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The Cops Versus America

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Did the NYPD go too far turning their backs on Mayor Bill de Blasio? We talk with The Nation Magazine’s Patricia Williams who writes Diary of A Mad Law Professor. Plus Film Critic Michael Snyder tells us his top 15 movies for 2014. Patricia J. Williams is an American legal scholar and a proponent of critical race theory, a school of legal thought that emphasizes race as a fundamental determinant of the American legal system. She is currently the James L. Dohr Professor of Law at Columbia University where she has taught since 1991.

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America’s Atheist Explosion

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Atheists now outnumber Jews and Muslims in America as the number of Americans turning their backs on organized religion has jumped in the past decade. Our guest Phil Zuckerman is author of “Living the Secular Life: New Answers to Old Questions.“ Professor Zuckerman teaches sociology at Pitzer College. He is the author of several books, including Society Without God (2008) for which he won ForeWord Magazine’s silver book of the year award, and Faith No More (2011.) 

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David Feldman Radio Show: Coming To Terms With Torture

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Ralph Nader stops by to talk about Andrew Cuomo’s decision to ban fracking in the state of New York. Then we go to Brazil to talk to Human’s Right Watch about Brazil’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission finally coming to terms with the torture that took place under the military dictatorship nearly 30 years ago, and if America will ever come to terms with our own human rights violations.

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