The Ron Show

It was July 5th, 1852 and festival organizers asked Frederick Douglass to speak at their Independence Day festivities. Oh, did he. Nearly thirteen years before the end of the Civil War, and slavery in the United States, Douglass let the nation have it. Thought this might be a timely share, given the rebound in suppression of rights & equality in today's political climate. Hear actor Ossie...

I leave for one-half a day and the Supreme Court divides the nation in nearly irreparable ways, eh? :) Let's DO discuss affirmative action, citing ⁠Clarence Thomas in 1983⁠ and note that "legacy admissions" are the ULTIMATE "affirmative action" for the privileged (and white). BREAKING: Legacy admissions challenged in court by NAACP. Also, I'm no lawyer, but when I watch...

As we all hit the open road or airports, the heat intensifies ... from under our collars and inside our skulls as the delays and re-routes, delays and re-schedules stack up. Hear me out: we did this to ourselves and what we, as a nation need to invest in, going forward, isn't more airports and highways and lanes. It's rail. On the final day of Pride month, we're still seeing idiotic de...

"Affirmative action" is effectively no more when it comes to college and university admissions in the United States, thanks to a party-line 6-3 Supreme Court decision. Joining me with reaction is Atlanta NAACP chapter president Richard Rose. The passing of MLK's older sister - Christine King Fannin - today is an intriguing irony, of sorts, but her last known speech a decade ago is wo...

President Joe Biden gave a 37-minute economic address in Chicago today, touting his record on the US economy; in fact embracing the term "Bidenomics." Hear it in its entirety here. You'll recall President Barack Obama used the same tactic, embracing the right wing shorthand for the Affordable Care Act - "Obamacare" - to affix his name to a solidly functioning program he pio...

Another metro Atlanta church met with hate - this time the defacing of it's inclusive message on a sign. I spoke with Rev. Mimi Walker from The Church at Ponce and Highland. Speaking of hate, Governor Kemp hates anyone getting credit for green energy jobs in Georgia unless it's him, and yet ... Yes, Donald's audio is dumb, and we'll review that together, but so is Florida Senator R...

Another round of despicable antisemitic, Swastika-emblazened targeted intimidation took place over the weekend in Macon and nearby Cobb County, but fortunate for those Nazis they weren't trying to defend a forest or cops might've had some rubber bullets (or worse) for 'em. Anyhow, regional director of the Anti-Defamation League, Eytan Davidson joined me today to share the ADL's rea...

A Cobb County elementary teacher has been on administrative leave ⁠  since March for reading an innocuous book ( ⁠ "My Shadow Is Purple" LISTEN HERE ⁠ ) to her 5th grade honor students - a book one of those students bought at a book fair and a book the students voted on for her to read. So why's she in trouble? An "anti-woke" "divisive concepts" law hastened throu...

Got your Titan submarine update for ya; years after a whistleblower on the OceanGate payroll tried to warn the company and its anti-safety CEO of his concerns, what do ya know? The contraption wasn't safe and cost lives. Oh and tens of millions in taxpayer dollars in the ensuing search. Marge and Lauren - two feral MAGA Congresswomen - are a-fightin' and I have the dramatic interpretation...

We have a(n approved) petition for the 'Stop Cop City' folks to be hitting the streets with. Finally. We've a supermarket in Summerhill. Finally. We've a Tim Scott Town Hall. Err; I won't be diving into it as much as the noteworthiness of the very white Sean Hannity sneering that Joy Reid and Barack Obama having issues with Scott on issues facing people of color. Then there&#39...

An update of sorts on the 'Political Rewind' / GPB front and an amazing and thorough Twitter thread that sort of catches us all up on how the AJC has fingerprints on the matter. As Governor Kemp makes inroads with - get this - green energy folks, is this a tipping point where Democrats may be ceding ground only because now green energy is good for the economy? Oh, and hear what comedian Tr...

Author, historian, activist Donald Gilliard and I caught up on a call today to discuss his and my varying perspectives on 'Juneteenth' and how we we were both introduced to it way too late in life. Then, a treat: in 1966, actor & activist Ossie Davis recited Frederick Douglass' July 5, 1852 speech where Douglass dressed down a nation with millions enslaved by pointing out the natio...

Melita Easters from the Georgia WIN List joins me to start the show, sort of eulogizing & speculating as to the cause for the end of a public broadcasting staple: "Political Rewind" and host Bill Nigut will no longer air on Georgia Public Broadcasting after Jun 30th. A real loss for civil discourse on Georgia's radio airwaves. Melita and I also note the year passing since the Dob...

Waiting on the "Good Lord" and "Mother Nature" to solve our climate crisis is ACTUALLY how we got here. This year's peach crop is going to suck - and we only have ourselves to thank for that. MARTA broke ground (sorta) on it's not "transit" line - a bus rapid line that's actually better than nothing and could (I'd think) lead to expanded streetcars at...

Why is the idea of exploiting child labor abhorrent ... except in the agricultural industry - and why is the right protecting the industry's ability to use 12 to 14 year olds in unsafe conditions? Hint: it's the same reason they're routinely xenophobic about immigration, but less so about illegal employers' hiring practices. I've a beef with Target: it's Pride Month and you...

While Donald Trump (again) makes history, being figuratively "arrested" and arraigned on 37 charges in Miami today, his (newest of two) attorneys is on the sidewalk giving the media the "whatabout" rhetoric we've gotten from LIndsey Graham, but now also by Senator Marco Rubio - who when chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, opined (we have the audio) about mishandling...

Eavesdrop with me on the Georgia GOP convention from over the weekend with Kari "she lost" Lake and Donald "he lost" Trump continuing to live in the past. New polling suggests that Americans are MORE convinced of seeriousness by the latest batch of indictments and yet somehow less convinced there should be repercussions. Wild. Lastly, now that Chris Licht is gone from CNN, I be...

Trump indictment, round two, and the r ight wing reactions do NOT disappoint! Also, did Marjorie Taylor Greene flap a document on cable news television that could incriminate HER? Hear why I think you should download Grindr if you're in Columbus, Georgia this weekend or New Orleans early next week. Lastly, I'm joined today by ' Media Matters for America' Senior Climate and Energy W...

Gridlock ... pollution ...historic cancellations and closures ... so when do we reach a consensus that the dystopian future long predicted is at our doorstep? Let's ... remember ... Pat Robertson. Then let's review the Mike Pence CNN town hall - while also calling him out for his many hypocricies. Lastly, a surprise Supreme Court decision on Alabama's Congressional lines may well have...

So what does Chris Christie entering the race do for the GOP presidential primary hierarchy? And why do his attacks on Trump sound like those the Biden/Harris campaign should be writing down? Then, there's the breaking news: Tia Mitchell at the AJC revealed that a Homeland Security designation used to bolster arrest warrants for the three Atlanta Solidarity Fund volunteers was essentially &quo...

A tip of the cap to the independent local journalists doing a more thorough job covering the #copcity conversation. I start today's show checking in with Donnell Suggs, editor-in-chief at The Atlanta Voice to get a sense of their coverage from yesterday-last night-this morning's city hall showdown between activists and the 11-4 council vote that came to be. What about the many acres the ci...

Public comments abound - most of it (again) against the proposed public safety training facility. You wouldn't know that by following the official city of Atlanta Twitter account - which shared two pro-facility comments before removing those video shares. Anyhow, you'll hear from Dr. Jackie Echols of the South River Watershed Alliance, along with representation from the NAACP and a passion...

More amazing economic news that OUGHT to be making the case for a Biden/Harris 2024 landslide - so WHY do polls not show that? I've some ideas. Atlanta Solidarity Fund volunteers had their bond hearing today - and the way the judge reacted to the charges is quite telling. Big updates coming to AmericaOne Radio's app and website, and that got me to waxing grateful. Lastly, this being Pride...

Atlanta resident, former state & federal prosecutor Alex Joseph is on to explain the charges against three Atlanta Solidarity Fund volunteers. Ooh, and HAPPY PRIDE! I'm also joined by Ari Drennen, LGBTQIA+ program director at Media Matters for America to discuss the disparate coverage Fox News has given Target's pride merch vs MORE Catholic sexual abuse allegations coming forward. Who,...

Whoa; a SWAT raid of the Atlanta Solidarity Fund "Teardown House" netted three arrests for ... "money laundering?" While the price tag for "Cop City" has doubled , this is latest salvo? Interesting. Local activist & writer Micah Herskind joins me to discuss. By the way, GREAT Twitter follow to stay on this: A tlanta Press Collective & MIcah , of course. Also j...