In this episode, we take an alternative look at Martin Luther King, Jr.’s legacy, examining how the civil rights icon was so much more than simply the “I Have a Dream” soundbite, which has become known as the cornerstone of his public...

Institutionalized Inequality, Racism & Oppression

A behind-the-scenes look at our Extremism episode

In an era in which Islamic terror is covered wall-to-wall, it is actually right-wing zealots that have carried out even more attacks in the United States since 9/11. News Beat is an MP Studios production, a division of Morey Publishing: ...

On this episode of BackBeat, the team elaborates on the Authorization for the Use of Military Force, and how this one sentence, passed almost unanimously by Congress, has continued to allow America to engage in military conflicts around the...

The U.S. Constitution dictates Congress as the sole governmental body possessing the power to declare war, yet it hasn't done so since World War II. So how have we been waging wars for the past 75 years, and what justifies our current global...

On this episode of BackBeat, the team elaborates on the Chelsea Manning leaks from seven years ago and discuss why her revelations remain relevant today. You'll hear from Michael Conforti, AKA Manny Faces, Christopher Twarowski and Rashed Mian as they...

Chelsea Manning is perhaps the most important whistleblower in history. Yet she and her revelations remain largely distorted, misunderstood and covered up, obscured by US government- and mainstream media-manufactured hysteria about her patriotism and...

A special 'on the road' edition of BackBeat, from Washington, D.C.

On this episode of BackBeat, the team discusses the inspiration for the episode Exonerated and Broke, providing more insight on the fight for exonerees to receive compensation for their wrongful convictions. In this BackBeat, you’ll hear from News...