Baltimore Bureau Podcast for June 8, 2018

Featured Stories

--Medicare's Demise is Not Imminent, But Health Care Costs are Rising

--Halt Separating Children From Their Parents Demands the United Nations

--Pt. 1 & 2: Flipping a Red Seat Blue

--Poor People’s Campaign Hits Maryland Capitol for Fourth Straight Week

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--California's 'Jungle Primary,' Flooded with Money, Dominated by Establishment Candidates

--Cousin of Palestinian Medic Killed by Israel Speaks Out

--Study: Humans 0.01% of World’s Biomass, Cause 83% of Extinctions

--Community Organizers Gear Up for a Political Fight for DACA

In all seven California districts key to their chances of winning the House, Democrats on Tuesday advanced a candidate to the mid-term ballot. Meanwhile, incumbent Senator Dianne Feinstein will square off against another Democrat, Kevin de Leon. We discuss the primary results with editor and author Narda Zacchino.

The Baltimore Bureau Podcast for June 4, 2018

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--California Progressives Seek Democratic Party Overhaul at All Levels

--California Progressive Alison Hartson Challenges Party Elite Dianne Feinstein

--Turkey’s Erdogan Expands Militaristic Foreign Policy, Amid Economic Crisis at Home (Pt. 1/2)

--Closer Turkey-Russia Relations Are Built on Fossil Fuels and Arms Sales (Pt. 2/2)

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--California’s High-Stakes Primary for Democratic Party’s Civil War

--Pt. 1 - 3: After Gaza Massacre, Has Israel Lost Liberal American Jews?

--Are the Swiss Going To Revoke The Privileges of Private Banking? A Referendum In Switzerland (Pt. 1/3)

Journalist Max Blumenthal published documents showing how Cambridge Analytica's parent company SCL Group ran a secret counter-insurgency operation in Yemen on behalf of a US-based military contractor, called Project Titania. The UK government likely contracted it, exploiting NGOs and spying on populations in the Middle East

Kristin Seale is one of four women candidates backed by the Democratic Socialists of America to win their recent primaries in Pennsylvania. Seale says that a bold progressive message, coupled with authenticity, can reach swing-state voters

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--Pt. 1 & 2: Tensions Rise in Dangerous U.S.-China Spat over South China Sea

--Fmr. Bush Ethics Lawyer Wants Trump Impeached

--Unemployment at the Heart of Italy’s Economic Crisis