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August 28th, 2019 || Class, Economy, Film, Globalization, Health, News and Public Affairs.

Is Chinese investment the path to revive US factories?

Radioactivity with Rob Lorei Listen Here: Select 08/28/19 from the drop down menu Radioactivity: Interviews & Live Call-In Intro: Acclaimed film makers Julia Reichert and Steven Bognar and a team of cinematographers spent three years documenting the revival of a former auto plant just outside of Dayton, Ohio in their new film AMERICAN FACTORY. The … Read more »

Dartmouth Professor Describes Long Term Trends in the US that Resulted in Trump Victory

June 13th, 2018 || American History

Poor People's Campaign travels to Tallahassee Monday

June 7th, 2018 || Class

ACORN Founder Wade Rathke Subject of New Film The Organizer Talks About Community Organizing

April 24th, 2018 || African American

In the Wake of the GOP Tax Bill Workers Face Layoffs and Smaller Bonuses

March 15th, 2018 || Class

Progress Florida Says Florida's Outlook Is Not As Bright As GOP Leaders in Tallahassee Claim

January 10th, 2018 || Campaign finance reform

The Rise of the Radical Right in the Age of Trump

December 6th, 2017 || American History

USF Adjunct Faculty Members: Low Pay, No Benefits Say They Need a Union

November 28th, 2017 || Class

RNC Spokesperson Touts GOP Tax Bill

November 17th, 2017 || American History

The Role of Class in American Politics

May 17th, 2017 || American History

Gyrocopter Pilot Who Flew onto US Capitol Lawn Wants Big Money out of Politics

February 16th, 2017 || American History

A Stetson Law Professor Discusses President Trump's Nominee for the Supreme Court and Women's March Activists Planning Their ...

February 1st, 2017 || Abortion Rights

November 3rd, 2016

Women’s Show “The Essential Guide to Donald Trump” book review 11/3

5 Days and Counting… We’re down to the wire…less than a week before we choose our next Commander in Chief? That’s up to you to decide. If you still haven’t made up your mind on who you’re voting for then pick up a copy of The Essential Guide to Donald Trump by Kenneth F. McCallion. In… Read more »

October 6th, 2016

Radioactivity Wednesday: An exclusive interview with Vice President Joe Biden

http://sound.wmnf.org/sound/wmnf_161005_110618_radioactivityW1_189.MP3 By Rob Lorei On Radioactivity Wednesday we aired an exclusive interview by Host Rob Lorei with United States Vice President Joe Biden. They talked about Donald Trump’s tax returns, the Senate’s refusal to take up the nomination of Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court, Mike Pence, the working class people who show up at Trump rallies and… Read more »

August 25th, 2016

Women’s Show – 20th Anniversary of Welfare Reform and “The Cruelest Prosecutor in America”

20th Anniversary of Welfare Reform This week marks the 20th anniversary of former President Bill Clinton’s welfare reform…when open-ended assistance to the needy changed to a time-limited performance based assistance. Bill Clinton said “It ended welfare as we know it.” While it has reduced the welfare rolls of the needy, the welfare to the greedy… Read more »

July 7th, 2016

New book looks at 400 years of class division in America

http://sound.wmnf.org/sound/wmnf_160706_110618_radioactivityW1_189.MP3 By Rob Lorei On Radioactivity Thursday, we looked at the history of class in the United States. It’s often said that the US is a classless society, a breakaway from the strict class structure of England. But our guest, Louisiana State University history professor Nancy Isenberg, writes in her new book White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of… Read more »

May 18th, 2016

“Undue Burden” and Trump/Ryan Meeting on Women’s Show

“Undue Burden” – It is an awkward phrase, isn’t it? On Monday the Supreme Court kicked the “undue burden” back to the courts. The balance in this case is the “under burden” on one’s religious convictions about the morality of contraception and the mandate of the Affordable Care Act that contraception needs to be provided… Read more »

May 17th, 2016

Communist Party USA leader John Bachtell on Radioactivity Friday

http://sound.wmnf.org/sound/wmnf_160513_110618_radioactivityF1_337.MP3 BY Rob Lorei On Friday’s Radioactivity, our guest was John Bachtell, national chair of the Communist Party USA. Previously he was Illinois organizer for the party, and is active in labor, peace and justice struggles. He gave his thoughts on accusations of communism thrown at Bernie Sanders, the difference between communism and socialism, and… Read more »

March 16th, 2016

President Obama Makes Supreme Court Nomination

President Obama announced his Supreme Court nominee, political moderate Merrick Garland. Merrick’s nomination came as a surprise to some, who assumed that Sri Srinivasan, also a judge for the D.C. federal court, would be the top pick. Garland was confirmed to the federal bench under former President Bill Clinton’s second presidential term in 1997. He… Read more »

January 29th, 2016

Extended Maternity and Paternity Leave for Military

In an effort to better serve military families, and raise retention, the Defense Department is increasing maternity leave to 12 weeks paid time off, Defense Secretary Ash Carter announce Thursday. The new guidelines apply to all active duty members, reserve members working in a full time status, definite active duty recall or mobilization orders for… Read more »

January 28th, 2016

Women’s Show discusses birth, death and taxes… 1/28

Roe vs Wade was a hot topic on From a Woman’s POV this week. The war on a woman’s right to choose continues. The Florida House Criminal Justice Subcommittee voted 8-3 on the “Florida for Life Act” or HB865. If made law, it will ban all abortions with the exception of the health and… Read more »

December 31st, 2015

Best Books from 2015 according to From a Woman’s POV

We had several authors chat with us on the show this year and Arlene has compiled a list of her favorites. They’re listed below in alphabetical order: Cynthia Barnett, Rain: A Natural and Cultural History. Crown. Like the air we breathe and the earth we walk, rain is elemental. We accept it as… Read more »

December 16th, 2015

Surprise?! U.S. Not Leader in Women’s Rights

Experts from the UN Working Group recently concluded their 10-day study of how U.S women’s rights compare to the international community and the results don’t look too good. Big surprise, right?! Visiting Alabama, Oregon and Texas, here’s what they found: In a global sense the U.S. is behind international standards in public and political representation,… Read more »

December 2nd, 2015

New Study finds 20 richest Americans possess more wealth than entire bottom half

Rob Lorei Today we are joined by Alan Peacock, VP of the Tampa chapter of the National Association of Letter Carriers, to talk about the toy drive the Letter Carriers and other labor unions will be participating in to make it easier to give a Christmas gift for needy children. On Saturday postal workers will… Read more »

October 29th, 2015

The Anti-Wolff of Wall Street

Richard Wolff, celebrated economist, professor, pundit and author, is coming to St. Petersburg’s Palladium Theater in benefit for WMNF Community Radio on Tuesday, November 10. Wolff’s analysis of capitalism from a Marxist perspective easily dismantles critics of workers’ rights and regulation by simply using data and historic analysis. Discussions about wage theft, minimum wage, and… Read more »

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