Lines of Syria and Libya We begin with the likelihood that Sudan will descend into a bloody and destructive civil war along the lines of Syria and Libya as two warlords fight it out for power...

Background Briefing: April 27, 2023

  A Republican Budget That Punishes the Poorest Americans, Children, to Deal With A Debt The GOP Caused by Cutting Taxes For the Rich  We begin with the House Republican budget that Speaker McCarthy barely got enough votes from his side to pass 217 to 215 which...

Background Briefing: April 26, 2023

  China’s Peace Offer to Ukraine and Does the US Want to Avoid Ukraine Humiliating Putin With Its Upcoming Offensive? We begin with what Ukraine’s President Zelensky described today as a “long and meaningful” conversation between him and...

Background Briefing: April 25, 2023

  Biden Announces He is Running For a Second Term at the End of Which He Will be 86 We begin with the announcement today by President Biden that he is running for a second term at the end of which he would be 86. We examine the concern among some Democrats that...

Background Briefing: April 24, 2023

Murdoch’s Abrupt Firing of Tucker Carlson and How Progressives Assumed They’d Dominate Social Media Only to be Outflanked by Right Wing Populism We begin with the unceremonious and abrupt firing of Fox News’s highest paid and highest rated prime time...