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- 3 days ago7 min
U.S. and Israel to Integrate Military Budgets to Shield Funding from Congressional Oversight, Opposition
Interview with Annelle Sheline, research fellow with the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, conducted by Melinda Tuhus.Between The Lines’ Melinda Tuhus spoke with Annelle Sheline, who resigned from the State Department in March 2024 in protest over President Biden’s unconditional support for Israel’s military operations in Gaza. She now serves as a research fellow at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. Here she explains the danger of integrating the U.S. and Israeli military budgets would present and the likelihood of its approval by Congress as part of the must-pass National Defense Authorization Act.
- 3 days ago15 min
New Progressive Blueprint: ‘Forging a Democracy that Works for All’
Interview with Khury Petersen-Smith, Michael Ratner Middle East fellow and the co-director of the New Internationalism Project at the Institute for Policy Studies, conducted by Scott Harris.Khury Petersen-Smith talks about the new IPS report, “Forging a Democracy that Works for All: Countering the Power of Billionaires, Corporations, and the Pentagon,” which proposes a detailed progressive blueprint to expand democracy by targeting the outsized influence of billionaires, corporations, and the military.
- 3 days ago14 min
Group Mobilizing Voters to Stop Congressional Funding for Trump’s Plan to Subvert Midterm Election
Interview with Amanda Hollowell, chief of campaigns with Color of Change, conducted by Scott Harris.Amanda Hollowell discusses her group’s campaign opposing congressional approval for $10 billion to implement key sections of President Trump’s “Save America Act,” designed to make it harder for millions of Americans to vote, primarily targeting communities of color. Although the House approved the $10 billion which is part of a $95 billion reconciliation package, the measure must first be approved by the U.S. Senate in order to be implemented.
- 3 days ago17 min
Without a Rational Strategy, U.S. War on Iran Continues With No End in Sight
Interview with Matthew Hoh, a Iraq War combat veteran, former Afghanistan State Department officer and a senior fellow with the Eisenhower Media Network, conducted by Scott HarrisMatthew Hoh, a Iraq War combat veteran and Afghanistan State Department officer who resigned in protest over U.S. war policy in 2009, now serves as a senior fellow with the Eisenhower Media Network. He discusses his views on the now reignited U.S. war on Iran, assessing the recent round of attacks resulting in the recent deaths of four more U.S. service members, Trump and Pete Hegseth’s leadership of this failed war and rising public opposition. Hoh will also consider Trump’s muddled handling of a nuclear cooperation agreement with Saudi Arabia with no restrictions on the kingdom to develop a nuclear bomb, setting off fears of a new Middle East nuclear arms race.(Producer’s note: Due to technical issues with the guest's phone line during the interview, the audio has several drop-outs.)
- 3 days ago27 min
Lies, Exaggeration Fail to Justify Massive $1.5 Trillion Pentagon Budget
Interview with Melvin Goodman, a senior fellow at the Center for International Policy, professor of government at Johns Hopkins University and a former CIA analyst, conducted by Scott Harris.Melvin Goodman, whose latest book is titled, American Carnage: The Wars of Donald Trump, talks about his recent Counterpunch.org commentary, “The Sordid Politics of Defense Spending” and “Donald Trump: Killer of Arms Control and Disarmament,” regarding Trump’s requested increase of $1.5 trillion in defense spending justified by a massive exaggeration of national security challenges.
- 4 days ago28 min
Monthly Labor Report, July, 2026---The Amazon Labor Union Leads The Way
The Monthly Labor Report talks with Sultana Hossain, recording secretary with the Amazon Labor Union (ALU), which continues to fight for its first contract with the company two years after the union's certification by the NLRB. Sultana Hussain describes the history of the movement that led to the formation of the ALU, the egregious working conditions that fueled the movement, and the ongoing battle for recognition by Amazon.Hosted by Michael Zweig and Richard Hill
- 1 weeks ago7 min
Environmentalists Denounce Trump Regime’s Gutting of Endangered Species Act
Interview with Delcianna Winders, director of the Animal Law and Policy Institute at Vermont Law and Graduate School, conducted by Melinda Tuhus. Since it became law in 1973, the Endangered Species Act has used a broad definition of “harm” to animals by including any significant “modification or degradation” of habitat that kills or injures animals by impairing their ability to eat, shelter or breed. But on July 10, the Trump administration’s Interior Department and Commerce Department announced a final rule that rescinded this longstanding interpretation. Here Delcianna Winders talks about the devastating impact of the new rule on endangered and threatened species.
- 1 weeks ago16 min
Faculty, Students and Alumni Oppose Trump-Yale Extortion Deal
Interview with Daniel HoSang, professor of American studies and political science at Yale University and president of the Yale chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP.)Professor HoSang discusses his work with the group “Stand Up For Yale,” which has circulated petitions on campus and urged Yale President Maurie McInnis and the Board of Trustees to reject a pending settlement between Yale University and the Trump administration—as the dean of the Yale Law School, students and other faculty members are working to stop the deal. HoSang’s most recent book is titled, A Wider Type of Freedom: How Struggles for Racial Justice Liberate Everyone.
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