• U.S. Doctors Describe the Slaughter and Starvation of Gaza Civilians They’ve Witnessed
    Jul 23 2025

    Dr. Feroze Sidhwa and Dr. Ayaz Pathan: U.S. Doctors Describe the Slaughter and Starvation of Gaza Civilians They’ve Witnessed

    Prison Policy Initiative's Wanda Bertram: New ‘Birth Behind Bars’ Report Finds Alarmingly High Rates of Injury and Death for Newborns

    The Indypendent Editor-in-Chief John Tarleton: Understanding Zohran Mamdani’s NYC Mayoral Primary Victory

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
    • Supreme Court expands Trump's executive power with mass firings of federal employees
    • New IRS system to share confidential immigrant tax data with ICE
    • Thousands, but not all, Afghans who worked with British military secretly relocated to U.K.


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    Produced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

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    29 mins
  • Corporate Media’s Surrender to Trump a Wake-up Call for Urgent Reforms Needed to Save Journalism, Democracy
    Jul 16 2025

    University of Pennsylvania media professor Victor Pickard: Corporate Media’s Surrender to Trump a Wake-up Call for Urgent Reforms Needed to Save Journalism, Democracy

    The Nation magazine columnist Kali Holloway: Trump is Carrying Out an Explicitly White Supremacist Policy Agenda

    Palestinian-American human rights attorney Jonathan Kuttab: Can Israelis and Palestinians Find a Way to Live Together?

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
    USAIDS cuts In South Africa spiking HIV-pregnancies
    • DHS and White House expanding Trump's influence in organized crime cases
    • ICE ‘politically targeted’ farm worker activist Juarez Zeferino


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    Produced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

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    29 mins
  • Trump-GOP Budget: 17 Million Americans Lose Health Insurance; 51,000 Preventable Deaths Expected Annually
    Jul 9 2025

    Harvard's Dr. Adam Gaffney and First Focus on Children's Bruce Lesley: Under Trump-GOP Budget, 17 Million Americans Lose Health Insurance; 51,000 Preventable Deaths Expected Annually

    The Nation Magazine's Chris Lehmann: ICE Budget Spikes 365%: Evidence of Trump’s Move to Impose Repressive Police State

    Defense Lawyer Xavier de Janon: First Stop Cop City Protester Trial in Georgia RICO Case Ends in Mistrial

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
    • Trump eyes minerals in Democratic Republic of Congo-Rwanda peace deal
    • Chicago’s progressives fight far right to fortify their wins from 2023 election
    • Data center tax exemption programs endanger state budgets


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    Produced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

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    29 mins
  • The Chaos and Dire Consequences of Supreme Court’s Ruling on Birthright Citizenship
    Jul 2 2025

    Alianza Americas' Dulce Guzmán: The Chaos and Dire Consequences of Supreme Court’s Ruling on Birthright Citizenship

    Best-selling author Sarah Kendzior: As the Trump GOP ‘Mafia State’ Relentlessly Attacks the Foundations of Democracy, is There Reason for Hope?

    Hurricane Helene survivor Padma Dyvine: North Carolina Neighbors Employed Mutual Aid in Ongoing Recovery from Hurricane Helene’s Destruction

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
    • Far-right AfD party expanding its appeal in Germany’s west
    • China’s Tibetan dam project poses big risks
    • Democratic National Committee tensions simmer over future direction


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    Produced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

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    29 mins
  • In Echo of Iraq War, Trump Distorted Intelligence to Justify Bombing Iran’s Nuclear Sites
    Jun 25 2025

    Institute for Policy Studies' Phyllis Bennis: In Echo of Iraq War, Trump Distorted Intelligence to Justify Bombing Iran’s Nuclear Sites

    Vietnam veteran Mike Ferner: As Veterans and Allies’ 40-Day Fast for Gaza Nears End, Conditions for Palestinians Worsen

    Roots Action's Norman Solomon: Democrats Must Adopt Progressive Economic Agenda to Defeat Trump-GOP Authoritarian Agenda

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
    • Salvadoran ex-military officers convicted of 1982 killings of Dutch journalists
    • VA secretary refused to take responsibility for drastic downsizing
    • Kansas City, Missouri rent strikers win after 247 days


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    Produced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

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    29 mins
  • Israel-Iran Conflict Risks Regional War That Could Entangle the U.S.
    Jun 18 2025

    University of Wisconsin's Jennifer Loewenstein: Israel-Iran Conflict Risks Regional War That Could Entangle the U.S.

    Journalist and author Sasha Abramsky: Massive Nationwide ‘No Kings’ Protest the Largest Demonstration of Opposition Yet to Trump Fascism

    Center for Biological Diversity's Randi Spivak: House Approves Trump-GOP Budget That Will Decimate National Parks, Sell Off Public Lands

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
    • China's Uyghurs forced to work in factories supplying global brands
    • Trump plans deportation of European, Haiti citizens to Guantanamo
    • Growing union militancy in support of federal workers


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    Produced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

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    29 mins
  • June 14 Nationwide Pro-Democracy Protests Likely to be Largest Since Trump Returned to Office
    Jun 11 2025

    Women's March's Tamika Middleton: June 14 Nationwide Anti-Authoritarian Protests Likely to be Largest Since Trump Returned to Office

    Formerly of the UN's High Commissioner for Human Rights' New York Office Craig Mokhiber: Israel’s Seizure of Gaza-Bound Humanitarian Aid Ship Violates International Law

    Oil Change International's Collin Rees: Trump & GOP Slash Clean Energy Incentives that Reduced Pollution, Created Jobs, Lowered Electric Bills

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
    • UN aid convoy attacked in Sudan
    • Record-breaking wildfires burning across Canada
    • Trump officials may be profiting from insider information


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    Produced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

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    29 mins
  • ‘Project Esther’ Advocates Suppression of Pro-Palestinian Protest, Equating All Dissent with Terrorism
    Jun 4 2025

    New York Times best-selling author Andra Watkins: ‘Project Esther’ Advocates Suppression of Pro-Palestinian Protest, Equating All Dissent with Terrorism

    Progressive Democrats of America Executive Director Alan Minsky: Passive Democrats Fail to Convene Emergency Meeting to Confront Trump’s Assault on Democracy

    Defend and Recruit organizer Umme Hoque: Growing National Boycott Campaign Targets Avelo Airlines for its ICE Deportation Flights Contract

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
    • Seventy-five of the poorest nations owe large debts to China
    • Tax breaks flipped GOP representatives on Medicaid cuts
    • Pro bono architectural aid rebuilding Los Angeles after wildfires


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    Produced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

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