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Ralph talks to professor Ruth Wilson Gilmore about abolishing prisons and journalist Adam Higginbotham about his book, “Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World’s Greatest Nuclear Disaster.”

We revisit Wendell Potter's whistleblowing testimony that exposed how the insurance industry is more interested in pleasing Wall Street than in people's care, and asked him if these abuses continued after the passing of the ACA--Wendell Potter on Reality Asserts Itself, hosted by Paul Jay

Featured Stories --Fight Against Voter Suppression Continues in Georgia --Why Socialism? With Bhaskar Sunkara --Does Baltimore Need a Green New Deal? --Toronto Residents Face Off Against Google over Waterfront 'Smart City' --Ocasio-Cortez & Sanders Introduce Bill to Cap Credit Card Interest Rates at 15%

Featured Stories: --AOC & Bernie Join Sunrise Movement in DC Town Hall (0:32) --Medical Insurance Companies Can Decide Who Lives and Dies (6:27) --Why Many Venezuelans Are Still Chavistas (26:14) --Eurovision Artist Boycott Curbed by Qatari Aid (34:39) --Guaidó Calls for US Military Cooperation, but few Venezuelans Support the Move (43:18) --How the Mainstream Media Ignores the Climate Change Cri...

Whistleblower Wendell Potter says the death of a young woman denied care by the insurance company he worked for was a turning point in his life; he says these practices are still taking place under the Affordable Care Act - on Reality Asserts Itself with Paul Jay

Featured Stories --Brazil's Bolsonaro: 'Exterminator of the Future' --The MMT Debate With Dean Baker & Randall Wray --How the Mainstream Media Ignores the Climate Change Crisis --Trump Provokes Iran With Intensified Economic War

Featured Stories --Can Biden 'Make America Moral Again'? --Can We Reach 100% Renewable Energy? --Trump's New Policies to Limit Asylum

We talk to Maryland Congressman Jamie Raskin about progress on the minimum wage, the environment, corporate power, Medicare for All and the possibility of impeaching Donald Trump. Then advocate Jamie Love explains how greedy drug companies get away with gouging us for life-saving drugs.

Wendell Potter, author of ‘Deadly Spin: How Corporate PR is Killing Healthcare and Deceiving Americans’, traces his life from growing up poor and Republican in Tennessee, to radicalization during the Vietnam War, to cynical journalist who just wanted to make money - on Reality Asserts Itself with Paul Jay

Featured Stories --Trump and Kushner Middle East Peace Deal Is a Trojan Horse for Further Occupation --Trump's China Tariffs A Misplaced Strategy for the US Economy --Anya Parampil from Inside the Venezuelan Embassy in Washington, D.C.

Featured Stories --Trump and Mnuchin Break the Law By Refusing to Release President's Tax Records --Russia-China Alignment Challenges U.S. Hegemony --Pentagon Report on China's Military Expansion Hypocrisy --Fear Mongering and Capitalism: A Recipe for Fascism?

Featured Stories --Citizenship Question Could Invalidate 2020 Census --One Million Species Face Extinction, UN Report Finds --Does Bernie Sanders Really Have A Black Voter Problem?

I realized it wasn’t the Soviet Union that was the great danger, it was the potential of nuclear war, and it’s still the case today - says Stephen Cohen on Reality Asserts Itself with Paul Jay

Ralph engages in a spirited back and forth with Matt Stoller of the Open Markets Institute about corporate power and how Facebook must be restructured. Plus, Ralph answers listener questions about vaccines, the Boeing Max 8 and has some strong words about Apple buying back 75 billion dollars of its own stock.

The House Rules Committee heard powerful testimony about the urgency of passing Medicare for All from Ady Barkan, who is in late stages of ALS. Wendell Potter on Reality Asserts Itself hosted by Paul Jay

Prof. Stephen Cohen, professor emeritus of politics at Princeton University and of Russian studies and history at New York University, his recent book is titled ‘War with Russia? From Putin and Ukraine to Trump and Russiagate’; Cohen discusses the forces that shaped his political thinking on Reality Asserts Itself with Paul Jay

Joe Biden announced his campaign for the Democratic nomination with waves of patriotic "Stop Trump to save America" propaganda. Will it distract from his long and terrible record? Norman Solomon and Jacqueline Luqman examine his campaign strategy

Drs. Rania Milleron and Nicholas Sakellariou talk about changing the culture of the engineering profession so that more will step forward when they see bad things happening. And Karen Friedman, from the Pension Rights Center, tells us about preserving your pension and answers the question: “Is Social Security really in trouble?”

Featured Stories --Sen. Warren Wants to Jail Those Who Caused 2008's Meltdown --If Current Laws Prosecuting Bankers Aren't Used, What Can Warren Change? --Leaked Report: Western Arms Are Essential to Saudi Arabia's War in Yemen --Venezuela's Parallel Ambassador Seated at OAS as Activists Defend Embassy

After the fall of the Soviet Union, a dysfunctional and pro-American Russian President Yeltsin presided over the chaos of the 1990’s; when Putin came to power, the West was very disappointed at the independent and nationalist character of the Putin led state and the demonization began - Stephen Cohen joins Paul Jay on Reality Asserts Itself

Randall Wray, one of the founders of the economic theory known as Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) lays out some of its main arguments. Gerald Epstein, co-director of the Political Economy Research Institute (PERI) debates. Paul Jay hosts

The threat of nuclear war; the climate crisis; Trump’s regime change plans for Iran and Venezuela; and confrontation with China are far more significant threats than election meddling - former Pres. Clinton advisor Bill Curry and Paul Jay join host Jacqueline Luqman

Trump's announcement to cut humanitarian aid to Central America will not have much effect. It's the military aid that reinforces brutality in Guatemala and Honduras, says Prof. Adrienne Pine

Ralph talks to founder of Ballot Access News, Richard Winger, about among other things, eliminating the Electoral College and the need for Federal ballot access laws. And Jerome Segal, founder of the Jewish Peace Lobby talks AIPAC and Netanyahu’s plans after his re-election.

Trump’s stated aim is to reduce tensions with Russia, but is it motivated by peaceful objectives or is it preparations for aggression towards Iran and China - Stephen Cohen joins host Paul Jay for a spirited discussion on Reality Asserts Itself