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By intentionally eroding the traditional wall of separation between church and state, the current Supreme Court is essentially overturning anti-discrimination laws. Under new rulings in the name of “religious liberty,” the right wing dominated court allows institutions receiving public money The post Supreme Court Brings Back Legal Discrimination appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy...

It goes back to the 1300s actually and not just non-Christian people are affected; we all are. Often in subtle but meaningful ways. The understanding of the meaning of “patriotism” is involved. When one has this privilege, less exertion is The post Deeper Than You Thought: White Christian Privilege appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

How is it that so many Americans who consider themselves religious can be so deeply devoted to a president who consistently lies and displays immoral behavior? Because Reagan and the two Bush presidencies failed; Trump is the first president to The post Trump and the Puritans: Now We Understand appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

A new executive order by President Trump stamps a radical new definition on the meaning of anti-semitism. Its purpose is to clamp down on freedom of speech. A Chicago area rabbi says her congregants have said “this feels like the The post Trump Order Threatens Jews and Free Speech appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

It didn’t start with W’s 2003 war on Iraq. The British have plundered what is now Iraq since the 19th century. After the incredible economic and physical devastation and perhaps a million deaths, though little noticed in the news, the The post Plundered Iraq Rising Up appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

When Nixon lied, it was an earthquake. Now Trump lies many times a day. Does it matter? Why is it that evangelicals remain solid with Trump? How is it that evangelicals no longer care about his personal immorality? Do Christian The post Evangelicals Quit Nixon: Why Do They Stick With Trump? appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

Racism was certainly more honest and open a hundred years ago. Today’s voter suppression is far more subtle than blatant Jim Crow laws. But in terms of attitudes on immigration, surprisingly little has changed. On this show Author Arnold Skip The post 1919/2019: Echoes on Immigration and Race appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

No side won, America lost. The so-called civil war (a civil war is a fight to take over the government; this was not) was America’s biggest failure, started by radical evangelicals on both sides. Lincoln was not the president of The post The “Civil War” Re-Examined: It Set Back Civil Rights appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

Imagine being a proud part of the military for decades, serving as strategist and then it lands on you: our policy is a failure. Major Danny Sjursen in his inaugural Tom Dispatch post writes from a unique perspective on what The post Army Strategist: Misuse of American Power and the Chaos It Caused appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

” They didn’t call it fascism. They painted it red, white, and blue, and called it Americanism.” That’s from a 1942 movie with Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy called Keeper of the Flame, which imagines a full fledged homegrown American The post No Lack of Warnings of American Fascism Yet Here We Are! appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show...

She traveled 12,000 miles through 18 states and five Indian reservations to discover what local people are doing to address problems of racism, climate change, and economic inequality. Ordinary people doing extraordinary things in places you would not expect. Author The post Revolution Where You Live: Solutions from the Bottom Up appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Sh...

Over 3,000 prominent scientists, musicians, religious leaders, intellectuals, artists, actors, and others signed on to a full page ad in the January 4 New York Times, with the bold letters, “NO! In the name of humanity, we REFUSE to accept The post Take Action To Stop Trump’s Fascism appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

While some argue Christmas is really a religious Christian holiday, that’s just not the case. The holiday has been with us for hundreds of years before the birth of Jesus and only morphed into what we see today as Christmas The post The Pagan Basis of What We Call Christmas Today appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

Indigenous Americans for over 300 years have been treated as invisible; treaties and promises routinely ignored. Mainstream media ignored it as long as they could for fear of upsetting advertisers but pressure kept building and, surprise: the water protectors put The post The Invisible People Halt Big Black Snake appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

You think the Republicans are in a mess, look at Spain. They have been without a working government for years. The right is divided, the left is divided. Corruption is rampant. Catalonia wants to break off altogether. There are a The post Political Disarray: Not the GOP, Spain appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

We’ve all heard of ISIS, we know Iraqi forces flee from them. But have you heard of the Kurdish women warriors of Rojava? ISIS is scared of them. And nation/state powers like Turkey also fear them. Who are these new The post Kurdish Women Beat ISIS appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

It’s starting to fade. The unquestioned backing by Jewish Americans for the State of Israel is slipping.  As author Allan C Browfield discusses, Zionism actually has a short shelf life among Jewish Americans. Before 1948, it was condemned by most The post Israel: Nationalism Replaces Religion appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

Through twelve administrations, the US has been tight with the Saudi government. On part one, Medea Benjamin talks about her new book: Kingdom of the Unjust: behind the US-Saudi Connections. She argues it’s time to cut the cord, they are The post Time to Ditch The Saudis?//Clinton Foundation: Smoke But No Fire? Really? appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

We couldn’t get the simple Equal Rights Amendment passed, but with the support of Hillary Clinton and Republicans across America, Jeff Clements, president of American Promise, believes we can erase Citizens United and restore democracy to American politics. And on The post Hillary for Amendment vs Citizens United//The GOP After Trump? appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast &am...

Seemingly out-of-the-way Turkey was central to a world war a hundred years ago, and after the July 15th attempted military coup, democracy looks to be quite thoroughly killed and President Erdogan is loving it. He’s a faithful American ally but The post After The Turkish Coup Attempt: Yikes! appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

From ruthless cold warrior to taking on his nemesis LBJ over the war in Vietnam, was Bobby Kennedy an opportunist? Who was the “runt” of the Kennedy litter?  In this remarkable interview, bestselling author Larry Tye tells us how Bobby’s The post What Could Have Been: RFK, The Making of a Liberal Icon appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

They used to be on top of the world. Remember the mighty OPEC countries? With the fall of the price of oil, countries like Saudi Arabia, Russia, and Venezuela are reeling. Professor Michael Klare looks at the nightmares unfolding and The post Pity the Poor Petro Nations//Fixing Medicare appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

Of course the North beat the South but Southern Values also won. Northern collusion with slavery, annexing Cuba, the 1% vs the 99%, and the wisdom of Phineas T. Barnum are all entertainingly discussed in Ecstatic Nation: Confidence Crisis and The post The North and Southern Values Both Won appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

And not just for Palestinians. With the ascent of the nationalistic right, even Jewish Israelis are feeling the sting of government assaults on democracy. Allan Brownfeld, editor of the magazine of The American Council for Judaism, explains how democracy is The post Democracy Endangered in Israel appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .

They’ve been the big boys ruling their neighborhood for half a century. They really don’t want to give it up, but with their war in Yemen hurting their standing (and America’s) and the dropping price of oil, they are being The post Making Saudis Share the Neighborhood appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show .