Background Briefing – October 8, 2025
Background Briefing offers an educational approach to providing information in an era of “fake news.”
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East Bay Yesterday – October 8, 2025
This series explores stories of culture, politics and nature from Oakland, Berkeley and other towns throughout Alameda and Contra Costa counties.
Jessica Mitford was a muckracking journalist and memoirist, radical activist and wit. Born to an English aristocratic family, she became a Communist and eloped with Winston Churchill’s nephew to fight in the Spanish Civil war. Two of her sisters were infamous fascists and friends with Hitler. Jessica, known as Decca, moved to the United States, … Continued
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Guest: Deborah G. Plant is an African American and Africana Studies Independent Scholar, Writer, and Literary Critic specializing in the life and works of Zora Neale Hurston. She is editor of Barracoon: The Story of the Last “Black Cargo” by Zora Neale Hurston and the author of Alice Walker: A Woman for Our Times, a philosophical biography.
Democracy Now! (Rebroadcast) – October 8, 2025
On today’s show: Rep. Ro Khanna: Republicans Could End Shutdown, Lower Healthcare Costs Today “Scary Precedent”: GOP Blocks Rep.-Elect Adelita Grijalva from Taking Seat Amid Epstein Files Fight Bari Weiss to Head CBS News as Pro-Trump, Pro-Israel Billionaire Ellison Family Expands Media Empire “Stripped for Parts”: Secretive Hedge Fund Accused of Plundering U.S. Newspapers Democracy … Continued
Military Crackdown on U.S. Cities — Chicago, Memphis and Portland — Fall Fund Drive
Over the past week, the Trump Administration has upped it’s attack on American cities by mobilizing ICE and National Guard troops to Chicago where residents were awoken in the middle of the night over the weekend by ICE agents removing them from their beds and arresting them with zip-ties. The administration similarly launched an attack … Continued
UpFront – October 8, 2025
UpFront delivers a mix of local, state, and international coverage through challenging interviews, civil debates, breaking updates, and in-depth discussions with authors.
Democracy Now! – October 8, 2025
On today’s show: Rep. Ro Khanna: Republicans Could End Shutdown, Lower Healthcare Costs Today “Scary Precedent”: GOP Blocks Rep.-Elect Adelita Grijalva from Taking Seat Amid Epstein Files Fight Bari Weiss to Head CBS News as Pro-Trump, Pro-Israel Billionaire Ellison Family Expands Media Empire “Stripped for Parts”: Secretive Hedge Fund Accused of Plundering U.S. Newspapers Democracy … Continued