‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR APRIL 23, 2021: Truth, Lies and Videotape: A Guilty Verdict for Chauvin But Police Killings Mount… Earth Day 2021… Republicans Move to Criminalize Protest… The Latest on UN Fake Syria Reports… Plus Headlines


This jam-packed week included a guilty verdict for Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd and Earth Day 2021, as climate experts say we have less than seven years to stave off the worst impacts of climate catastrophe. And in our monthly extended segment on culture and media: TRUTH, LIES and VIDEOTAPE; How one 17-year-old stepped forward in history; first they came for your vote, now they’re coming for your protest sign. And the latest in the scandal of fake UN reporting on Syria.

With Jon Jeter, residents of Newport News and Hampton Roads Va. in Hip Hop Caucus Earth Day video, Eola Lewis Dance, Sean Blackmon, Cori Bush.

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