From human trafficking to vetting a john; from the results of legalized prostitution in Rhode Island to Rep. Ayanna Pressley’s initiative to decriminalize sex work, a former prostitute/activist joins Ira to talk about making the world’s oldest profession legal.
Read MoreProvincetown artist/provocateur Jay Critchley is recognized internationally for projects such as repurposing a septic tank as a solution to affordable housing; a Statue of Liberty made from unrecycled tampon applicators; and victoriously suing the U.S. government for the right to print the American flag on condoms.
Read MoreFentanyl is 50 times more potent than heroin and lethal in amounts smaller than the eye can see. Manufactured in China, shipped to America by cartels, distributed by a vast network of local dealers, it is being mixed with heroin, coke, meth, and even opioid pills in amounts that users never know.
Read MoreThe media portrays vaccine-skeptical parents as ignorant science deniers and fundamentalist zealots. But they may actually share some of the same suspicions as many Americans: distrust of big pharma, high tech medicine, and bureaucratic government agencies.
Read MoreAmerica’s most respected psychiatrist-historian analyzes the Republican party under Donald Trump and finds similarities in Chinese brain washing, Nazi doctors, and a Japanese doomsday cult.
Read MoreIn her most recent book, Harvard Professor Nancy Rosenblum reveals the truth about cries of ‘Fake News’ and the right wing, democracy-destroying conspiracies backed up by no evidence except the statement, ‘A Lot of People Are Saying.’
Read MoreImpeachment is far more fundamental than punishing Donald Trump. In fact, Hamilton, Jefferson, Madison, and Mason were obsessed with it as a remedy for a chief executive who assumed the powers of a king.
Read MoreOnly a few decades ago the greatest athletes in pro sports had no more rights than farm animals. The president of the Dallas Cowboys even likened them to cattle. Risking their careers they fought for economic justice. Legendary sports attorney Jim Quinn was on the front lines every step of the way.
Read MoreThe secret heroes of World War 2 were sworn to a life-long vow of silence that all but wrote them out of history. They were young women covertly recruited and trained as code breakers whose work saved many thousands of lives and helped turn the course of the war.
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