In this episode, we go to San Francisco where the county’s Board of Supervisors are exploring three different competing responses to drug dealing in that city. We speak with the founder of 48 Hills and long-time political and investigative reporter in San Francisco for more than 30 years, Tim Redmond. Read Tim Redmond’s article here: … Continued
Law Enforcement in this country kills approximately 1,200 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, assaulting and wrongfully … Continued
Colombia University student Mahmoud Khalil is the first pro-Palestinain activist to be disappeared by the Trump administration; with the President making good on his promise to target people supportive of a free Palestine. Some folks in congress have piped up – but many have not. joining us to discuss is National Affairs Correspondent for the … Continued
Pamela Prices became the first Black woman to be elected to the seat of Alameda County District Attorney, but before the ballots were even counted, a conservative block funded by billionaires and law enforcement agencies across the country, began planning a recall. That recall was successful. Joining us to discuss that recall as well as … Continued
In 2020, Oakland voters voted to increase taxes in order to generate approximately $150 million annually for expanding access to early childhood education and care, but a lawsuit by the County Tax Payers Association has held up the funds. Now, the Alameda County Board of Supervisors has tentatively approved the first disbursement. Joining us to … Continued
KPFA Theatre Critic Richard Wolinsky reviews “Uncle Vanya” by Anton Chekhov, adapted by Conor McPherson, at Berkeley Rep Peets Theatre through March 23, 2025.
What is the legacy of white supremacy and white supremacists in American prisons? How did the Black Power movement spur an evolution in the violence of the US carceral system and its agents. Those are some of the questions asked and answered by our guest today, Brittany Friedman, in her book Carceral Apartheid: How Lies … Continued
Discussed in this episode: This week marks the fifth anniversary of the first COVID shelter-in-place orders in the United States. The measles outbreak in West Texas has now infected 198 people, sent 23 to the hospital, and killed one child. To send us a question in advance of next week’s show, write to: [email protected] Tune in … Continued
Chimananda Ngozi Adichie, Nigerian author of “Americanah” and four other novels, in conversation with host Richard Wolinsky, recorded in the KPFA studios, June 5, 2013. She is widely regarded as a central figure in postcolonial feminist literature.
This event will be held at the North Branch of the Berkeley Public Library, 1170 The Alameda, Berkeley CA 94707. Tel. 510-981-6250. This event is free to the public. No reservations required. Author, journalist and nationally syndicated TV and radio host Sonali Kolhatkar visits North Branch for a conversation with activist, organizer and radio host Davey D to celebrate the release … Continued
