periphery

  • Thanks to the Latino Media Collective on WPFW for having me on the show today to talk about “zero tolerance” policing in Latin America. You can find my article, “Giuliani in Rio,” at the Jacobin magazine website. An archived recording of today’s interview is available here. UPDATE (Jan. 23, 2016): Thanks to the Latino Media Collective

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  • Co-host and co-producer Angelika Albaladejo and I worked really hard to put together the latest episode of Periphery. We talked to my former professor, Dr. Philip Brenner of American University, about the history of the relationship between Cuba and the United States as well as the recent announcement that both countries will begin normalizing relations for

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  • For the third episode of Periphery, co-host/co-producer Angelika Albaldejo and I spoke with Sanho Tree, the director of the drug policy project at the Institute for Policy Studies. We talked with Sanho about the history of drugs and the drug war, both in the U.S. and abroad. Sanho is one of the top experts in

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  • In the second episode of Periphery, Angelika Albaladejo and I interviewed Jose Magaña-Salgado, an attorney and policy advocate at the Immigrant Legal Resource Center (ILRC) in Washington DC. We talked with Jose about the overcriminalization of immigrants in the United States. I’ve written a fair amount about US immigration policies and practices on this blog in

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  • Last night, Angelika Albaladejo and I launched a new podcast called “Periphery.” We’ll be producing periodic episodes that cover human rights, social justice, politics and culture in the Americas, focusing on people and groups on the periphery of society. For our first episode, we interviewed our former co-worker at the Center for International Policy, Sarah Kinosian,

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