Author: Russell Simons
Narrator: Dylan Ratigan
Unabridged: 1 hr 23 min
Format: Digital Audiobook
Publisher: Findaway
Published: 05/24/2012
Music mogul Russell Simmons talks with MSNBC’s Dylan Ratigan about the prison industrial complex turning America’s prisons into a for profit industry. Simmons cites the legal bribery, where lobbyists pay politicians to keep non-violent criminals locked up, as just one example the harmful effect money has on politics.
Illegal immigration is among the most challenging and divisive issues facing America. With few changes in immigration laws since 1986, the undocumented population has swelled to an estimated 11 million. Deconstructed unravels these economi...
Today's militaries are increasingly reliant on highly networked autonomous systems, artificial intelligence, and advanced weapons that were previously the domain of science fiction writers. In a world where these complex technologies clash with esca...
How we became so burdened by red tape and unnecessary paperwork, and why we must do better. We've all had to fight our way through administrative sludge—filling out complicated online forms, mailing in paperwork, standing in line at the motor...
With a nation seemingly more divided than ever, many worry that Americans risk losing ground on solving the complex, interrelated problems the country faces—including rising inequality, the specter of climate change, astronomical health care c...
Doomsday headlines warn that the age of "killer robots" is upon us, and that new military technologies based on artificial intelligence (AI) will lead to the annihilation of the human race. What's fact and what's fiction? In The Case for Killer...
Wielding his widely recognized powers of explanation, Paul Krugman lays bare the hidden facts behind the $2 trillion tax cut.With huge budget surpluses just ahead, the question of whether to cut taxes has shifted to when? and by how much? With ...
Deforestation. Desertification. Species extinction. Global warming. Growing threats to food and water. The driving issues of our times are the result of one huge problem: Us. As the population continues to grow, our problems will increase. ...
El objetivo de este libro es hacer visibles a los invisibles y darles voz a los que no tienen voz. Y la elecciOn de Barack Obama como presidente nos brinda una oportunidad histOrica para incorporar a la sociedad norteamericana a los que viven margin...
In the rubble of Hurricane Maria, Puerto Ricans and ultrarich Puertopians are locked in a pitched struggle over how to remake the island.In this vital and startling investigation, New York Times bestselling author and activist Naomi Klein uncovers h...