0:08 – Activist and author, Angela Davis, discusses her book: Blues, Legacies and Black Feminism discusses several key early blues artists including Gertrude “Ma” Rainy, Bessie Smith and Billie Holiday to illustrate how black women helped shape feminist historical traditions and were able to tell stories, particularly about the reality of women’s sexual experience through their music. (Recorded … Continued


The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays

Texas police detail hour-long wait before storming Uvalde classroom; Little optimism as Senators talk on gun safety; California measure banning pension fund investments in fossil fuel advances out of State Senate

Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. Police say Uvalde shooter was inside school for over an hour Senate Republicans block Democrats first response to back-to-back massacres VTA marks one year anniversary of rail yard mass shooting Ukrainian President pleads for multiple launch rocket … Continued