Part 1:
We talk with Jaden Edison, reporter for the Texas Tribune.
We discuss the school vouchers now in place in Texas, for which the initial budget authorization is $1 Billion, and will likely grow to several time that.
Vouchers are being granted mostly to parents who already have children in private schools. Some private schools are shut out of that because they are being classified as being training grounds for 'terrorists', without proof or even examination. We discuss criteria, oversight (none), and the effect on public schools, effect on rural schools in Texas.
Part 2:
We talk with Bill Curry and Jamie Rowen,
We discuss the proliferation of ICE human warehouses, centers where detainees will be kept. What are the implications of such local "concentration camps" for the neighborhoods and towns where this will be done?

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Music: "That's how every empire falls", John Pine 2015

Part 1:
We talk with David Dayen, Executive Editor, The American Prospect.
We discuss how lobbyists have a greater than ever influence in government. Specifically, we focus on the economic issues: mergers, takeovers, and trusts. We discuss recent cases, and how they have altered the financial markets and landscape. We look at how Epstein's network of the very rich are connected.
Part 2:
We tlak with Donald Tomaskovic-Devey, Professor of Sociology at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, the Director of the Center for Employment Equity, and Associate Editor of the SocioEconomic Review.
We discuss how the EEOC is framing discrimination, and how this agency is encouraging white men to file discrimination suits in employment. We look at who is REALLY to blame for the economic and status losses that men have experienced in the workplace.

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Music: "500 Miles" Peter, Paul, and Mary, 1962

Part 1:
We talk with Alaric DeArmont, journalist who has written about many topics.
We discuss how the rest of the world perceives the US. This administration has acted in ways that will not be easily forgiven by other countries. Consequences will likely be generational. The trust is gone-the US is seen as having betrayed many.
Part 2:
We talk with Corinne Brion, Assistant Professor at University of Dayton, School of Education and Health Services.
We discuss the recent move in Ohio to ban the use of cell phones in all schools. We look at how this was implemented, and the results from the students' and faculty perspective.

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Music: "That's how every empire falls" John Pine, 2015