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Daily Reports, specials, and podcasts by The Real News Network (TRNN). TRNN makes media connecting you to the movements, people, and perspectives that are advancing the cause of a more just, equal, and livable planet. TRNN is a nonprofit media organization. We do not accept advertising revenue or corporate sponsorship.Sign up for our newsletter at therealnews.comText us at (410) 431-0868Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-news-podcast--2952221/support.

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33:36

Louisiana is imprisoning kids on death row | Rattling...

The Real News Podcast ·

2023/01/10

Read the transcript of this podcast: https://therealnews.com/louisiana-to-imprison-juveniles-at-angola-prisons-death-rowThe state of Louisiana is considering transferring at least 20 minors incarcerated in its juvenile correction system to be housed on death row. The state alleges these children are amongst its most problematic incarcerated minors, and that placing them on death row is in line with government obligations to rehabilitate juvenile offenders. Lana Charles, who has worked to provide

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41:29

Tax Broke: How Baltimore's inclusionary housing bill...

The Real News Podcast ·

2022/12/28

As part of our investigative series "Tax Broke," reporters Taya Graham, Stephen Janis, and Jayne Miller discuss how Baltimore's first attempt at an exclusionary housing law was watered down behind the scenes."Tax Broke" is a TRNN investigative project focused on the use of tax break and subsidies stimulate growth in a city that continues to lose population and struggle with poverty. The centerpiece of the project is an hour-long documentary. However, as information comes to light about the cost,

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31:56

'Cop Land' is still one of the best Hollywood...

The Real News Podcast ·

2022/12/28

Editor's note: This video was recorded prior to Ray Liotta's passing.Police Accountability Report show hosts Taya Graham and Stephen Janis kick off the holidays with a spoilers-free review of the exceptional film Cop Land. Taya and Stephen take a tour behind the scenes of police culture and explore how difficult it really is for individual officers to hold other police accountable for their crimes. Decades later, Cop Land remains one of the most revealing and honest movies about the current state of

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107:33

Worker solidarity livestream: Striking workers need...

The Real News Podcast ·

2022/12/28

With strikes and unionization drives spreading throughout the country, 2022 has been a year of intense labor struggle. However, the bosses, the ruling class, corporate politicians, and their lackeys in the media are doing everything they can to squash these rank-and-file movements and beat workers back into subservience. If we want to see the labor movement grow, we need to be there for workers when it counts the most, and we need to do whatever we can to make sure they win their fights. Now more

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102:42

Working People: Embodying Degrowth (w/The Maintainers)

The Real News Podcast ·

2022/12/21

The planet we share, the only home we’ve ever known, has its limits. Its resources, its ability to sustain all life, are not infinite—and every day we are bearing witness to the disastrous consequences of mortgaging our collective future on the false belief that they are. The path we are on now is untenable, something’s going to give. Whether it comes from us or for us, change is coming nonetheless.As an ecologically and civilizationally sustainable alternative to an unsustainable global system

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79:31

Working People: What Could a Worker-Focused Just...

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2022/12/14

As humanity barrels towards climate catastrophe, the need to envision and build more ecologically sustainable societies and economies becomes more pressing with each passing day. However, our collective imagination is often so limited that it becomes impossible to envision societies and economies that aren't organized around the quest for profit and infinite growth. So, what could a "degrowth" economy look like? To some, "degrowth" is a dirty word signaling a future of austerity that would translate

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91:18

'Chokepoint Capitalism' How to take back the arts...

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2022/12/14

Read the transcript of this podcast: https://therealnews.com/big-tech-has-rigged-the-game-against-artists-heres-how-we-can-fight-backTRNN Editor-in-Chief Maximillian Alvarez joins Rebecca Giblin and Cory Doctorow for the launch of their new book, Chokepoint Capitalism: How Big Tech and Big Content Captured Creative Labor Markets and How We'll Win Them Back. This event was hosted by The Peale Museum in Baltimore.Rebecca Giblin is an ARC Future Fellow and Professor at Melbourne Law School. She is

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29:35

Why the Federal Reserve's solution to inflation is...

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2022/12/13

The Federal Reserve has responded to runaway inflation with a spike in interest rates. The real cost of such measures is primarily paid by the working class, who are caught in a double-bind of rising prices of goods and falling wages. As TRNN has covered extensively in the past, the real culprits of rising inflation are multinational corporations and financial institutions, who have opportunistically raised prices, recycled billions of dollars in stock buybacks, and benefited from massive federal

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26:56

Rikers Island's Deadliest Year with Olayemi Olurin |...

The Real News Podcast ·

2022/12/12

Editor's note: This interview was filmed on Dec. 1, 2022. A 19th person, Edgardo Mejia, died at Rikers on Sunday, Dec. 11.19 people have perished at Rikers Island in 2022, making this the deadliest year in the jail's history. Rikers Island's previous deadliest year was just last year, when 16 people died at the notorious pretrial detention center. NYC Mayor Eric Adams has rejected calls to close the facility, along with demands from advocates for a federal receivership. A federal receivership would

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19:46

PAR: Body cam shows Baltimore county police arresting...

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2022/12/09

Read the transcript of this podcast: https://therealnews.com/body-cam-shows-baltimore-county-police-arresting-citizen-watchdog-at-gunpointAn unnamed motorist was stopped by Baltimore County police, held at gunpoint, and manhandled by multiple officers before being arrested. Body cam footage reveals the motorist, who has requested anonymity, requesting multiple times to speak with a supervisor and know the crime he was being arrested for to no avail. Police claim the 60-year-old motorist was doing

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97:49

Working People: Where do railroad workers go from here?

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2022/12/07

Read the transcript of this podcast and read the show notes: https://therealnews.com/railroad-workers-speak-out-after-congress-and-biden-block-rail-strikeAfter a 3-year saga of stalled contract negotiations between the country’s freight rail carriers and the 12 unions representing over 100,000 railroad workers, "pro-union" President Biden and Congress last week "averted" a national rail shutdown by overriding the democratic will of rail workers and forcing a contract down their throats. So, what

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74:45

William Robinson: Global Revolts in the Age of COVID...

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2022/12/06

Read the transcript of this episode: https://therealnews.com/william-robinson-global-revolts-in-the-age-of-covid-capitalismCapitalism's response to the COVID-19 pandemic has come at the expense of the lives, health, and freedom of millions of poor and working people around the world. While corporations guzzle profits at every opportunity, governments have been ready to discipline workers to keep profits churning, and cooperation between capitalist states and the transnational capitalist class during

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46:41

Justice for Kevin Torres, father and soccer coach...

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2022/12/06

Read the transcript of this episode: https://therealnews.com/family-of-beloved-baltimore-soccer-coach-killed-by-private-security-guard-demands-justiceEDITOR’S NOTE: The Justice for Kevin march will be taking place at 6:30pm EST on Wednesday, Dec. 7, at 4020 E. Lombard Street in Baltimore, Maryland, not on Thursday, Dec. 8. Kevin Torres was beloved by his family and his community. After emigrating from Honduras decades ago, Torres built a life in Baltimore, where he and his wife ran a concrete and

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4:48

Union Canvassers Mobilize for Walker vs. Warnock...

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2022/12/06

Read the transcript of this episode: https://therealnews.com/unite-here-union-canvassers-mobilize-ahead-of-georgia-runoff-electionsSenator Raphael Warnock is facing off against Republican challenger Herschel Walker after neither secured 50% of the vote during the Nov. 8 general election. UNITE HERE is aiming to hit more than 500,000 doors for Warnock, a pastor at Martin Luther King’s former church. Walker is a former NFL star backed by ex-president Trump, and was the only statewide Republican

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30:28

Rattling the Bars: 'Tax Broke' Baltimore's Dirty Secret

The Real News Podcast ·

2022/12/06

Read the transcript of this podcast: https://therealnews.com/how-private-developers-profited-from-tax-subsidies-in-baltimore-intended-to-revitalize-poor-neighborhoodsFor 50 years, Baltimore city officials have trumpeted the use of tax subsidies for private developers as a way to catalyze economic development. As more and more public funds have gone into the pockets of the rich, the city’s prospects have only worsened. Hundreds of thousands of residents have left or been pushed out of the city, and

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37:40

Mike Prysner: Ron DeSantis oversaw torture in Guantanamo

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2022/12/02

Read the transcript of this episode: https://therealnews.com/gov-ron-desantis-oversaw-torture-in-guantanamo-as-a-military-lawyerFlorida Governor Ron DeSantis's political star is on the rise, with many commentators identifying him as the heir apparent to a post-Trump GOP. For someone with such an immense public persona, DeSantis has been curiously tight-lipped about his military past. A bombshell new report from Mike Prysner now reveals why. According to former Guantanamo Bay detainee Mansoor Adayfi,

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35:52

The Marc Steiner Show: Democrats failed Florida's...

The Real News Podcast ·

2022/12/02

Read the transcript of this interview: https://therealnews.comMarc Steiner speaks with Florida State House Rep. Anna Eskamani and Dream Defenders Co-Executive Director Rachel Gilmer about the stakes of Florida's politics and the prospects for undoing the GOP's stranglehold.Anna Vishkaee Eskamani is a member of the Florida House of Representatives from the 47th district in Orange County.Rachel Gilmer is an organizer with and the Co-Director of the Dream Defenders, a statewide grassroots organization

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57:22

Biden and Congressional Dems partner with GOP and...

The Real News Podcast ·

2022/12/01

Read the transcript of this podcast: In this “News Brief” episode of the acclaimed media criticism podcast Citations Needed, hosts Nima Shirazi and Adam Johnson speak with TRNN Editor-in-Chief Maximillian Alvarez and TRNN Associate Editor Mel Buer about the crisis in the US freight rail industry and the media campaign to obscure President Biden and Congressional Dems selling out rail workers. This episode was published by Citations Needed on Wednesday, Nov 30; with permission from the show hosts and

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39:52

Working People: Holidays on the picket line with...

The Real News Podcast ·

2022/11/29

Read the transcript of this podcast and read the show notes: https://therealnews.com/striking-case-new-holland-workers-prepare-to-spend-the-holidays-on-the-picket-lineThis time last year, 10,000 workers and UAW members at John Deere waged a massive strike that became a national news story. This year, workers at another industrial manufacturer are spending Thanksgiving carrying on a strike that has lasted for seven months, but has received significantly less national attention. As Mel Buer reports,

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37:35

The Marc Steiner Show: The Life of Jim Thorpe

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2022/11/23

Jim Thorpe's athletic career was a marvel. As a two-time Olympic gold medal winner, as well as a professional football, baseball, and basketball player, Thorpe left his mark across a wide array of sports disciplines. A new biography from David Maraniss, Path Lit by Lightning: The Life of Jim Thorpe, offers us a deeper look into Thorpe's life. Raised as a member of the Sac and Fox nation, the young Thorpe was shuttled between Indian boarding schools as a child, where he was subjected to the genocidal

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