#391 - August 5, 2018

Published: Aug. 5, 2018, 5:21 p.m.

Bringing truth back to politics.  What the news media gets wrong about the labor movement.  What politicians get wrong about science.

 

Author Christopher Martin truth squads corporate media on unions. Caroline Weinberg of ”March for Science” says a vote for science is a vote for the common good. Plus, Bill Press talks with Kelly Dietrich, founder of the National Democratic Training Committee.  

 

Caroline Weinberg

The role of science in public policy has taken a back seat at best in the Trump Administration.  Caroline Weinberg says science is vital to a working democracy and it’s time that voters take a stand

 

Christopher Martin

Christopher Martin has spent countless hours absorbing how  journalists cover labor unions. He says that by appealing to consumers over citizens,  American media is missing the true story about the working class.

 

Kelly Dietrich

How can we empower more democrats to step up and win elections? Bill Press talks with Kelly Dietrich of the National Democratic Training Committee.

 

Jim Hightower

Trump serves the people – rich ones, that is