In this episode we go to Columbus, Ohio, where the community has been in uproar over the police killing of Ta’Kiya Young, who was shot by officers while driving after being accused of stealing alcohol from a grocery store. She was pregnant at the time she was killed, and she leaves behind two children. We … Continued
Today, we share Diamonds and Bullets, an all vocal theatrical experience produced by Oakland-based arts and consulting company Edutainment for Equity, to provoke greater understanding and empathy for the statement “Black Lives Matter”. It features music of Bay Area Hip Hop Vocal Ensemble Antique Naked Soul, headed by songwriter and activist Candice Antique Davis and … Continued
For years now, local developer Phil Tagami has been embattled in a lawsuit with the city over a lease granted to him by the City of Oakland at the West Gateway on the waterfront of West Oakland – to build the Oakland Global Trade and Logistics Center. It is here he that wants to orchestrate … Continued
In this episode we focus on the local environmental impact of West Oakland’s Schnitzer Steel Factory, which has poured chemicals into the areas airways for many years. Earlier in August, the factory experienced a significant toxic fire. Joining us to discuss is Ms. Margaret Gordon, co-founder and co-director of the West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project … Continued
Discussed in this episode: The new subvariant B.2.86 (nicknamed “Pirola”) is drawing concern in public health circles because a large quantity of mutations suggest it could be very effective at evading immunity from vaccination or infection from prior strains. It’s already been detected in multiple countries, including the US. A new study in Nature confirms the … Continued
Martin Amis (1949-2023), in conversation with Richard Wolinsky and Richard A. Lupoff in the KPFA studios, January 27, 1998 while on tour for his novel, “Night Train,” published in 1997. This is the second of five interviews with Martin Amis for the Probabilities/Bookwaves program,which were recorded over a period of 23 years. Along with Night Train, he discusses his novel published in 1995, The Information. A shorter version of this interview aired in 1998; the full interview has never seen the light of day. Digitized, remastered and edited in August 2023.
The mission of law & disorder is to expose, agitate and build a new world where all of us can thrive. But how do we get there? How do we build a world many of us have only seen in our dreams? That’s where we believe the artists come in. So, each week we feature … Continued
Law Enforcement in this country kills approximately 1200 people every single year and yet the names of many are never said or known except to their families and friends. What’s more, law enforcement agencies and other state actors harm our community in a myriad of ways that also go unnoticed like profiling, sexually assaulting and … Continued
KPFA theatre critic Richard Wolinsky reviews “A Chorus Line” at San Francisco Playhouse through September 16, 2023.
On March 26, 2018, rescue workers discovered a crumpled SUV and the bodies of two women and multiple children at the bottom of a cliff along the California coastline. The crash was a murder-suicide: a white lesbian couple had adopted six Black children, with a paper-trail of child abuse and neglect that had been ignored … Continued
