Climate Justice And Marginalization Amid Hurricane Harvey, The Washington-Moscow Hotline And Foreign Fast Food In America

Aug 31, 2017, 5:17pm CT

The White House Kremlin "hot line" providing direct communication for emergency use by the Chief of Staff in Washington and Moscow, became operational August 30, 1963. Air Force Sgt. John Bretoski, left, and Army Lt. Col. Charles Fitzgerald, man the equipment in the Pentagon during a test run. The Pentagon is the U.S. operating terminal for both the land line-transocean circuit and the alternate radio circuit, with a direct relay to the White House. (AP Photo)

Climate Justice And Marginalization Amid Hurricane Harvey, The Washington-Moscow Hotline And Foreign Fast Food In America

Aug 31, 2017, 5:17pm CT

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On today’s show:

Bryan Parras, co-founder of Texas Environmental Justice Advocacy Services, says it’s never too late to talk about how climate change affects marginalized communities disproportionately.
Historian John Schmidt explains the creation of the “Washington-Moscow Hotline” in 1963. (Contrary to popular belief, it was not a red phone.)
With American fast food chains represented in almost every country around the world, several foreign chains are reinventing the genre — and sending it back.