Flashpoints – September 30, 2016

An award winning front-line investigative news magazine, that focuses on human, civil and workers right, issues of war and peace, Global Warming, racism and poverty, and other issues. Hosted by Dennis J. Bernstein.

Flashpoints

Retaining Rondon: Creole Food in a Changing World

In a world that increasingly seems to strive for uniformity, afro-descendant Creole people on the eastern coast of Nicaragua seek to hold on to their unique culture through their food. Incoming palm plantations are fragmenting traditional Creole farmland and making it difficult for local coconut oil businesses. Overfishing and pesticides from the palm fields are … Continued

Making Contact

Full Circle – September 30, 2016

Tonight on Full Circle we discuss housing and homelessness. Although our conversation focuses on the Bay Area, the shortage of affordable housing for low income residents is a crisis that affects everyone. The Chinatown Coalition has concerns about the developers in the area. The director of Youth Spirit Artwork says bring Tiny Houses to Berkeley … Continued

Full Circle

Marcel “Fable the Poet” Price

At age 14 Fable was diagnosed with anxiety, stage two bipolar, and depression. His home life was abusive and, as he says, “everything else was very, very, very hard to deal with.” Today he works with Mental Health America, traveling to different parts of the country to start a conversation about these issues, to talk … Continued

Pushing Limits


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