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Leid Stories - What's News and What's Not; Listeners Have Their Say--02.14.19

Listeners weigh in on current hot-button news issues and developments, analyzing their significance and likely impact.

Leid Stories--The Fundamentals of Creating An Interdependent Black Economy-02.13.19

Author, lecturer and entrepreneur Claud Anderson, a former political and policy adviser, contends that many civil-rights-era programs and strategies actually regarded black progress and growth.

Leid Stories--The Fundamentals of Creating An Interdependent Black Economy-02.12.19

Author, lecturer and entrepreneur Claud Anderson, a former political and policy adviser, contends that many civil-rights-era programs and strategies actually regarded black progress and growth.

Leid Stories--Haitians Outraged Over Government's Betrayal of Venezuela; The Ignored U.S. Constitutional Crisis Trump Has Caused with Shutdown--02.11.19

Kim Ives, investigative reporter, independent documentarian and editor of the English-language editions of Haïti Liberté, says that new mass protests in Haiti are linked to President Jovenel Moise's support for the U.S.-backed, self-proclaimed "interim president" of Venezuela, Juan Guaido.

Protesters want Moise removed from office.

 

Both the White House and Congress know that the shutdown debacle must be resolved.  But while they're milking the drama, they're astutely avoiding very important questions: Who bears responsibility for the shutdown? Was the president acting legally and constitutionally when he ordered it? Did Congress allow the president unilaterally to make a decision and take an action contrary to the law that would put 800,000 workers at financial risk?

Leid Stories - Think Out Loud and Free Your Mind!--02.08.19

Share your opinion about a current news issue or event, or any subject you think warrants further discussion or debate, on Leid Stories' "Free Your Mind Friday." It's the best open forum on the planet!

Call 888-874-4888 and share your thoughts.

 

 

Leid Stories--U.S. Rachets Up Moves Against Maduro; Bipartisanship? Unity? Fuggeddaboudit! Are Labor Unions Doing Enough About the Partial Government Shutdown?--02.07.19

Leid Stories listeners offer their analyses of these subjects today.

Leid Stories--Deciphering Trump's State of the Union Address and the Democrats' Response--02.06.19

So, how did President Donald Trump's SOTU address go? And what about the Democrats' response?

 

Leid Stories listeners grade both.

Leid Stories--Spoiler Alert! Trump's State of the Union Address Will Be A Massive Ode to Himself--02.05.19

Leid Stories listeners enumerate the many ways and reasons President Donald Trump will use his State of the Union address tonight to save his political hide.

Leid Stories--Are We Perpetuating 'Feel-Good' Black History?--02.04.19

In observance of Black History Month, we are admonished by the late scholar-historian Dr. John Henrik Clarke to eschew canned black history and  instead search for the truth of Africa's contributions to world civilization.

Leid Stories--You've Observed, Studied and Analyzed. Now, Free Your Mind!--02.01.19

If you don't have an opinion about what's going on--or not going on--here in the United States or anywhere else in the world, you're probably an extraterrestrial sent strictly to observe.

But if you do have an opinion about a significant issue or development and wish to share it, consider sharing it on "Free Your Mind Friday," Leid Stories' weekly open forum.

Call 888-874-4888 and join the best peer-education session in Radioland!