Full 3 hour show for September 8, 2015

Scott N. Paul, President of the Alliance for American Manufacturing joins Rick to talk manufacturing job loss, China, and what needs to be accomplished as the Do Nothing Congress returns from summer vacation.

Larry Hanley, President of the Amalgamated Transit Union joins Rick to talk about the 2016 presidential field and what the current forerunners means for workers.

Laura Durso, Director of the LGBT Research and Communications Project at Center for American Progress joins Rick to discuss the latest developments surrounding Kim Davis and to discuss the what’s, how’s, where’s, why’s of Religious Freedom

Jeanette Taylor-Ramann joins Rick to explain why she and 11 other community activists have been on a hunger strike since August 17th.  Hear her story of not wanting her child to have to travel 16 miles on multiple buses to get to school in one of the most dangerous cities in the nation.  

Mercedes Martinez, president of the Federación de Maestros de Puerto Rico (FMPR) talks about the Neo-liberal education policies that are closing community schools in Puerto Rico and moving toward a re-branded Charter School model where profiteers line their pockets and kids suffer.