How to Protect our Democracy
11-15-24 Frontline Times Radio. Watch this interview given by Kate Gerbeau with Vladimir Kara-Murza about his dream to make Russia a normal well functioning European democracy. His commitment to the goal of freedoms enjoyed by citizens of democratic countries around the world should serve as an inspiration to those of us who are trying to protect democracy and freedson in the USA
"It's a public humiliation for any dictator, however the Putin propaganda will try to portray this."
Putin has already been destabilised by failing to seize all of Ukraine and the West must be prepared for the possibility of his regime collapsing, say Vladimir Kara-Murza and Bill Browder speaking to Kate Gerbeau on Frontline at the Magnitsky Human Rights Awards in London.
10-26-24 Jeffrey Sonnenfeld is Lester Crown Professor of Leadership Practice and a Senior Associate Dean of the Yale School of Management. He helped catalyse the retreat of 1,200 global corporations from Russia, and now strongly advocates for seized Russian Central Bank assets to be passed to Ukraine. Sonnenfeld is known as the founder and CEO of the Chief Executive Leadership Institute (CELI), affiliated with Yale University and for convening Yale's semi-annual CEO Summits, which have drawn thousands of CEOs over the years to engage in off-the-record peer-to-peer conversations. Exercise Your Franchise !!! VOTE
Oct 3, 2024
In a video released to social media, musical legend Bruce Springsteen endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for President
Oct 1, 2024 • ✪ Members first on September 30, 2024 • FIVE MINUTE NEWS
Anthony Davis reports on The World Mental Health Coalition's major conference 'THE MORE DANGEROUS STATE OF THE WORLD AND THE NEED FOR FIT LEADERSHIP' with Dr Bandy Lee and 17 experts. Part 1 of 2.
9-20-24
Money talks in American politics—often in the shadows. We explore how 'dark money' rigs the system against everyday Americans, with politicians calling for investigations into corrupt dealings, including Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas' questionable ties to wealthy elites. Leave a comment with your thoughts below!
Jul 19, 2024 Defending Democracy — Complete Podcast
It’s clear that there are issues with the U.S. Supreme Court. From justices accepting lavish gifts to the shadow docket to outrageous rulings, immense reform is needed to ensure that faith and trust are restored in the nation’s highest court. Rhode Island Senator Sheldon Whitehouse discusses the most pressing issues facing the Court and how we fix them.
Jun 25, 2024 The 2009 FRONTLINE documentary “Black Money” examined bribery allegations against international companies and explored how prosecutors around the world cracked down on the practice. (Aired 2009) As pressure for profits increased on corporations during the global financial downturn of the late 2000s, the U.S. Department of Justice pursued an aggressive crackdown on an international business tactic: bribery. The 2009 documentary “Black Money” examined this shadowy side of international business. The film shed light on how some multinational companies routinely made secret payments — often referred to as “black money” — to win billions in business, and explored the crackdown being waged by prosecutors at the U.S. Department of Justice and allies abroad against companies including the British-based multinational defense company BAE Systems. Explore developments in the BAE Systems case since this documentary aired: https://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/st...
3-21-24 Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Courts Subcommittee, delivers the thirtieth in a series of speeches titled “The Scheme,” exposing the machinations by right-wing donor interests to capture the Supreme Court and achieve through the Court what they cannot through the elected branches of government.
Whitehouse recaps what we know about the right-wing special interest Court capture operation and the ethics-free zone around the Supreme Court. Whitehouse also provides an update on his ongoing legislative and oversight efforts on courts issues
Dec 5, 2023 The PoliticsGirl Podcast
As Supreme Court Justice, Louis Brandeis said, “America has a choice. We can either have great wealth in the hands of a few, or we can have democracy, but we can’t have both.” There’s a shift happening in the American consciousness right now. Where the idea we all bought into, that idea that if we just work hard enough we’ll make it, is starting to feel like a bit of a scam. This concept of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is beginning to look like a cruel joke and the conceit that the struggles so many Americans face just to make ends meet is somehow a result of our own actions or shortcomings, rather than acknowledging we’re actually living in an oppressive system rigged against us is really starting to chafe. Join me and the illustrious Robert Reich as we discuss the economy, the American dream, and what we, the American public, can do to make it.