Today on Sojourner Truth:
You likely know by now that within 11 years, without drastic action, our planet will have reached the point where the damage done by environmental abuse and devastation will be irreversible. In other words, we are facing a catastrophe. Those who are not joining the administration of Donald Trump in denying climate change have long put forward sustainability as a solution. But is it enough? Not so, says the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. They point to the reality that present-day food production methods contribute to the rise of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, which is a cause of global warming. Increasingly, environmentalists are looking at soil regeneration as a solution. But what is it? How can it be put into practice? What are the implications for mega farms and for small farmers? Is it too late to put soil regeneration into practice? Our guest is Pennsylvania-based subsistence farmer and environmentalist Dean Kendall.
The reign of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is under threat. The election that took place on Tuesday, Sept. 17 in Israel did not give Netanyahu the votes he needed to establish a government. This, despite him tying himself to Trump and threatening to annex Palestinian lands in the West Bank, which pretty much would destroy all hope for a two-state solution to the ongoing Israeli Palestinian conflict. We may not know for several days or weeks which of the two candidates who are pretty much tied now in the number of votes they received will become the Israeli Prime Minister. Netanyahu is the longest-running prime minister in the history of present-day Israel. Our guest is Khury Peterson-Smith, Michael Ratner Middle East Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies.
The LAPD is yet again embroiled in a police shooting controversy that killed Albert Ramon Dorsey, who was killed in a LA 24 Fitness location in Hollywood, where he was taking a shower. For our ongoing Campaigners for Black Lives Series, we speak with Sonya Smith, the sister of Albert Ramon Dorsey.
Also, our Weekly Earth Minute.
