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The conversation and conflict over systemic racism in the United States continues seemingly unabated. In response, Donald Trump doubles down on his racist rhetoric, part of his re-election strategy, but also reaffirming his loyalty to white supremacy. While his attacks against migrants from South of the Border has not abated, he nonetheless hosted Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and announced his Hispanic Prosperity Initiative. This, it seems, in a bid to slice off some of the Latino votes from Democrats.

The U.S. Supreme Court has issued a number of landmark decisions, including allowing Trump's financial records and tax returns to be reviewed as part of a criminal case against Trump in the Southern District of New York. This, while the Court delayed congressional access to similar records. Also, in what is celebrated as a victory for Native Americans, the Supreme Court has admitted that half of Oklahoma, three million acres, belongs to the Muscogee (Creek) Nation.

The latest on COVID-19 as Trump pushes for a reopening of schools and threatens to cut funding from school districts that don't comply.

Our guests are Jackie Goldberg, Laura Carlsen and Dr. Gerald Horne.

Today on Sojourner Truth, our weekly roundtable.

The conversation and conflict over systemic racism in the United States continues seemingly unabated. In response, Donald Trump doubles down on his racist rhetoric, part of his re-election strategy, but also reaffirming his loyalty to white supremacy. While his attacks against migrants from South of the Border has not abated, he nonetheless hosted Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and announced his Hispanic Prosperity Initiative. This, it seems, in a bid to slice off some of the Latino votes from Democrats.

The U.S. Supreme Court has issued a number of landmark decisions, including allowing Trump's financial records and tax returns to be reviewed as part of a criminal case against Trump in the Southern District of New York. This, while the Court delayed congressional access to similar records. Also, in what is celebrated as a victory for Native Americans, the Supreme Court has admitted that half of Oklahoma, three million acres, belongs to the Muscogee (Creek) Nation.

The latest on COVID-19 as Trump pushes for a reopening of schools and threatens to cut funding from school districts that don't comply.

Our guests are Jackie Goldberg, Laura Carlsen and Dr. Gerald Horne.

Today on Sojourner Truth, a wide ranging and in-depth conversation with Brazil-based Winnie Overbeek.

Overbeek is the coordinator of the World Rainforest Movement (WRM), a network supporting forest-dependent communities who are struggling to defend their territories in Latin America, Africa and Asia. We discuss the COVID-19 crisis in Brazil and its impact on Indigenous communities who live in the Amazon rainforest and other vulnerable populations. We also discuss the threat to the rainforest by fires and land grabs. Also, attacks on quilombolas, Afro-Brazilian land. The growing concern and resistance to multinational corporations establishing mega forest plantations, displacing villagers in Africa and Asia. Racism in Brazil, the Black Lives Matter movement there, and more.

Today on Sojourner Truth, a wide ranging and in-depth conversation with Brazil-based Winnie Overbeek.

Overbeek is the coordinator of the World Rainforest Movement (WRM), a network supporting forest-dependent communities who are struggling to defend their territories in Latin America, Africa and Asia. We discuss the COVID-19 crisis in Brazil and its impact on Indigenous communities who live in the Amazon rainforest and other vulnerable populations. We also discuss the threat to the rainforest by fires and land grabs. Also, attacks on quilombolas, Afro-Brazilian land. The growing concern and resistance to multinational corporations establishing mega forest plantations, displacing villagers in Africa and Asia. Racism in Brazil, the Black Lives Matter movement there, and more.

Today on Sojourner Truth, a wide ranging and in-depth conversation with Brazil-based Winnie Overbeek.

Overbeek is the coordinator of the World Rainforest Movement (WRM), a network supporting forest-dependent communities who are struggling to defend their territories in Latin America, Africa and Asia. We discuss the COVID-19 crisis in Brazil and its impact on Indigenous communities who live in the Amazon rainforest and other vulnerable populations. We also discuss the threat to the rainforest by fires and land grabs. Also, attacks on quilombolas, Afro-Brazilian land. The growing concern and resistance to multinational corporations establishing mega forest plantations, displacing villagers in Africa and Asia. Racism in Brazil, the Black Lives Matter movement there, and more.

Today on Sojourner Truth:

For our ongoing Campaigners for Black Lives series, six people have died in recent hangings across the U.S., including the hanging death of 20-year-old Amani Kildea in Morris County, New Jersey. His death has been ruled a suicide, but community members are not convinced. Justice for Amani Kildea is now circulating. Our guest is Zellie Imani, a Black Lives Matter activist, organizer, journalist and educator based in New Jersey.

The President of Mexico is set to visit Donald Trump today. So, who is using whom? Is Trump using the Mexican President to garner votes among Latinos in the upcoming presidential election? What is Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador risking with this visit? What, if anything, do the two presidents have in common? We speak with Jose Luis Granados Ceja, a writer and photojournalist based in Mexico City. He previously worked as a staff writer for teleSUR and currently works on a freelance basis. His stories focus on contemporary political issues, particularly those that involve grassroots efforts to affect social change. He often covers the work of social and labor movements in Latin America.

For our weekly Earth Watch, a victory for the Standing Rock Sioux Nation and other Indigenous groups. On Monday July 7, a district court ruled that the Dakota Access Pipeline must shut down pending an environmental review and be emptied of oil by August 5, 2020. We speak with Joyce Braun, the Keystone XL and No DAPL organizer for the Indigenous Environmental Network.

Today on Sojourner Truth:

For our ongoing Campaigners for Black Lives series, six people have died in recent hangings across the U.S., including the hanging death of 20-year-old Amani Kildea in Morris County, New Jersey. His death has been ruled a suicide, but community members are not convinced. Justice for Amani Kildea is now circulating. Our guest is Zellie Imani, a Black Lives Matter activist, organizer, journalist and educator based in New Jersey.

The President of Mexico is set to visit Donald Trump today. So, who is using whom? Is Trump using the Mexican President to garner votes among Latinos in the upcoming presidential election? What is Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador risking with this visit? What, if anything, do the two presidents have in common? We speak with Jose Luis Granados Ceja, a writer and photojournalist based in Mexico City. He previously worked as a staff writer for teleSUR and currently works on a freelance basis. His stories focus on contemporary political issues, particularly those that involve grassroots efforts to affect social change. He often covers the work of social and labor movements in Latin America.

For our weekly Earth Watch, a victory for the Standing Rock Sioux Nation and other Indigenous groups. On Monday July 7, a district court ruled that the Dakota Access Pipeline must shut down pending an environmental review and be emptied of oil by August 5, 2020. We speak with Joyce Braun, the Keystone XL and No DAPL organizer for the Indigenous Environmental Network.

Today on Sojourner Truth:

For our ongoing Campaigners for Black Lives series, six people have died in recent hangings across the U.S., including the hanging death of 20-year-old Amani Kildea in Morris County, New Jersey. His death has been ruled a suicide, but community members are not convinced. Justice for Amani Kildea is now circulating. Our guest is Zellie Imani, a Black Lives Matter activist, organizer, journalist and educator based in New Jersey.

The President of Mexico is set to visit Donald Trump today. So, who is using whom? Is Trump using the Mexican President to garner votes among Latinos in the upcoming presidential election? What is Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador risking with this visit? What, if anything, do the two presidents have in common? We speak with Jose Luis Granados Ceja, a writer and photojournalist based in Mexico City. He previously worked as a staff writer for teleSUR and currently works on a freelance basis. His stories focus on contemporary political issues, particularly those that involve grassroots efforts to affect social change. He often covers the work of social and labor movements in Latin America.

For our weekly Earth Watch, a victory for the Standing Rock Sioux Nation and other Indigenous groups. On Monday July 7, a district court ruled that the Dakota Access Pipeline must shut down pending an environmental review and be emptied of oil by August 5, 2020. We speak with Joyce Braun, the Keystone XL and No DAPL organizer for the Indigenous Environmental Network.

Today on Sojourner Truth:

For our ongoing Campaigners for Black Lives series, six people have died in recent hangings across the U.S., including the hanging death of 20-year-old Amani Kildea in Morris County, New Jersey. His death has been ruled a suicide, but community members are not convinced. Justice for Amani Kildea is now circulating. Our guest is Zellie Imani, a Black Lives Matter activist, organizer, journalist and educator based in New Jersey.

The President of Mexico is set to visit Donald Trump today. So, who is using whom? Is Trump using the Mexican President to garner votes among Latinos in the upcoming presidential election? What is Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador risking with this visit? What, if anything, do the two presidents have in common? We speak with Jose Luis Granados Ceja, a writer and photojournalist based in Mexico City. He previously worked as a staff writer for teleSUR and currently works on a freelance basis. His stories focus on contemporary political issues, particularly those that involve grassroots efforts to affect social change. He often covers the work of social and labor movements in Latin America.

For our weekly Earth Watch, a victory for the Standing Rock Sioux Nation and other Indigenous groups. On Monday July 7, a district court ruled that the Dakota Access Pipeline must shut down pending an environmental review and be emptied of oil by August 5, 2020. We speak with Joyce Braun, the Keystone XL and No DAPL organizer for the Indigenous Environmental Network.

Today on Sojourner Truth:

For our ongoing Campaigners for Black Lives series, six people have died in recent hangings across the U.S., including the hanging death of 20-year-old Amani Kildea in Morris County, New Jersey. His death has been ruled a suicide, but community members are not convinced. Justice for Amani Kildea is now circulating. Our guest is Zellie Imani, a Black Lives Matter activist, organizer, journalist and educator based in New Jersey.

The President of Mexico is set to visit Donald Trump today. So, who is using whom? Is Trump using the Mexican President to garner votes among Latinos in the upcoming presidential election? What is Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador risking with this visit? What, if anything, do the two presidents have in common? We speak with Jose Luis Granados Ceja, a writer and photojournalist based in Mexico City. He previously worked as a staff writer for teleSUR and currently works on a freelance basis. His stories focus on contemporary political issues, particularly those that involve grassroots efforts to affect social change. He often covers the work of social and labor movements in Latin America.

For our weekly Earth Watch, a victory for the Standing Rock Sioux Nation and other Indigenous groups. On Monday July 7, a district court ruled that the Dakota Access Pipeline must shut down pending an environmental review and be emptied of oil by August 5, 2020. We speak with Joyce Braun, the Keystone XL and No DAPL organizer for the Indigenous Environmental Network.