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On the international front: Cuba's leadership has changed. What are the implications for the Americas and the greater Global South? As North and South Korea grow closer, Trump is making his own move in U.S. relations with North Korea. Meanwhile, Trump and Japanese PM Shinzo Abe meet in the U.S. Will anything come out of the summit?

On the national front: Trump's troubles with the Mueller investigation grow, and Rudy Giuliani is recruited to be one of the president's personal lawyers. James Comey's memos have been made public, and members of Congress are circling the wagons around preserving Mueller's investigation.

Our weekly roundtable guests – Laura Carlsen, Jackie Goldberg and Dr. Gerald Horne – join us to discuss.

Three weeks after the April 4, 1968 assassination of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, a student uprising broke out at Columbia University involving the Harlem Tenants Association, Student Afro-American Society, Black Students of Hamilton Hall Organization, and Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), with the support of SNCC and other civil rights organizations. What was at stake? How did this major challenge to a university begin, and how did the mobilization manage to build a broad united front? What was the impact? What are its lessons for today? Our guests are Roy Roberts, a student at Columbia University at the time who was active in Students Afro-American Society and who was involved in the struggle; and Eric Mann, host of Voices from the Frontlines on Pacifica Radio's KPFK, who was part of the struggle at Columbia University.

Two months after the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Fla., students across the country are planning another massive walkout to protest gun violence. Our guests are Southern California high school students and Los Angeles Student Activist Coalition member Lea Yamashiro and Camille Hannant.

For our weekly "Earth Watch," we speak with Arely Diaz, an Indigenous immigrants rights and environmental activist.

Three weeks after the April 4, 1968 assassination of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, a student uprising broke out at Columbia University involving the Harlem Tenants Association, Student Afro-American Society, Black Students of Hamilton Hall Organization, and Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), with the support of SNCC and other civil rights organizations. What was at stake? How did this major challenge to a university begin, and how did the mobilization manage to build a broad united front? What was the impact? What are its lessons for today? Our guests are Roy Roberts, a student at Columbia University at the time who was active in Students Afro-American Society and who was involved in the struggle; and Eric Mann, host of Voices from the Frontlines on Pacifica Radio's KPFK, who was part of the struggle at Columbia University.

Then, high school students are planning another walkout to protest gun violence. Our guests are Southern California high school students Lea Yamashiro and Camille Hannant.

For our "Weekly Earth Watch," we speak with Arely Diaz, an Indigenous immigrants rights and environmental activist.

L.A.-Based Campaigner Kwazi Nkrumah Discusses A New Bill To Increase Police Transparency by Sojourner Truth with Margaret Prescod

Mark Anthony Neal Discusses the Cultural Significance of Kendrick Lamar's Pulitzer Prize Win by Sojourner Truth with Margaret Prescod

Dr. Gerald Horne On The Resignation Of Cuban President Raúl Castro by Sojourner Truth with Margaret Prescod

On today's Sojourner Truth: Cuba gets a new leader. Rapper Kendrick Lamar makes history by winning the prestigious Pulitzer Prize for Music. A police transparency bill has been introduced into the California legislature. Our guests are historian Dr. Gerald Horne, Duke University professor Mark Anthony Neal and Los Angeles-based campaigner Kwazi Nkrumah.

Los Angeles has one of the largest homeless populations in the nation. L.A. Community Action Network's Pete White joins us to break down what the reality is for houseless people in Los Angeles and how activists are fighting back against this crisis. What are some of the demands being made to city officials?