Leid Stories

Leid Stories - Voting Rights - 10/24/12

Lawrence Guyot, an organizer-member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, fully immersed himself in the struggle for civil and voting rights in his home state of Mississippi. As chairman of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, he worked with Fannie Lou Hamer and others to desegregate the Democratic Party at its national convention in 1964. On Leid Stories, Guyot discusses voter and civil rights, third-party politics, America's racial divide, and the transformative power of grassroots movements.

Leid Stories - Said And Done - 10/23/12

The third and final round of political thrust and parry concluded last night at Lynn University in Boca Raton, Fla. And now, an all-out effort by Barack Obama and Mitt Romney to woo newly converted voters into their respective camps. In this neck-and-neck race, every vote counts. Will the "undecideds" now commit? Will many of the "decideds" jump ship? Will third-party voters stay their course? Listener-analysts have their say.

Leid Stories - Very Foreign Policies - 10/22/12

It's the third and final faceoff -- at Lynn University in Boca Raton, Fla. --between President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, former governor of Massachusetts, for the nation's top job. U.S. foreign policy, the focus of tonight's debate, could very well give either candidate much-need yardage ahead of his competitor in what polls are calling a virtual dead heat. But do the candidates really differ on the aims and objectives of U.S. foreign policy?  I call it like I see it -- as does Michael Scheuer, author and former head of the CIA's bin Laden unit.

Leid Stories - Speaking Affirmatively - 10/19/12

Fisher vs University of Texas, the affirmative-action case being deliberated by the U.S. Supreme Court, brings into sharp focus the still-unresolved question: How is racial inequity in the United States to be resolved?  Critical race theorist Ian Haney Lopez, a professor of law at the University of California, Berkeley, guides us through the full dimensions of this question.

Leid Stories - Still Talking About It - 10/18/12

Leid Stories picks up from we left off yesterday, with listeners having they say about the presidential election and related matters.

Leid Stories - The Word on Round 2 - 10/17/12

Listeners weigh in on what still is not being said by presidential hopefuls Barack Obama and Mitt Romney.  With the second of three scheduled debates concluded, what's increasingly clear is not the presidential contenders' philosophical differences but their shared devotion to corporate-driven economic policies and practices that are at the root of much of what ails America.

Leid Stories - Mercy Me - 10/16/12

What's going on in political life today? Your thoughts and opinions.

Leid Stories - The Obama-Romney Silence Pact - 10/15/12

They'll both be talking loudly, but still saying nothing about the concerns of America's most hard-pressed constituencies.  But the Obama-Romney Silence Pact comes under close scrutiny ahead of their Round 2 debate tomorrow at Hofstra University -- with a searing commentary and listeners' opinions.

Leid Stories - Duh-bate II - 10/12/12

Discussion of the Joe Biden / Paul Ryan debate.

Leid Stories - The Prose of the Cons - 10/11/12

Another day, another debate.  But as Biden and Ryan square off in Kentucky tonight, voters should keep in mind that the debate, first and foremost, is a sales pitch and they therefore should watch the sleight-of-hand prose of the cons. Listeners give advice on what to look for.