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Monday Apr 08, 2019
Monday Apr 08, 2019
Leid Stories looks at a few news stories that lately have been dominating media coverage.
Friday Apr 05, 2019
Friday Apr 05, 2019
Have something to say that ought to be heard? Then say it on Leid Stories' "Free Your Mind Friday," the best open forum on the planet.
Go on the record. Call 888-874-4888 and free your mind.
Thursday Apr 04, 2019
Thursday Apr 04, 2019
A year before he was assassinated (April 4, 1968) in Memphis, Tenn.--where he had gone on 1968 to marshal support for sanitation workers on strike for better pay and safer working conditions--Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in a wide-ranging interview with NBC News discussed the burgeoning civil-rights struggle, the role and responsibilities of leadership and the prospects for Black progress.
Leid Stories asks: Based on King's criteria and vision, how do we measure up as professed agents of change?
Wednesday Apr 03, 2019
Tuesday Apr 02, 2019
Tuesday Apr 02, 2019
Leid Stories listeners offer their views on major news stories currently in play.
Monday Apr 01, 2019
Monday Apr 01, 2019
Leid Stories examines these still-unfolding stories and the impact they are having, or will have, on particular constituencies.
Friday Mar 29, 2019
Friday Mar 29, 2019
It's "Free Your Mind Friday" on Leid Stories--which means it's time to clear your head of opinions and ideas you're dying to share.
Here's your chance to go on the record. Call 888-874-4888 your head and free your mind.
Thursday Mar 28, 2019
Thursday Mar 28, 2019
Haitian authorities continue their investigation into a group of heavily armed men--including five U.S. citizens, two other foreigners and a Haitian national--who the government said were merceneries it captured while on a mission to get $80 million in petro cash out of the country.
Trump threatens Russia: "Get your troops out of Venezuela now!"
The president thought it was a clever move: Get millions of dollars Congress denied him for The Wall by raiding the coffers of several federal agencies. But now the Pentagon, which allocated $1 billion of its budget to help build The Wall is now asking for $2.5 billion more in additional funding to cover the cost of "underfunded priorities."
Wednesday Mar 27, 2019
Wednesday Mar 27, 2019
Continuing with yesterday's discussion, we get real about what we can do about the mess we're in.
Tuesday Mar 26, 2019
Tuesday Mar 26, 2019
The same people who've been messing things up for the rest of us are the ones telling us to trust them to put things right. Should we?
Leid Stories picks up from where we left off yesterday, looking at major problems the nation must now deal with because of dim-witted policies of the Trump administration.