Tuesday, May 03, 2016

The Michelangelo Signorile Show on SiriusXM PROGRESS ch.127

On Monday, the US Supreme Court announced that it will not hear an appeal from a federal circuit court’s decision refusing to halt Seattle’s minimum wage. However, according to Ian Millhiser, Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress Action Fund and the Editor of ThinkProgress Justice, that although this announcement is the latest in a series of embarrassments for the plaintiffs in this case it doesn’t mean that this is the end of the lawsuit altogether. Ian joins me on the show today to talk all about the case called International Franchise Association v. City of Seattle and what this recently SCOTUS ruling means for this effort to undermine Seattle’s protections for low-income workers.


TROUBLE IN THE TAP: AMERICA'S WATER CRISIS
Our rivers, lakes, aquifers, and coastal waters aren’t unlimited resources that can handle whatever we take out or dump in. These waters need protection as well and joining me for today’s installment of “Trouble In The Tap: America’s Water Crisis” is Steve Fleischli who is the Senior Attorney and Director of the Natural Resources Defense Council’s Water Program to talk all about what can be done to protect and defend our natural water resources.  Steve is a veteran of the ongoing fight to protect our water from contamination and pollution at its source, and he joins me right now on the show to fill us in on the many projects and battles going on around the country that the NRDC is currently working on to ensure safe and clean drinking water.


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Monday, May 02, 2016


The Michelangelo Signorile Show on SiriusXM PROGRESS ch.127

As he continues to campaign for Democratic primary votes, Sen. Bernie Sanders has also begun to detail a vision for where the movement that has developed to support his candidacy might move the Democratic Party.  Joining me today to discuss the Senator’s impact on the Democratic primary and future platform is John Nichols the Washington Correspondent for The Nation.


TROUBLE IN THE TAP: AMERICA'S WATER CRISIS
Since the water crisis in Flint, Michigan made national headlines, we have slowly been learning that Flint is just tip of the iceberg, and that all across the country our water is at risk, yet nobody seems to be talking about it.  Which is why we are devoting an entire week to the issue on the show by looking at the problem from all angles and asking the important questions like what’s in your water? Should you get it tested?  Are there solutions? Why is it happening? And, what can every one of us do to get out there and fight for this most basic of human rights.

Joining me today to help us kick off the very first installment of “Trouble in the Tap” our continuing coverage of America’s water crisis and to break down how pervasive the problem is across the country and what everyone of us can do to get out there and fight for change and justice is the award winning consumer advocate and environmental activist Erin Brockovich who has been working with the law firm Weitz & Luxenberg on water issues across the country, and whose exhaustive investigation back in 1996 famously uncovered that the utility giant Pacific Gas & Electric had been poisoning the small town of Hinkley, California’s water for over 30 years, which led to the largest direct action lawsuit of its kind, spear-headed by Erin and lawyer Ed Masry, which resulted in the company being forced to pay out the largest toxic tort injury settlement in US history: $333 million in damages to more than 600 Hinkley residents.  

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Listen to The Michelangelo Signorile Show weekdays live from 3-6 pm ET on SiriusXM Progress 127 and on the SiriusXM iPhone, Blackberry and Android apps. Not a subscriber? Not a problem! Listen online any time with a free thirty-day pass or, if you have an if you have an iPhone or Blackberry, go to the app store and download SiriusXM for free, for a 7-day trial, and listen on your phone