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Laura Flanders & Friends

THE LAURA FLANDERS SHOW is back with more award-winning interviews and investigative reporting on the people and movements driving positive systemic change in our world today. The show features forward-thinking people from actress Sheryl Lee Ralph to author Naomi Klein and innovative projects as well as a monthly journalists' round table with journalists of color. It's produced in rural New York.

Election 2024 Lies: Money Media Misses the Mark

26m 46s

Election 2024 is happening in a media environment unlike any other. With legacy papers closing and digital media in crisis, too, election ads are filling the news vacuum with misinformation and lies. What is to be done? In this episode of “Meet the BIPOC Press”, we examine the state of election media and ask, could this be a moment of opportunity for others to transform the news and build power?

Episodes

  • Election 2024 Lies: Money Media Misses the Mark: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Election 2024 Lies: Money Media Misses the Mark

    S1 E130 - 26m 46s

    Election 2024 is happening in a media environment unlike any other. With legacy papers closing and digital media in crisis, too, election ads are filling the news vacuum with misinformation and lies. What is to be done? In this episode of “Meet the BIPOC Press”, we examine the state of election media and ask, could this be a moment of opportunity for others to transform the news and build power?

  • Abortion, Trans Rights & the Battle for Bodily Autonomy: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Abortion, Trans Rights & the Battle for Bodily Autonomy

    S1 E129 - 26m 46s

    The 2022 Supreme Court ruling to overturn Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health dramatically changed the political scene. Now we are witnessing another watershed moment in the struggle for abortion rights. Abortion, access to trans health, contraception and freedom from sterilization abuse are all part of the far Right’s agenda to control bodies. Could reproductive rights leap forward in 2024, not back?

  • Movement Leaders Consider Election ‘24 Beyond Party Politics: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Movement Leaders Consider Election ‘24 Beyond Party Politics

    S1 E128 - 26m 46s

    Abolition, decolonization, immigration, Palestine — how is the Left thinking about the future in this perilous political moment? Laura Flanders & Friends was on the ground at this year’s Socialism Conference, a four-day event packed with discussion of today’s most pressing issues and strategies for organizing. Join us as we envision a liberated future and explore all that it takes to get there.

  • Trump, Netanyahu & the Weaponizing of Fear After October 7: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Trump, Netanyahu & the Weaponizing of Fear After October 7

    S1 E127 - 26m 46s

    Military conflict won’t make Jews — or any of us — more safe, so why do leaders like Benjamin Netanyahu and former U.S. president Donald Trump continue to get away with casting themselves as the “protectors” of Israel and the Jewish people? We investigate antisemitism, Zionism and the weaponizing of fear in this report on the one-year anniversary of October 7.

  • Policing at the Polls & BIPOC Voter Suppression in 2024: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Policing at the Polls & BIPOC Voter Suppression in 2024

    S1 E126 - 26m 46s

    Voting should be simple, but we’re seeing more and more barriers — especially for BIPOC voters — this election. From efforts to eliminate same-day voter registration, new voter-ID laws, and vigilante style “election integrity” watchdogs turning up at the polls, voters in many states and tribal nations face serious challenges they’re working hard to overcome. Will all who want to vote be able to?

  • What’s on the Ballot in North Carolina? Autonomy & Democracy: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    What’s on the Ballot in North Carolina? Autonomy & Democracy

    S1 E125 - 26m 46s

    North Carolina is a battleground state, and a petri dish for extremist policy and practice. Whether it's the right to vote, the right to read, or the right to decide the fate of one’s body, North Carolinians are on the frontlines. Where is the state headed this November and beyond?

  • South Australia Goes Green: Art & Policy for Climate Action: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    South Australia Goes Green: Art & Policy for Climate Action

    S1 E124 - 26m 46s

    South Australia has become a global leader in green energy transition. How did they do it, and what can we learn from them? In this report for Climate Week, Laura goes Down Under with her partner, Elizabeth Streb, and her extreme dance company, and discovers how the region’s culture and its many world-class festivals have helped pave the way for transformation.

  • Solving Economic Inequality: An Occupy Movement for 2024?: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Solving Economic Inequality: An Occupy Movement for 2024?

    S1 E123 - 26m 46s

    Were you one of the hundreds of thousands of people on the streets during the Occupy movement? For many the movement was a political awakening, as people rallied to end economic inequality and support democracy in response to the 2008 global financial crisis. On this 13th anniversary, how does the spirit of Occupy live on? And what progress — if any — has been made when it comes to the wealth gap?

  • Project 2025 and the Far Right's Plot Against Workers: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Project 2025 and the Far Right's Plot Against Workers

    S1 E122 - 26m 46s

    What risks do working people face this Labor Day? Workers continue to die on the job and struggle to protect worker safety, but the dangers for labor go beyond bad bosses. On the federal level, the far Right’s Project 2025 playbook has plans to gut unions and fire federal workers.

  • “God & Country”: Christian Nationalism in U.S. Politics: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    “God & Country”: Christian Nationalism in U.S. Politics

    S1 E118 - 26m 46s

    In the documentary “God & Country”, producer Rob Reiner and director Dan Partland explore Christian Nationalism — a toxic brew of patriarchal White Nationalism and messianic faith. Christian Nationalism poses a real and immediate threat, not only to the very idea of secular democracy but also to Christianity itself. Whether you’re a Christian or a concerned citizen, this episode is a must-watch.

  • Democracy Under Siege: Disinformation in the 2024 Election: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Democracy Under Siege: Disinformation in the 2024 Election

    S1 E117 - 26m 46s

    In the wake of Donald Trump's shooting, falsehoods flooded our feeds faster than facts. The problem of disinformation, the deliberate spread of false or misleading information, isn’t new, but the stakes are high in this critical election year. In this monthly installment of “Meet the BIPOC Press”, we ask: Who are the targets of disinformation in the run up to the 2024 election and why?

  • Corporate Prison Reform Will Not Keep Us Safe: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Corporate Prison Reform Will Not Keep Us Safe

    S1 E116 - 26m 46s

    Under the view of the iconic Hollywood Sign, a struggle is being waged over the future of policing and incarceration. Los Angeles is ground zero for fights over the job of District Attorney, Police Chief, and the size of prisons and jails. Corporations that have profited from prison communications are now profiting on electronic monitoring. Can today's Los Angeles change the script?

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