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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 coverage has raised the alarm about Donald Trump and the Republican party’s ongoing fascist threat to America’s democratic institutions. We believe that accurately and bluntly communicating this threat is vital to mobilizing the American people to defend civil society, civil liberties and our multiracial democracy. It’s critical that media outlets counter corporate media’s constant “sanewashing” and sanitizing of Trump and the GOP’s embrace of political violence and contempt for the U.S. Constitution. Trump 2.0 has shown itself to be even far worse than expected in these past few months, with the widespread dismantling of our government and vital social services, the lawlessness of weaponizing the Department of Justice, the targeting law firms and universities to bend them to his will -- and the downright cruelty to the nation's most vulnerable in our communities. Squeaky Wheel Productions is our 501(c)(3) nonprofit production company and distributor. This consumer podcast may occasionally contain a fundraising pitch. 233680

American University's Dean emeritus William Leogrande: Cuba’s Economy Grinds to a Halt Amid Trump’s Economic Blockade, Triggering Humanitarian CrisisMinnesota Reformer Editor-in-Chief J. Patrick Coolican: Local Nonviolent Organizing is Most Effective Defense Against Trump’s Midterm Election SubversionUniversity of Toronto Professor Jason Stanley: Yale University President Surrenders to Trump Regime’s Demands for Political and Ideological AlignmentBob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary• In response to Trump's new tariffs, China expands export controls against U.S. and its allies• Native American tribes, seven Western states at impasse on Colorado River water settlement• Labor movement must organize Amazon to increase membership and improve workers' payVisit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links and transcripts and to sign up for our BTL Weekly Summary. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ETProduced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

Eisenhower Media Network's Matthew Hoh: Without a Rational Strategy, Trump’s Iran War Continues with No End in SightQuincy Institute's Annelle Sheline: U.S. and Israel to Integrate Military Budgets to Shield Funding from Congressional OppositionInstitute for Policy Studies' Khury Petersen-Smith: New Progressive Blueprint: ‘Forging a Democracy that Works for All’Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary• Silicon Valley workers organizing against war production and war crimes• 358 human rights defenders killed last year around the world• Populist Clayton Tucker running for Texas agriculture commissionerVisit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links and transcripts and to sign up for our BTL Weekly Summary. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ETProduced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

LULAC's Juan Proaño: Two More ICE Shooting Deaths in Texas and Maine Trigger Condemnation and Angry ProtestsVermont Law and Graduate School's Delcianna Winders: Environmentalists Condemn Trump Regime’s New Rule to Decimate Endangered Species ActYale University's Daniel HoSang: Faculty, Students and Alumni Oppose Trump-Yale University Extortion DealBob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary• Middle East balance of power: Netanyahu decries U.S. F-35 fighter jet sale plans to Turkey• Lula's pledge to reduce Brazilian workweek boosts re-election bid over Bolsonaro's son• Trump-GOP SNAP cuts remove 770,000 children from food assistance benefitsVisit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links and transcripts and to sign up for our BTL Weekly Summary. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ETProduced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

The Humanitarian Research Lab at the Yale School of Public Health's Nathaniel Raymond: International Community Must do More to Stop Sudan’s Humanitarian CatastropheDemocracy for the Arab World Now's Raed Jarrar: After Talks Break Down, U.S. Iran Ceasefire CollapsesPhysicians for a National Health Program's Dr. Diljeet Singh: As U.S. Healthcare System Fails, Support for Medicare For All GrowsBob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary• DACA Dreamers' work restrictions, delays under Trump jeopardize families, communities• Super El Niño combined with climate change weather events may disrupt farming globally• Ireland signs military cooperation pact with France for troop readiness, intelligenceVisit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links and transcripts and to sign up for our BTL Weekly Summary. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ETProduced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

Roots Action's Norman Solomon: Corporate Democrats Lash Out Over Democratic Socialists Primary WinsDefend Public Health's Melinda Rostal: Opponents Challenge Trump Regime’s Scheme to Politicize Federal GrantsWriter and activist Hannah Riley Fernandez: Nationwide Revolt Against Flock Camera Mass Surveillance SurgesBob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary• Human rights report: Mexican government involved in disappearances• Closed Zambian zinc and lead mine's toxic pollution affecting area's children• Billionaire ranches encompass millions of acres near Yellowstone national parkVisit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links and transcripts and to sign up for our BTL Weekly Summary. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ETProduced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

Haitian Bridge Alliance's Guerline Josef: Supreme Court Ends TPS Protections for Haitians, Syrians, Opening Door to Mass DeportationTexas Prairieland Detention Center protest case attorney Xavier de Janon: Extreme Sentences Handed Down in Prairieland Protest Case, a Blatantly Political ProsecutionThe Indypendent's John Tarleton: Democratic Socialist Candidates Win Stunning Primary Victories in NYC and NationwideBob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary• DRC Ebola cases spreading faster than last outbreak a decade ago• Rental housing monopolies exempt from mandatory federal anti-trust review• A dozen states proposing new taxes on wealthiest taxpayersVisit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links and transcripts and to sign up for our BTL Weekly Summary. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ETProduced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

Roosevelt University's David Faris: Donald Trump’s Humiliating Iran War Defeat the Most Significant Since VietnamVote Common Good's Pastor Doug Pagitt: In Another Attack on Free Speech, Trump DOJ Indicts 15 Minneapolis Anti-ICE ActivistsPrison Policy Initiative's Wanda Bertram: Studies Find Serious Health Impacts on Formerly Incarcerated Older AdultsBob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary• Syria trial seen as first step on long road for Assad's victims• Solar generates more energy in U.S. than coal for first time• Rural California voters defy DCCC and Israel lobbyVisit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links and transcripts and to sign up for our BTL Weekly Summary. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ETProduced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

Former University of Wisconsin-Madison Middle Eastern Studies Associate Director Jennifer Loewenstein: U.S.-Iran Peace Deal Announced: Is it Real This Time?Jewish Israeli anti-apartheid activist Ofer Neiman: Israeli Voters May Oust Netanyahu in October Election, but Brutal Repression of Palestinians Likely to ContinueQuincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft Senior Research Fellow William D. Hartung: The Pentagon’s Dangerous Rush to Adopt and Deploy AI into Military MissionsBetween The Lines' Under-reported News Summary• Syria needs large-scale reconstruction in recovery from 15-year brutal civil war• Union Now creates fund to support workers who want to organize but can't due to finances• Two progressive candidates running to oust NYC Comptroller Thomas DeNapoliVisit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links and transcripts and to sign up for our BTL Weekly Summary. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ETProduced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

Salon writer Sophia Tesfaye: MAGA Billionaire Ellison Family and Bari Weiss Murder ’60 Minutes’Fredi Guevara and Liam Henrie: US Crew Members of Global Sumud Aid Flotilla to Gaza Describe Their Israeli Navy DetentionStand Up America Executive Director Christina Harvey: ‘Kick Out Corruption Tour’ Links Trump Grift to Affordability CrisisBob Nixon’s Under-reported News SummaryTrump connection seals $1B Balkans pipeline deal to inexperienced contractorWhite House building ties to Rwanda-backed M23 militia occupying mineral-rich DRCImmigrants pulled out of naturalization ceremonies now file lawsuitsVisit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links and transcripts and to sign up for our BTL Weekly Summary. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ETProduced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

National Security Archive Cuba Documentation Project's Peter Kornbluh: Trump’s Cuba Oil Blockade Triggers Dire Humanitarian Crisis Amid U.S. Invasion ThreatFormer EPA Administrator Martha Guzman Aceves: Recent Hazardous Chemical Disasters Come as Trump EPA Rolls Back Federal Safety RegulationsReporters Without Borders' Ben Grazda: World Press Freedom Index Tracks Decline of Free Press Globally and in U.S. Under Donald TrumpBob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary• Unofficial Trump adviser Mauricio Claver-Carone reshaping Venezuelan government• Most polluting LNG project in the U.S.: Louisiana LNG• Nebraska independent running for U.S. Senate championing working class-vs.-billionairesVisit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links and transcripts and to sign up for our BTL Weekly Summary. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ETProduced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.