More Classified Documents Found In Trump Storage Unit

MSNBC

Dec 8, 2022

Lawyers for Donald Trump found at least two items marked classified after an outside team hired by Trump searched a storage unit in West Palm Beach, Fla., used by the former president, according to people familiar with the matter. The Washington Post’s Jackie Alemany discusses.

Climate Change and Cultural Heritage Symposium – Part 2: United States Perspective

nantuckethistory

Dec 8, 2022

The Nantucket Historical Association, in partnership with the National Park Service and the Rome-based International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property, hosts a symposium at the NHA’s Whaling Museum on December 8, open to the public free of charge, as well as live-streamed on YouTube.

The symposium is a community forum to explore the latest international and domestic efforts to address the impacts of climate change on cultural heritage and historic materials. Part 1 focuses on the United States perspective.

Andrew Deutz on COP15

CGTN America

Dec 8, 2022

CGTN spoke with Andrew Deutz, Director of Global Policy, Institutions and Conservation Finance of The Nature Conservancy, about what to expect at COP15 this year.

Economic Update: The Economics of Colonialism Pt. 1 – The British Empire

Democracy At Work – Premiered Oct 10, 2022

[S12 E39] The Economics of Colonialism Pt. 1 – British Empire

This week’s show focuses on an analysis of capitalist colonialism that begins with the passing of Queen Elizabeth as a monument to the passing of the British Empire itself. Wolff discusses the differences between pre-capitalist and capitalist colonialism, the goals of capitalist colonialism, the development of a world economy, examples of India, US, and Kenya, the centrality of independence for ex-colonies, and neo-colonialism.

Economic Update: The Economics of Colonialism Pt. 2 – The Neo-colonialism Variation

Democracy At Work – Premiered Oct 17, 2022

[S12 E40] The Economics of Colonialism Pt. 2 – The Neo-colonialism Variation

Economic Update: Nomi Prins on the Distorted US Financial System

Democracy At Work – Premiered Nov 14, 2022

[S12 E44] Nomi Prins on the Distorted US Financial System

In this week’s show, Prof. Wolff talks about a new Congress report on huge US wealth inequality; Angela Merkel on relying on Russian oil and gas, the irrationality of 20,000 immigrants dumped on NYC, and Harvard exploiting its tax-exempt status. In the second half of the show, Wolff interviews Dr. Nomi Prins, former Goldman Sachs director, on the distorted US financial system and its social effects.

Economic Update: Instability – Capitalism’s Constant

Democracy At Work – Dec 5, 2022

[S12 E47] Instability – Capitalism’s Constant In this week’s show, Prof. Wolff presents updates on the Twitter-Musk scandals, critique of profit as return to risk, mass European union-led strikes against inflation, economic crisis of 54 poorest nations today, US General Assembly vote against US embargo (sanctions) against Cuba, and an analysis of crypto-currency collapse. Economic Update with Richard D. Wolff is a @democracyatwrk production. We make it a point to provide the show free of ads.

Abandoned? Meet a Student Suing Yale for Pressuring Those with Mental Health Needs to Withdraw

Democracy Now! – Dec 5, 2022
A group of current and former Yale students is suing the Ivy League university over what they say is “systemic discrimination” against students struggling with mental health issues. In a lawsuit filed last week, they say school administrators routinely pressure students to withdraw from Yale rather than accommodating their mental health needs, a practice that disproportionately hurts students of color, those from poor or rural backgrounds and international students. For more, we speak with Alicia Abramson, a current Yale student and one of the named plaintiffs in the lawsuit, who says she was pushed to withdraw while dealing with an eating disorder, depression and insomnia, which led her to lose her health insurance and most of her tuition. “It certainly felt like Yale was abandoning me when I was in need of the most help,” says Abramson. We also speak with attorney Monica Porter, with the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, and Miriam Heyman, a researcher at the Lurie Institute for Disability Policy at Brandeis University.

Top U.S. & World Headlines — December 8, 2022

Democracy Now! – Dec 8, 2022

Investigations Surrounding President Trump Take Dramatic Turns

MSNBC – Dec 4, 2022

On Thursday, an appeals court removed the Special Master put in place to review the thousands of documents seized by the FBI at Mar-a-Lago in August. Then on Friday former White House Counsel Pat Cipollone and his former deputy, Pat Philbin spent several hours testifying in front of a federal grand jury. What could this all mean for the Former President?

SCOTUS Voting Rights Case Based on Fringe “Independent State Legislature Theory” May Upend Democracy

Democracy Now! – Dec 8, 2022

The Supreme Court is considering a North Carolina redistricting case that could have far-reaching implications for voting rights in the 2024 election and beyond. At stake in Moore v. Harper is whether North Carolina Republican lawmakers had the authority to overturn a state Supreme Court ruling that redrew the state’s congressional map due to partisan gerrymandering. The plaintiffs want the Supreme Court to embrace the notion of “independent state legislature theory,” a radical conservative reading of the Constitution that claims state lawmakers have sweeping authority to override courts, governors and state constitutions. “The stakes are really, really high,” says law professor Franita Tolson, who teaches at the University of Southern California Gould School of Law.