The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays – May 6, 2022
Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice.
Featured Episode
On the Deck, KPFA Announcements for May 2022
May is Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month and it’s time for our Spring Fund Drive. We highlight some donors who have contributed to KPFA. And we’ve started live streaming news on our social media platforms and will do ON THE DECK Weekly Recaps on Tuesdays. Check out past On the Deck shows, here.
Today on the show: Standing Against Censorship with Alice Walker, Chris Hedges and Susan Abulhawa
We speak with composer, pianist, and vocalist Samora Abayomi Pinderhughes about The Healing Project – YBCA. The Healing Project, fundamentally an abolitionist project that explores the structures of systemic racism — particularly the prison industrial complex — in the United States. Pinderhughes uses music, visual arts, film, and language as abolitionist action. The Healing Project takes multiple … Continued
Rising Up With Sonali – May 6, 2022
A weekly digest of independent news analysis, investigation, education, artistic expression, and activism in the public interest, emphasizing the connection between global issues and those in local communities. Hosted by Sonali Kolhatkar.
Anti-Racist Disability Activists – Pushing Limits – May 6, 2022
White disabled activists combating racism against the non-white disabled community is the topic of this edition of Pushing Limits radio program. Producer/host Eddie Ytuarte will interview Micah Peace, a co-coordinator of Disability SURJ, a chapter of the national organization Showing Up For Racial Justice. SURJ is “a national network of groups and individuals … Continued
To open this week’s episode an attorney from Communities for a Better Environment joins Terra Verde to describe the rubber stamp permitting of the conversion of refineries in the SF Bay Area to high deforestation risk liquid biofuels. The second featured interview is with an organizer from the Indigenous Environmental Network who tells listeners how … Continued
Project Censored – May 6, 2022
The News That Didn’t Make the News. Each week, co-hosts Mickey Huff and Peter Phillips conduct in depth interviews with their guests and offer hard hitting commentary on the key political, social, and economic issues of the day with an emphasis on critical media literacy.
Today on It’s Going Down, with our legal correspondent, we break down the recent leak from Politico and the growing push from the Right to overturn Roe V Wade. We talk about what this means for a variety of “right to privacy” laws, an increasing push towards criminalization, and beyond. Photo via Unsplash
Voices of the Middle East and North Africa – May 6, 2022
The richly diverse and fascinating world of culture and politics of the Middle East and North Africa, co-hosted by Khalil and Malihe.