Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus and Bob Nixon

Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine podcast

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Between The Lines is a weekly syndicated half-hour radio newsmagazine featuring progressive perspectives on national and international political, economic and social issues. Since 1991, Between The Lines has provided in-depth, timely analysis on a wide range of political, economic and social issues including:  increasing disparity in wealth in the U.S.; the crisis in the U.S. health care system; international grassroots mobilization to confront global climate change; racism permeating the prison industrial complex; and efforts to repair flaws in the U.S. electoral system. In recent years, our...

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Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus and Bob Nixon

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Jul 8, 2026

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Nuclear War Threat and Climate Crisis Move ‘Doomsday Clock’ 90 Seconds to ‘Midnight 01.02.2023

Physicist and Princeton University professor emeritus Robert Socolow : Nuclear War Threat and Climate Crisis Move ‘Doomsday Clock’ 90 Seconds to ‘Midnight’ Friends of Hebron Executive Director Issa Amro : Rising Israeli-Palestinian Violence Amid the Oppressive Daily Reality of an Occupied People Peruvian sociologist Francesca Emanuele : Long-Running Race and Class Divide in Peru Provokes Protest a...

New Oxfam Report on Rising Inequality Calls for 5% Tax on Super-Rich 25.01.2023

Oxfam America Director of Economic Justice Nabil Ahmed : New Oxfam Report on Rising Global Inequality Calls for 5% Tax on Super-Rich Beyond Extreme Energy activist Andy Hinz : U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Approves Projects that Generate Equivalent of 76 Coal Plants Aliana Americas Associate Director Nancy Treviño : Crisis on Southern Border Underscores Urgent Need for Reform of U.S. I...

GOP Maga Extremists are Burning Down the House 18.01.2023

Author and Daily Beast columnist Wajahat Ali : GOP Extremists are Burning Down the House  Americans for Tax Fairness policy consultant Will Rice : House Republican Majority Votes to Repeal IRS Funding to Protect Rich Donors, Tax Cheats Yale grad student union organizers Paul Seltzer and Arita Acharya : After 30 Years of Organizing, Local 33 Wins Yale Grad Student Union Bob Nixon's Under-repor...

Two Years After January 6th Insurrection, GOP Continues to Pose Threat to Democracy 11.01.2023

Stand Up America's Policy and Political Affairs Managing Director Brett Edkins: Two Years After Jan. 6 Insurrection, GOP Continues to Pose Threat to Democracy PEN America's Freed Expression and Education Director Jonathan Friedman: Groups Organize to Fight Repressive Culture War Book Banning Across America  Stop Cop City organizer Kei: Opponents of Atlanta’s ‘Stop Cop City’ Training Cent...

International BDS Movement Challenges Israel’s New Ultranationalist, Far Right Government 04.01.2023

Boycott From Within member Ofer Neiman : International BDS Movement Challenges Israel’s New Ultranationalist, Far Right Government Institute for Policy Studies' Foreign Policy in Focus Director John Feffer: What Motivates Far Right Voters and How to Win Them Back Defending Rights and Dissent Policy Director Chip Gibbons: As U.S. Pursues Julian Assange Extradition, Press Freedom Groups Demand...

Will Jan. 6 House Committee Criminal Referrals Result in Trump Accountability? 28.12.2022

People for the American Way's incoming President Svante Myrick : Will Jan. 6 House Committee Criminal Referrals Result in Trump Accountability?  United American Indians of New England Co-Leader Mahtowin Munro : United American Indians of New England Leader Reflects on Current State of Indigenous Americas National Coalition for the Homeless Executive Director Donald Whitehead : New Biden Admin...

GOP Threatens to Hold Federal Debt Limit Hostage to Force Social Security, Medicare Cuts 21.12.2022

Social Security Works' Executive Director Alex Lawson: GOP Threatens to Hold Federal Debt Limit Hostage to Force Social Security, Medicare Cuts ACLU of Connecticut Legal Director Dan Barrett: Federal Court Dismisses Challenge to Connecticut’s Trans-Inclusive Student Athletics Policy March for Our Lives Director of Policy Zeenat Yahya: 10 Years After Sandy Hook School Massacre, Campaign to End...

Georgia GOP Voter Suppression the Media Missed, Likely to Spread Across the U.S. 14.12.2022

Investigative journalist and best-selling author Greg Palast : Georgia GOP Voter Suppression the Media Missed, Likely to Spread Across the U.S. Starbucks Union organizer Aleah Bacetti : Starbucks Continues Anti-Union Tactics to Slow Unionization Drives Brown University's School of Public Health's Pandemic Center Director Jennifer Nuzzo : Nursing Homes Unprepared for Ongoing Deadly COVID...

Israel’s Dangerous New Ultranationalist Government Likely to Trigger Crisis 07.12.2022

Former CIA analyst and Center for International Policy Senior Fellow Mel Goodman : Israel’s Dangerous New Ultranationalist Government Likely to Trigger Crisis Women's Earth and Climate Action Network Executive Director Osprey Orielle Lake : Climate Activists Mobilize Support for Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty FreePress.net Senior Counsel Nora Benavidez : The Wider Impact of Elon Musk’s...

The Republican Party’s Devolution into a Violent, White Supremacist Threat to Democracy 30.11.2022

The Nation's national affairs correspondent John Nichols:  The Republican Party’s Devolution into a Violent, White Supremacist Threat to Democracy Salon.com senior political writer Amanda Marcotte: Republicans Blame Single Women for Their Midterm Election Losses Boston University student Herbie Waters: Letter from US Political Prisoner Leonard Peltier Read at ‘Thanksgiving,’ Day of Mourning E...

GOP’s Embrace of Violence Endangers U.S. Democracy 23.11.2022

New York University history professor Ruth Ben-Ghiat : GOP’s Embrace of Violence Endangers U.S. Democracy Climate activists and Fossil Free Media Director Jamie Henn : Assessing the Good, Bad and Ugly at the UN’s COP-27 Climate Summit Plant the Land Team Co-Director Laura Schleifer : Project Brings Vegan Food to Palestinians in Gaza Suffering Under Israeli Blockade Bob Nixon's Under-reported...

Midterm Election a Major Battle in America’s Political Cold War 16.11.2022

Labor and racial justice activist Bill Fletcher Jr. : Midterm Election a Major Battle in America’s Political Cold War  Voters of Tomorrow Deputy Communications Director Marianna Pecora :  Gen Z Vote was Critical in Blocking GOP’s Predicted ‘Red Wave’ Lead attorney Chase Iron Eyes : Supreme Court Challenge to Indian Child Welfare Act Threatens Native American Culture and Survival Bob Nixon's U...

State Legislatures are Ground Zero for GOP Assault on Democracy 09.11.2022

Former Ohio Democratic Party Chairman David Pepper: State Legislatures are Ground Zero for GOP Assault on Democracy Mother Jones' Washington Bureau Chief David Corn: New Book Recounts Origins of GOP Extremism and White Supremacy Climate activist and Yale Divinity School student Tyler Mark Nelson: Faith Groups Taking Action on the Climate Crisis Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary - S...

In Midterm Election, Progressives Can Play a Pivotal Role to Defeat Fascist Republicans 02.11.2022

Roots Action co-founder Norman Solomon : In Midterm Election, Progressives Can Play a Pivotal Role to Defeat Fascist Republicans    Prison Policy Initiative Communications Strategist Wanda Bertram: Polling Stations in Jails Provide Opportunity for Eligible Pre-Trial Detainees to Vote   Media Matters Senior Researcher Andrew Lawrence : Corporate Media’s Horse-Race Election Coverage Ignores Critical...

Amid Haiti Crisis, Civil Society Groups Oppose Foreign Military Intervention 26.10.2022

Black Alliance for Peace team on Haiti's Jemima Pierre: Amid Haiti Crisis, Civil Society Groups Oppose Foreign Military Intervention University of Massachusetts professor emeritus of economics William Lazonick: Big Oil Stock Buybacks Must be Stopped  Indiana University School of Public Health professor emeritus Michael Hendryx: Biden Urged to Restart Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining Health Stu...

After Last Jan. 6 House Committee Hearing, Trump Continues to Escape Accountability 19.10.2022

Gaslit Nation podcast cohost Sarah Kendzior : After Last Jan. 6 House Committee Hearing, Trump Continues to Escape Accountability Social Security Works Communications Director Linda Benesch : Republicans Propose Policies That Would Weaken or End Social Security and Medicare Doctors for Camp Closures volunteer Dr. Kate Sugarman : Volunteers Provide Assistance to Asylum Seekers Used as Political Pro...

Italy Resurrects Neo-Fascism with Prime Minister-Elect Giorgia Meloni 12.10.2022

• Yale professor Jason Stanley: Meet Italy’s neo-Fascist Prime Minister-Elect Giorgia Meloni • National Lawyers Guild past president Marjorie Cohn: Supreme Court Poised to Legalize Election Theft, Further Erode Democracy • Familias Unidas por la Justicia Political Director Edgar Franks: Amid Rising Temperatures Caused by Climate Change, Farmworkers Union Fights for Safety Regulations Bob Nixon&apo...

New Poll Finds Americans Want U.S. to Pursue Talks to End Russia-Ukraine War Escalation 05.10.2022

Quincy Institute's Director of Grand Strategy George Beebe: As Ukraine War Intensifies, New Poll Finds Americans Want U.S. to Pursue Talks to End the Conflict Network for Social Justice and Human Rights Director Maria Luisa Mendonça : Polls Get it Wrong in Brazil’s First Round Presidential Election Grassroots climate groups consultant Drew Hudson: Climate Groups Defeat Joe Manchin’s Fossil Fu...

After the Arrest and Death of Mahsa Amini, Iran Explodes in Protest 28.09.2022

National Iranian American Council's Policy Director Ryan Costello : After the Arrest and Death of Mahsa Amini, Iran Explodes in Protest     Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights staff attorney Jake Love : Lawsuit Filed Against Florida Gov. DeSantis for Using Asylum Seekers as Political Props New Haven Climate Movement activist Patricia Joseph: Young Activists Take Action Demanding City Governmen...

Democracy threat looms as Supreme Court Set to Hear Moore v. Harper Case 21.09.2022

Common Cause Redistricting Manager Dan Vicuña : Threat to Democracy Looms as Supreme Court Set to Hear Moore v. Harper Case National Campaign for Transit Justice's leader Libero Della Piana : Massive Investment in Public Transit Needed to Achieve Racial Equity and Climate Justice Climate Cabinet Deputy Director Emma Fisher : 17 States Criminalize Protests Targeting Fossil Fuel Infrastructure...

Brazil's October Election Could Make or Break the Amazon Rainforest 14.09.2022

Portland State University's political science professor emeritus Mel Gurtov : Brazil’s October Election Could Make or Break the Amazon Rainforest Mountain Valley Pipeline activists Mary Crow and Naadiya Hutchinson : Opponents Rally to Stop the Mountain Valley Pipeline and ‘Manchin’s Dirty Deal’ University of California's Institute for Health Policy Studies professor Dr. James G. Kahn : R...

Six Months After Russia's Ukraine Invasion, There's Signs a Negotiated End to the War is Possible 07.09.2022

Jacobin magazine staff writer Branko Marcetic:   Six Months After Russia's Ukraine Invasion, There's Signs a Negotiated End to the War is Possible  University of Connecticut Director of American Studies Christopher Vials : After 18 Months, Biden Finally Responds to Trump and GOP Threat to Democracy  Fair Vote CEO Rob Ritchie : Alaska’s First-Time Use of Ranked Choice Voting Demonstrates...

Biden Student Debt Forgiveness Plan a Good Start, But More Must be Done 31.08.2022

Student Debt Crisis Center Executive Director Cody Hounanian : Biden Student Debt Forgiveness Plan a Good Start, But More Must be Done Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics Press Secretary Jenna Grande : Big Oil Donates Over $2 Million to GOP Seditionists Whiteface Mountain Atmospheric Sciences Research Center Operations Manager Paul Casson : Adirondack Mountain Research Center Tracks Industrial...

Investigation Exposes New Georgia GOP Voter Suppression Scheme 24.08.2022

Investigative reporter and author Greg Palast: New Georgia GOP Voter Suppression Scheme  Assistant professor of labor studies at Empire State College in New York City:  Starbucks Engages in Lawless National Anti-Union Campaign Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont: Healthcare Program and Climate Policies Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary Chinese military ship docks in Sri Lanka over India, U.S. o...

Rising Tensions Between U.S. & China Over Taiwan Risk Miscalculation or Accident 17.08.2022

Campaign for Peace, Disarmament and Common Security President Joseph Gerson : Rising Tensions Between U.S. & China Over Taiwan Risk Miscalculation or Accident Author and World Mental Health Coalition President Dr. Bandy Lee : Donald Trump and Republican Party’s Dangerous Embrace of Political Violence  Adirondack Voters for Change member Phyllis Sinclair: Activist Group Launches Campaign to Edu...

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