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Nora Loreto's news headlines for Thursday, November 6, 2025
Canadian journalist Nora Loreto reads the latest headlines for Thursday, November 6, 2025.
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Campus life is unrecognizable in the Trump era: āThereās so many cops everywhereā
Life on college campuses has changed dramatically in the last 10 months. While institutions of higher education continue to reel from the Trump administrationās top-down attacks and scramble to adjust, workers on campus say that their universities are simultaneously expanding their own internal repression and surveillance apparatuses to squash dissent. In this episode, we speak with a panel of graduate student workers and union members from Columbia University and the University of Michigan about the chilling new reality on their campuses and what itās like to live, learn, and work there today.Ā
Panelists include; Vayne, a PhD candi...
Why more mega-prisons wonāt fix Alabamaās crisis
From chronic overcrowding and inmate deaths to systematic abuse and lawbreaking by corrections officers, prison conditions in the state of Alabama have reached a crisis point. And yet, state leaders continue to push an āAlabama solutionā that involves building more mega-prisons and expanding qualified immunity for officers. In this episode of Rattling the Bars, host Mansa Musa speaks with Dakarai Larriett, a Democratic candidate for US Senate in Alabama, about about the true cost of Alabamaās carceral crisis and his vision for an alternative vision of criminal justice. Guest:Dakarai Larriett is a community leader, entrepreneur, and Democratic candidate for US...
Nora Loreto's news headlines for Wednesday, November 5, 2025
Canadian journalist Nora Loreto reads the latest headlines for Wednesday, November 5, 2025.
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Tupac Amaru IIās Indigenous uprising against colonial Spain | Stories of Resistance
In the late 1700s, Indigenous peoples in the Spanish colonies of the Andes were forced to work for the Spanish. They tilled the land, worked in the textile mills and the mines. Those that didnāt faced heavy taxes. But in early November 1780, Indigenous Incan leader Tupac Amaru II led an uprising against the Spanish that he hoped would end it all.
It was the largest revolt against colonial Spain. Thousands would join the months-long rebellion. It would inspire uprisings elsewhere across the continent, and independence leaders. South America would gain its freedom from Spain just 40 years later.
Nora Loreto's news headlines for Tuesday, November 4, 2025
Canadian journalist Nora Loreto reads the latest headlines for Tuesday, November 4, 2025.
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NYC Voters want real change. They hope the next mayor can deliver it.
Taya Graham and Stephen Janis speak with voters in Harlem just 24 hours before the NYC mayoral election about what issues are important to them, what they think of the frontrunner candidate Zohran Mamdani, what they think of his opponent, former Governor Andrew Cuomo, and what they want the mayor to do for them.
Credits:Pre-Production: Taya Graham/Stephen Janis
Post-Production: Cameron Granadino
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NYC taxi drivers remember: Mamdani didnāt forget them
In 2021, when New York City taxi drivers were dying by suicide and others were going on hunger strike, begging City Hall for relief from the debt trap that had set them up for failure and financial ruin, a young NY Assemblyperson named Zohran Mamdani stood with them. Now, taxi drivers are standing with Mamdani in his bid to become the next mayor of New York City. Reporting on the ground in New York, TRNN Editor-in-Chief Maximillian Alvarez speaks with Yellow Cab driver-owner and NY Taxi Workers Alliance member Mouhamadou Aliyu about the ongoing struggle for justice for NY taxi driversāan...
Nora Loreto's news headlines for Monday, November 3, 2025
Canadian journalist Nora Loreto reads the latest headlines for Monday, November 3, 2025.
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Zohran Mamdani: Building working-class power in NYC
Just a year ago almost no one had ever heard of him. Just a name in a crowd. A fairly obscure member of the New York State Assembly. Just one in a packed pool of Democratic candidates running for mayor of New York City. A longshot. Now he is the leading candidate in the cityās mayoral race next Tuesday, November 4. A \Democratic socialist who has ignited a movement. A glimmer of hope amid dark days. Hope for not just New York City, but elsewhere around the country, and a road map for other progressive candidates.
BIG NEWS! Th...
Life after genocide: A Gazanās message to the world about the ceasefire
In September, before the current ceasefire deal was announced, we spoke with two Palestinians in GazaāMohamed Abu Tawila (a former English teacher) and his nephew Abdul Rahman (a would-be college student)āabout surviving 700 days of genocidal destruction at the hands of Israelās military and with the full backing of the United States. In this critical follow-up episode, we speak once again with Mohamed Abu Tawila from Gaza to get an on-the-ground account of life for Palestinians after the shaky implementation of the ceasefire began on Oct. 10.
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Nora Loreto's news headlines for Friday, October 31, 2025
Canadian journalist Nora Loreto reads the latest headlines for Friday, October 31, 2025.
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Nora Loreto's news headlines for Thursday, October 30, 2025
Canadian journalist Nora Loreto reads the latest headlines for Thursday, October 30, 2025.
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Workers replaced by AI have a dire warning for the world
In this special crossover edition of Working People and The Marc Steiner Show, hosts Maximillian Alvarez and Marc Steiner examine how the āartificial intelligenceā (AI) boom is shaping the economy and the impact it is already havingāand will continue to haveāon working peopleās lives, livelihoods, and jobs. Alvarez and Steiner speak with two members of a new mutual aid and advocacy group called Stop Gen AI, which formed this year out of the critical need to provide material support for creatives, knowledge workers, and anyone else impacted by generative AI.
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Kim Crawley is...
Nora Loreto's news headlines for Wednesday, October 29, 2025
Canadian journalist Nora Loreto reads the latest headlines for Wednesday, October 29, 2025.
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Nora Loreto's news headlines for Tuesday, October 28, 2025
Canadian journalist Nora Loreto reads the latest headlines for Tuesday, October 28, 2025.
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Resisting ICE
ICE agents are detaining thousands of people a day from communities across the country. But people are resisting. And itās having an impact. Millions have protested in recent weeks, from the #NoKings rally to demonstrations in front of immigration detention centers, and protests against ICE in their communities. Neighbors in one Chicago suburb pushed back by yelling and honking car horns when ICE agents descended on their community. Elsewhere theyāve handed out thousands of whistles to neighbors at risk. And people are lifting up their cell phone cameras and their voices, and putting their bodies on the line to f...
Nora Loreto's news headlines for Monday, October 27, 2025
Canadian journalist Nora Loreto reads the latest headlines for Monday, October 27, 2025.
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Nora Loreto's news headlines for Friday, October 24, 2025
Canadian journalist Nora Loreto reads the latest headlines for Friday, October 24, 2025.
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A civil rights iconās advice for combatting Trump, ICE, and fascism today | The Marc Steiner Show
While each period is historically unique, veterans and scholars of the civil rights movement say there are some important similarities between the era of Jim Crow and racial segregation and our current moment. One similarity, as author and professor Joshua Clark Davis notes, is the role that local law enforcement plays in enforcing regimes of racial oppression and attacking the movements opposed to them. But, as civil rights Icon Judy Richardson argues, there are also critical similarities when it comes to organizing and executing successful resistance efforts then and now. In this extended episode of The Marc Steiner Show, Marc...
Nora Loreto's news headlines for Thursday, October 23, 2025
Canadian journalist Nora Loreto reads the latest headlines for Thursday, October 23, 2025.
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This government shutdown is not like the others: Furloughed federal workers explain
The federal government shutdown is now in its fourth week. Over 700,000 federal employees have been furloughed, with nearly as many continuing to work without pay, yet there are still no signs that an end to the shutdown is near. āUnlike past presidents, Mr. Trump appears to feel little urgency to strike a deal to reopen the government,ā Luke Broadwater writes at The New York Times. āInstead, he has used the shutdown, which began Oct. 1, as an opportunity to further remake the federal bureaucracy and jettison programs he does not like, seizing on unorthodox budgetary maneuvers that some have called illegal.ā In this...
Nora Loreto's news headlines for Wednesday, October 22, 2025
Canadian journalist Nora Loreto reads the latest headlines for Wednesday, October 22, 2025.
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Nora Loreto's news headlines for Tuesday, October 21, 2025
Canadian journalist Nora Loreto reads the latest headlines for Tuesday, October 21, 2025.
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Nebraska inmate punished for speaking on wifeās podcast
Calling from a prison phone in Nebraska, Nicholas Ely joined his wife, Julie Montpetit, for an episode of Montpetitās podcast, āMore Than an Inmateās Girlfriend,ā which aims to destigmatize relationships like theirs. Afterwards, Montpetit lost all contact with her husband. Now, Ely is suing several employees in the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services, alleging that he has faced unlawful retaliation for appearing on the podcast and that his constitutional rights, including his right to free speech, were violated. In this episode of Rattling the Bars, host Mansa Musa speaks with Montpetit about losing contact with her husband and about th...
Their kids were all killed by police. Now, theyāre leading a movement
In the USA, so many Black parents have seen their children killed by police that, now, growing numbers of those same parents are building a grassroots movement for accountability and justice. On Oct. 14āthe birthday of George Floyd, who was murdered by Minneapolis police in 2020āa coalition of parents, allies, and community organizations gathered in Washington, DC, for a rally to remember those who have been killed by the police and to hear from their loved ones who continue to fight in their name. TRNN reports on the ground from the rally in Union Square.
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'This is what Antifa looks like': Baltimore's "No Kings" protests
TOWSON, MD: What brought millions of Americans out to over 2,500 "No Kings" protest sites across the US on Saturday,? Were these protests really "Hate America" rallies, as Republicans accused? What are the hopes, expectations, and goals of these protests, and what comes next? Reporting on the ground from one of the multiple protests that took place in Baltimore County on Oct. 18, Inequality Watchdogs Taya Graham and Stephen Janis posed these questions directly to protestors themselves. Here's what they said...Ā
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āMike Johnson can kiss my ass!ā: Voices from the DC āNo Kingsā protest
WASHINGTON, DC: Amid threats of police crackdowns and accusations from Republican officials that protesters āhate America,ā millions of people defiantly turned out to the āNo Kingsā Day protests that took place in cities and towns across the US on Saturday, Oct. 18. TRNN Editor-in-Chief Maximillian Alvarez was on the ground in Washington, DC, speaking with protest attendees about why they were protesting, what their demands are, and what messages they have for President Trump and his administration. This is what they saidā¦Ā
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Nora Loreto's news headlines for Monday, October 20, 2025
Canadian journalist Nora Loreto reads the latest headlines for Monday, October 20, 2025.
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The Chilean band overcoming police violence with music
On October 18, 2019, protests erupted in Santiago, Chile, over a hike in the cost of public transportation. But the demonstrations quickly grew into more than that. Those in the streets demanded changeāreal change. They demanded more rights. They demanded a new Constitution.
Police cracked down with impunity. Videos went viral of riot police beating people in the streets. Chemical water guns. Shooting rubber bullets at point blank range. The number of the dead and wounded skyrocketed.
Throughout the protests, which would ripple on for almost 6 months, Chilean state security forces would cause more than 400 eye injuries to...
31,000 workers ON STRIKE at Kaiser Permanente
Around 31,000 registered nurses and front-line healthcare workers at Kaiser Permanente are on strike, demanding better wages, working hours, and proper staffing. The strike began on Tuesday, Oct 14, and spans hundreds of medical centers and offices in California, Oregon, and Hawaii. Calling in from the picket line in Portland, Oregon, Registered Nurse First Assistant (RNFA) and Executive Secretary of the Oregon Federation of Nurses & Health Professionals (OFNHP) Nick Eng speaks with TRNN Editor-in-Chief Maximillian Alvarez about what healthcare workers are fighting for.
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Nora Loreto's news headlines for Thursday, October 16, 2025
Canadian journalist Nora Loreto reads the latest headlines for Thursday, October 16, 2025.
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Nora Loreto's news headlines for Wednesday, October 15, 2025
Canadian journalist Nora Loreto reads the latest headlines for Wednesday, October 15, 2025.
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Will Texas State University fire a tenured professor based on a Nazi apologistās doctored video?
āIn Texas, a socialist professor is now in the fight of his life against MAGAās New McCarthyism,ā scholar and author Bill V. Mullen writes in Jacobin. āTom Alter, a labor historian and tenured professor of history at Texas State University, was fired from his job on September 10 after a far-right troll doctored a videotape of Alter speaking at a virtual Revolutionary Socialism conference. After viewing the video, university president Kelly Damphousse fired Alter on September 10 with what Alter and his supporters say was no due process.ā While Alter was provisionally reinstated on Sept. 26, he and his family remain in limbo as t...
How ICE creates the chaos ICE, cops, and the military are called in to āfixā
President Trump repeatedly promised that his mass deportation efforts would target āthe worst of the worstā criminals, yet the governmentās own data reveals that immigrants with no criminal record are the largest group in US immigration detention today. How can the Trump administration justify its deployment of federal agents, and even the military, to US cities based on the factually disprovable fictions that American cities are crime-ridden āwar zonesā overrun with criminal āillegal aliensā? To answer that, one must study the long-established precedent in the USA of overpolicing poor communities of color that are painted as inherently violent, chaotic, and crime-ridd...
Indigenous Peoples' Day | Stories of Resistance
It was once called Columbus Day, and it still is in many parts. A day to celebrate the Italian explorer Christopher Columbus, who supposedly ādiscoveredā America. But America was there long before Columbus came. And so were millions of people up and down the continent. Experts estimate that there were anywhere from 60ā90 million people in the Americas at the time. Possibly even more people in the Americas than in Europe at the time.Ā
But disease and successive wars by waves of invading Europeans decimated the local Indigenous populations. Over the next century, roughly 90% of Indigenous peoples in the Western...
āA soul-sucking, desolate hellā: How I survived Americaās most secretive supermax prison
Eric King is a father, poet, activist, and anarchist who was imprisoned in 2014 for acts of solidarity with the Ferguson, MO, uprising in the wake of the police killing of Michael Brown. While locked up, King endured years of documented physical and psychological torture, spending the last 18 months of his sentence in the ADX supermax prison in Florence, Colorado. In this episode ofĀ Rattling the Bars, host Mansa Musa speaks with King about how he survived his incarceration āwith heart and soul intact,ā and about Kingās new book,Ā A Clean Hell: Anarchy and Abolition in Americaās Most Notorious Dungeon, i...
Nora Loreto's news headlines for Friday, October 10, 2025
Canadian journalist Nora Loreto reads the latest headlines for Friday, October 10, 2025.
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Nora Loreto's news headlines for Thursday, October 9, 2025
Canadian journalist Nora Loreto reads the latest headlines for Thursday, October 9, 2025.
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Nora Loreto's news headlines for Wednesday, October 8, 2025
Canadian journalist Nora Loreto reads the latest headlines for Wednesday, October 8, 2025.
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