We begin by observing Indigenous Peoples Day and the unique challenges to Native Americans in 2026.

Lawrence joins us and we discuss the expansion of the Kalamazoo Promise to HBCUs. We talk about the Rogers/ El-Sayed debate. We look at an oil spill in Sterling Heights and how local media dropped the ball and underreported the danger to public health.

ICE has raided the apartment of Ilhan Omar and shot a New York worker in the middle of a busy street. Not great news, and according to an article from the Associated Press Michigan college students are feeling some existential angst about the USA.

Lawrence talks about some recent gender inequity towards the WNBA and we update you on the campaign to free Nurse Freeman.

2:00- 19:00 Indigenous Peoples Day in 2026

21:00- 29:20 Kalamazoo Promise Broadens to Include HBCUs

29:30- 50:20 The Rogers/ El-Sayed Debate

50:40- 1:02:40 Oil Spill in Sterling Heights, Local Media is Quiet

1:03:00- 1:14:30 Trump Admin/ ICE Targets Ilhan Omar, New Yorkers

1:15:00- 1:24:30 Let These Times Radicalize College Students Rather Than Lead them to Despair

1:24:50- 1:35:10 Sweat Equity- WNBA Snubbed

1:35:15- 1:41:00 Students Speak Out for Nurse Freeman

SOURCES/ FURTHER READING

Indigenous People Are Resisting Erasure From Schools, Media, and Our Land https://truthout.org/articles/indigenous-people-are-resisting-erasure-from-schools-media-and-our-land/

Michigan spill prompts federal probe of Energy Transfer pipelines’ safety https://michiganadvance.com/2026/10/11/michigan-spill-prompts-federal-probe-of-energy-transfer-pipelines-safety/

Trump’s Attack on Ilhan Omar Is an Attack on the Somali Community and the Anti-ICE Movement https://www.leftvoice.org/trumps-attack-on-ilhan-omar-is-an-attack-on-the-somali-community-and-the-anti-ice-movement/

University of Michigan students defend nurse targeted by Trump administration for aiding immigrant worker https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/10/12/vkkd-o12.html