Episodes
Friday Aug 17, 2018
Friday Aug 17, 2018
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Thursday Aug 16, 2018
Leid Stories—Remembering Aretha Franklin, The Queen of Soul—08.16.18
Thursday Aug 16, 2018
Thursday Aug 16, 2018
Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul, died at her home in Detroit today after a long battle with cancer. She was 76.
We remember her.
Wednesday Aug 15, 2018
Leid Stories—The Storm Still Rages in Puerto Rico--08.15.18
Wednesday Aug 15, 2018
Wednesday Aug 15, 2018
Elisa Llenza, a citizen-journalist and activist, reports that crisis is the order of the day in Puerto Rico in just about every sphere of life for most Puerto Ricans. Ten months after Hurricane Maria hit the island, and after promises of federal aid to restore basic services, for example, thousands of school children and their teachers have no idea where classes are to be held. And there still is not a true accounting of how many lives were lost to the hurricane. For most, life is at bare subsistence level, Llenza reports, and even as the people persist, there is little indication things will change soon.
Tuesday Aug 14, 2018
Tuesday Aug 14, 2018
Historian and political scientist Dr. Gerald Horne gives an authoritative guided tour of global hot spots and their connection to U.S. trade, military and foreign policies.
Horne holds the John J. and Rebecca Moores Chair of History and African American Studies at the University of Houston. He has written more than 30 books and 100 scholarly papers on struggles against imperialism, colonialism, fascism and racism.
He regularly decodes complex social, political and economic issues on Leid Stories.
Monday Aug 13, 2018
Leid Stories—Feds Ramp Up Moves Against Clintons and Foundation—08.13.18
Monday Aug 13, 2018
Monday Aug 13, 2018
If it seemed that the federal investigation of the Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Foundation had stalled or was eclipsed by prosecutions emanating from the Muller probe, that might just be a wrong reading. in fact, well-placed sources tell Leid Stories there is a major gearing up afoot, with at least two airplane loads of documents relating to the Clintons and their eponymous foundation recently shipped to investigators.
Charles Ortel, a retired Wall Street banker turned financial investigator, has been tracking the Clinton Foundation and its affiliated spinoffs all over the world for several years. He blew the lid off Wall Street crime during the 2008-2009 crash when he proved that several major corporations were overvaluing their stock.
Ortel's self-initiated probe of the Clinton Foundation has led him to conclude that it is a cleverly designed slush fund for the Clintons and “the largest unprosecuted charity fraud in history.”
He brings us up to speed on Clinton Foundation probes currently in play--both in the United States and in several other countries.
Friday Aug 10, 2018
Leid Stories—It’s ‘Free Your Mind Friday!’ Don’t Hold Back!—08.10.18
Friday Aug 10, 2018
Friday Aug 10, 2018
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Thursday Aug 09, 2018
Leid Stories—Free Your Mind of the System's Designs on It!--08.09.18
Thursday Aug 09, 2018
Thursday Aug 09, 2018
We've been walking around with the system's calamities cluttering our already overtaxed brains. Time to defrag and reclaim some brainspace for what really matters.
Wednesday Aug 08, 2018
Leid Stories—Chicago Carnage A Dire Warning to Us All (Part 2)—08.08.18
Wednesday Aug 08, 2018
Wednesday Aug 08, 2018
We return to yesterday's discussion about the City of Chicago's unprecedentedly violent weekend., which saw 44 people shot, five of them fatally, in the span of 14 hours as the weekend began, and 44 others shot before the weekend was over. Even for Chicago, where 318 people have been killed so far this year, the weekend carnage was unprecedented.
We seek to understand this self-annihilation and how to get it to stop.
Tuesday Aug 07, 2018
Leid Stories—Chicago Carnage A Dire Warning to Us All—08.07.18
Tuesday Aug 07, 2018
Tuesday Aug 07, 2018
By any measure the numbers are staggering and beyond comprehension: 44 people shot in the span of 14 hours, as the weekend began, five of them dying of their wounds. But it got worse. An additional 22 people were shot by the time the weekend was over. Even for Chicago, where 318 people have been killed so far this year, the weekend carnage was unprecedented.
What accounts for this murderlust? Will it stop? Leid Stories discusses the implications of self- annihilation.
Monday Aug 06, 2018
Monday Aug 06, 2018
Abayomi Azikiwe, editor in chief of Pan-African News Wire, a Detroit organizer for the Workers World Party, co-founder of the Moratorium NOW! Coalition to Stop Foreclosures, Evictions and Utility Shutoffs, and a regular commentator on Leid Stories, guides us through major political developments that would affect tomorrow’s primary elections in the State of Michigan.