Today on a special edition of the show: We commemorate the anniversary of the El Paso Massacre three years ago: We’ll be joined by National Book Award winner, Martin Espada, who will read his brand new poem, The Faces We Envision in the Scrapbook of the Dead, triggered by the El Paso Slaughter, and dedicated … Continued
We talk with several artists and organizers about the upcoming Black Future’s Ball put on by East Oakland Youth Development Center. We talk about stimulating the Black mind and imagination and using our collective wisdom for liberation. Our guests include Selena Wilson, who heads up EOYODC, Refa 1, long-time aerosol artist of Dark Star Universe, … Continued
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The richly diverse and fascinating world of culture and politics of the Middle East and North Africa, co-hosted by Khalil and Malihe.
This series explores stories of culture, politics and nature from Oakland, Berkeley and other towns throughout Alameda and Contra Costa counties.
The effects of climate change are here and serious. While it may seem like uncharted waters in the modern era, our ancestors in the 1600s faced a global climate crisis in a century wracked by wars, famines, and social unrest. Historian Geoffrey Parker discusses the lessons of the 17th century, where elites — with the … Continued
The cultural, the intellectual, the political, the spiritual — and the silly. Life as we know it, fear it, love it, question it, live it. Hosted by Kris Welch.
Guest: Moustafa Bayoumi is a writer, journalist, and a professor at Brooklyn College. He is the author of How Does It Feel to Be a Problem? Being Young and Arab in America, and a co-editor of The Edward Said Reader. His latest piece in the Nation is Journey to Guantánamo: A Week in America’s Notorious Penal Colony. Feature … Continued
Democracy Now! is a daily national independent award-winning news program, hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez.
On today’s show: 0:08 – State Senator Scott Wiener (@Scott_Wiener) joins us to discuss the State’s monkeypox response and the describe the status of a bill he introduced to authorize safe drug consumption site pilots in San Francisco, Oakland, and Los Angeles. 0:33 – John Nichols (@NicholsUprising), national affairs correspondent for The Nation joins us … Continued
