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Pop RocketPop Rocket Ep. 199 Hip Hop, Pop, and Mental Health w/ Clarkisha KentKanye West’s rambling, pro-Trump speech on SNL late September may have surprised casual observers, but by that point, his fans had heard both his outrageous statements and his frank talk about mental health for months. Charlagmane tha God lamented his canceled TimesTalk with Kanye on Instagram as a missed opportunity, writing, "Normalizing being mentally healthy is a conversation that I really wanted to have with Kanye because he's been so vocal about his own mental health struggles. Unfortunately, I think to have that conversation with him right now would not be productive and a total distraction from the poin...
2018-11-101h 06
Laura Flanders and Friends: Solutions-Focused Progressive Perspectives on Politics, News, and CultureResistance: The Ballot and The BullhornFrom no, I won't to yes, we will. It’s official a record breaking number of women have won seats in Congress. Over a hundred women, more women than ever, were voted in including New Mexico’s Deb Halland and Sharice Davids, the Congress’ first 2 Native American women, and Davids is the first out lesbian Native American too. As anticipated, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a socialist Democrat, is now Congresswoman of New York. With the midterms behind us we’re looking at the roots of struggle for good governance in these United States, and hear among others from historian Jeff Biggers, dream de...
2018-11-0729 min
Emerson College Polling Weekly | 2018 Mid-TermsThe Home Stretch | Nine Poll GaloreWith the Midterm Elections less than a week away, Emerson College Polling is monitoring 12 states this week.
Kansas
USC 2nd district: Steve Watkins (R) 48%, Paul Davis (D) 41%, 8% undecided 3rd district: Sharice Davids (D) 55%, Kevin Yoder (R-inc) 43%, 1% undecided
Governor Kris Kobach (R) 44%, Laura Kelly (D) 43%, Greg Orman (I) 8%, 4% undecided
Ohio
Governor Richard Cordray (D) 49%, Mike Dewine (R) 46%, 3% undecided
US Senate Sherrod Brown (D-inc) 49%, Jim Renacci (R) 43%, 3% undecided
Texas
US Senate Ted Cruz (R) 50%, Beto O’Rourke 47%, 2% undecided
Oregon
Governor Kate Brown (D) 47% v. Knute Buehler (R) 42%
Connecticut
Governor Ned Lam...
2018-11-0109 min