District Sentinel Radio

Student debt strikers with the Debt Collective converged on Washington this week to pressure the Department of Education to grant them relief after bring defrauded by higher ed profiteers. Unfortunately, the department had other ideas in the mind.

Criminal justice reform in Congress has been hijacked by Republicans, and turned into a “vehicle for corporate giveaway.” The Feds aren’t doing their homework on legal marijuana. And new email privacy laws could be coming down the pike.

Also, a report from our man in Iowa, Joe Krueger, on the chaos that was the 2016 Democratic Caucus.

1.23.16

As Flint deals with a water crisis, the GOP Senate attempts to repeal clean water rules. The Supreme Court agrees to hear a major immigration case. And what rights do workers have to complain about their employer on social media?

Also, the Sentinel team takes a close look at an increasingly hostile relationship between the Obama administration and federal inspectors general.

1.18.16

The detainee population at Gitmo drops to below 100 for first time since 2002. Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign starts to "feel the Bern," and immediately goes negative. A financial giant is deemed "Too Big to Fail," and agrees to break itself up.

Also, Alex Main, the Senior Associate for International Policy at the Center for Economic and Policy Research, is on the show to discuss the administration's new "pivot" to Central America and the recent deportation raids stateside.

11.23.15

The Paris terror attacks prompt lawmakers on Capitol Hill to take aim at refugees and encryption.

The latest development on criminal justice reform.

Bernie Sanders on Democratic Socialism.

And, prize-winning author and reporter Chris Woods of Airwars.org is on to talk about the ongoing air campaign against the Islamic State.

Check out Airwars latest monthly report on civilian causalities in Iraq and Syria: http://airwars.org/news/international-airstrikes-and-civilian-casualty-claims-in-iraq-and-syria-october-2015/

-President Obama's executive order on immigration is struck down

-Concentration of greenhouse gas in the atmosphere reaches -an ominous new high

-Wall St. allies accuse the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) of mass spying

10.8.15

-Doctors Without Borders releases findings on Kunduz hospital strike.

-Pressure mounts on the administration to release a closure plan for Guantanamo Bay

-Plus, after an annual State Department human trafficking report was allegedly politicized to preserve President Obama's trade agenda, lawmakers are honing in on John Kerry for more answers.

-The Senate passes CISA, but rejects a series of privacy amendments

-Bernie Sanders wants to defend those who are #FeelingTheBurn

-The latest reading from the District Sentinel Discontent Index

-And, The Intercept’s Lee Fang joins us to talk about that runaway military blimp

10.25.15

Hillary Clinton may have finally escaped the Benghazi controversy for good--but her decisions in Libya will continue to haunt her.

Plus, the FBI Director defends warrantless surveillance flights. New restrictions on "stingrays" have flaws. And the latest on cyber information sharing legislation.

10.19.15

Sanjar Jahid, an Afghan living in Sweden who works with refugees, tells his story as we discuss American's longest running war.