Background Briefing – January 19, 2026
Background Briefing offers an educational approach to providing information in an era of “fake news.”
Featured Episode
We hear from Yurok Attorney Amy Cordalis, one of many Indigenous leaders who have fought for the un-damming and healing of the majestic Klamath River Basin, spanning Oregon and California.
Tiny plastic fibers, mostly from the clothes we wear, are ending up in our air, our food, and our own bodies. But there are solutions on the horizon. This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug talk about the hidden costs of our dependence on fossil fuels, the EPA’s effort to reduce state and local … Continued
Womens Magazine – January 19, 2026
This hour long radio program presents and discusses women’s lives and issues globally and locally from a radical, multiracial, feminist, mujerist, womanist perspective.
The U.S. Constitution is an object of great political veneration in this country. Legal scholar Aziz Rana examines the contradictions within it, which have allowed for the authoritarianism of the Trump administration. (Encore presentation.) Aziz Rana, The Constitutional Bind: How Americans Came to Idolize a Document That Fails Them University of Chicago Press, 2024
Impeachment Now!/Fifty Species That Save Us
With the American republic hanging in the balance, Ralph calls on Democrats to pressure Republicans in the House and Senate to impeach Trump before the midterms or suffer the consequences. Then, we welcome Dino Grandoni, co-author of a Washington Post report on the surprising ways various species of animals and plants help advance our own … Continued
UpFront (Replay) – January 19, 2026
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! (Rebroadcast) – January 19, 2026
Democracy Now! is a daily national independent award-winning news program, hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez.
Beyond Vietnam — MLK Tribute
On this MLK Day, we honor the work and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by playing selections from his Beyond Vietnam speech, a searing indictment of war, militarism, and the moral crisis at the heart of U.S. foreign policy, delivered nearly a year before his assassination and still hauntingly relevant today. Our Resistance … Continued
The battle over the meaning of Martin Luther King Jr.
00:08 Hajar Yazdiha is an Assistant Professor of Sociology and faculty affiliate of the Equity Research Institute at the University of Southern California; now author of The Struggle for the People’s King: How Politics Transforms the Memory of the Civil Rights Movement [repeat – originally recorded in 2024] 00:33 David K Randall, senior reporter … Continued