Episodes
Thursday Oct 02, 2014
Leid Stories - 10/02/14
Thursday Oct 02, 2014
Thursday Oct 02, 2014
It’s Here! It’s A Day Early! It’s ‘Free Your Mind … Thursday(?)’
Don’t panic, “Free Your Mind Friday” is still in full effect. We’re just making a switch to accommodate tomorrow’s guest’s crammed academic schedule (you won’t want to miss that program). The benefit, of course, is that you get to sound off a whole day sooner!
The world’s greatest forum for the exchange of opinions and ideas is open to you. Share your thoughts and unique perspectives on critical issues of the day, or take us on an unscripted tour of other realities we’re reluctant, or too timid, to confront.
Bring your intellectual best to the gathering place. Call 888-874-4888 and trade some quality merchandise.
Wednesday Oct 01, 2014
Leid Stories - 10/01/14
Wednesday Oct 01, 2014
Wednesday Oct 01, 2014
In the Matters of Ferguson, MO: The Unseen Legal Battles Over Rights
Detroit: Yet Another Round of Court for Activists Wanting Their City Back
Two months since Ferguson, Missouri, erupted in protest over the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown by Police Officer Darren Wilson, and the small predominantly African American city remains taut and on edge as it tries to reassemble itself with a template of its own making. Meanwhile, the old one still is in effect, and it continues to wreak havoc.
Tony Rothert, legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri, discusses cases his office has litigated that provide a snapshot of the root of long-simmering tensions in Ferguson and in other communities of color across the state.
Without even a functioning court in their forced-into-bankruptcy city to hear their case, a group of activists must travel an hour out of town to Ingham County Circuit Court to legally challenge the state’s takeover and decimation of Detroit’s public-school system.
Elena Herrada, a member of the Detroit School Board and an activist with Detroiters Resisting Emergency Management, gives an update on their third battle with the state.
Tuesday Sep 30, 2014
Leid Stories - 09/30/14
Tuesday Sep 30, 2014
Tuesday Sep 30, 2014
Fighting Words: At War Or Not At War? The Answer Is … Well, Sorta Kinda
President Obama shocked the nation and the world when he said at a White House news conference on Aug. 28 that he had “no strategy yet” for dealing with the rise of Islamic State jihadist terrorism in the Middle East—despite more than a year of top-level reports and briefings and inside pressure since 2008 to respond. On Sept. 10, he unilaterally declared war against the IS, announcing that he had authorized a bombing campaign against its strongholds in Iraq and Syria. By Sept. 22, he had rustled up a “coalition” to participate in the airstrikes.
So, the United States is at war, right? Yes. And no. And not really, but sort of, but not legally.
Congress wants a showdown of its own with Obama. It did vote to authorize a budget for Obama’s war-not-war, but it did not authorize war, leaders say.
Leid Stories continues its discourse on the questions it asked from the beginning: Are Obama’s actions legal, according to U.S. and international law, and is the nation at war? Listeners contribute their thoughts.