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
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
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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
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
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Is Our Megalomaniacal Wannabe Dictator About to Give Putin the Ultimate Gift of Destroying NATO and Imposing a Death Sentence on Ukraine? We begin with Trump’s apparent determination to take Greenland by force if he has to in spite of a bipartisan delegation of US lawmakers visiting Denmark and NATO countries sending in troops as … Continued
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Setting the Standard has been around 8-10 years, and was originally started by Maya Rise. We kept it going, and continues to evolve into many platforms. We are a all volunteer crew, and bring you information, poetry, music, and much more. You can tune in online at kpfa.org or on the radio at 94.1fm KPFA, … Continued
