Host, 'Free Forum'
Journalist and host of Free Forum, a weekly radio program heard on the KPFK-FM in Los Angeles and WBAI-FM in New York, and writer for Alternet.org; consultant, speaker, writer, and coach to public agencies, foundations, non-profits, and responsible corporations
If the Dow's Up, Why Are Housing and Jobs Still Down? The Dow hit 13,000 this week, yet housing and consumer spending continue to limp along. Terrence McNally explores the continued gap between Wall Street and Main Street.
Will Obama's Foreign Policy Successes Help Him? President Obama's announcement that the last US soldiers would leave Iraq by the end of this year capped a momentous week in which he could also take credit for...
The LAPD and the Dodger Stadium Beating Case Arraignment has been postponed for two Southern California men arrested Thursday and charged with severely beating of Giants fan Bryan Stow on opening day at Dodger Stadium...
DC Hammering Out Dueling Debt Ceiling Plans As the markets and the public look on nervously, the clock continues to tick on negotiations to raise the federal debt ceiling. Terrence McNally guest hosts.
Libya Showdown; Japan Fallout; Budget Ideologies Libya is forced to call for a cease-fire, Japan battles to prevent a nuclear disaster, and politicians duke it out over the budget on Capitol Hill.
GOP Agenda, Obama's Pro-Business Maneuvers, US-China Relations The first order of business for the 112th Congress was its vote to repeal the healthcare law. Also, President Obama courts the business community by ordering a review of government regulatory agencies and appointing the chairman of GE to run his outside panel of economic advisors. Finally, after a state visit by Chinese president Hu, what course should the US be taking with China? (Terrence McNally sits in for Matt Miller, who is off this week.)
Trump's 'America First' goes missing abroad In the Middle East, President Trump is changing some policies of the Obama Administration—and reversing his own campaign attacks on Islam as a religion that "hates us." We hear about his visit to Saudi Arabia and what's at stake for the rest of his foreign excursion.
White House budget proposal slashes and burns President Trump's first budget request is considered dead on arrival in Congress — a familiar development in Capitol Hill. We hear what it reveals about the priorities of the new administration. What's likely to die… and what might survive?
Venezuela spirals into economic and political chaos Venezuela, a country whose potential for prosperity is unmatched, finds itself on the verge of civil war. What sustains the repressive government? With time running out, guest host León Krauze looks at what the international community can do to pull the country from the edge of collapse.
Is the threat from Russia missing from the Russia meddling probe? There's much being made about the Trump administration's possible ties with Russia. But the bottom line is Russia's effort to influence American democracy. Do the President and his aides care enough to take action before voters go back to the polls?