Repeal and Replace? What’s Next for Health Care at the State and National Level?

Air date: Apr 3, 2017 @ 9:00am

Tags: Health care, Minnesota, politics

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With the failure of Speaker Paul Ryan’s plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, the future of health-care reform remains very much in doubt. Three progressive health-care advocates join TruthToTell to help listeners sort out both the politics and policy of change in our health-care system.

Is the United States Becoming an Oligarchy? Threats to Democracy and What We Can Do About It

Air date: Dec 8, 2014 @ 12:00am

Tags: Common Cause, League of Women Voters, Minnesota, politics

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Another mid-term election and more dismal news about the state of our democracy. Voting participation, always low during mid-term elections, was lower than ever. Even here in civic-minded Minnesota, participation, while higher than the national average, fell below turnout in 2010. Meanwhile, campaign spending reached record proportions. So called “dark money”—campaign contributions that are made[...] Read More »

TruthToTell: WIDENING ECONOMIC INEQUALITY: An Old Story Lives in New Numbers

Tags: 99%, Andy Driscoll, Briana Halverson, Business, CivicMedia-Minnesota, Community Media, Community Radio, Growth and Justice, income, Income Disparity, Income Inquality, KFAI Radio, Michelle Alimoradi, Minneapolis, Minnesota, public affairs, Thomas Legg, tom o'connell, TruthToTell, union jobs, Working America

New studies warn us about the pending disasters that could well occur if continued economic inequality sticks with us and we don’t get our heads out of the sand about where each of us in middle-class circumstances actually sits along the income and to see the real harm increasing poverty is doing to disrupt society[...] Read More »

TruthToTell 9-23-13 Excerpt: Thomas Legg Explains Recent Growth & Justice Report Findings

Thomas Legg explains the findings in a recent report from Growth and Justice on income inequality in Minnesota.

TruthToTell, July 10 and July 15 (Encore), 2013: TruthToTell: Community Connections-The Twin Cities Youth Empowerment Forum

Tags: at-risk youth, Augsburg College, Caritza Mariani, cookie cart, Michelle Alimoradi, Minneapolis, Minnesota, public forum, RayLynn Prokasky, sprockets, st paul, st paul sprockets, step-up, TruthToTell: Community Connections, Twin Cities, youth, youth empowerment, youth forum, youth media, youthprise

Encore – TruthToTell: Community Connections-The Twin Cities Youth Empowerment Forum HELP US BRING YOU THESE IMPORTANT DISCUSSIONS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST – PLEASE DONATE HERE! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ VIDEO: YouTube or watch our broadcast on SPNN St. Paul cable channel 19 or MTN Minneapolis cable channel 16 at 8pm CST, Monday, July 15. AND NOW: The KFAI Community Radio App is[...] Read More »

TruthToTell, Wednesday July 10, TruthToTell: Community Connections- Insert Your Ideas Here- The Twin Cities Youth Empowerment Forum

Air date: Jul 10, 2013 @ 12:00am

HELP US BRING YOU THESE IMPORTANT DISCUSSIONS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST – PLEASE DONATE HERE! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ VIDEO: YouTube or TTT VIDEO ARCHIVE AND NOW: The KFAI Community Radio App is now up and running!! That means you can now hear TruthToTell – live – on your mobile – currently available for Android (http://bit.ly/KFAIonAndroid), iPhone (http://bit.ly/TTTon_iPhone), and iPad (http://bit.ly/TTT-on-iPad) mobile devices. In[...] Read More »

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