Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. California joins San Francisco’s historic lawsuit against ghost gun manufacturers. President Joe Biden opens Los Angeles Port 24/7 in an effort to beat back inflation. World Health Organization releases report finding climate change is the biggest threat … Continued
Today on Flashpoints, we’ll have a live frontline report from the US border. Also, we’ll speak to award-winning historian James Bradley about the expanding US war on China. photo: Jannik Kiel via Unsplash
We speak with political sportswriter Dave Zirin about his latest book, The Kaepernick Effect: Taking a Knee, Changing the World. Dave Zirin, is the author of ten books on the politics of sports, most recently, The Kaepernick Effect: Taking a Knee, Changing the World. Named one of UTNE Reader’s “50 Visionaries Who Are Changing Our World,” Zirin … Continued
An Avis car rental office in 2007. Rental car prices have soared this year in part due to a global shortage in computer chips. Image by Jeffrey Beall is licensed under CC 2.0 On today’s show: Dean Baker (@DeanBaker13) senior economist at the Center for Economic Policy and Research joins us to discuss the … Continued
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.
Cultural and media workers disproportionately shape how other workers see themselves and the world they live in, whether it’s by selling them something or presenting them with dissenting views. As historian Shannan Clark argues, there was a time when a great many cultural workers saw consumption itself as a political act. Such workers in New … Continued
The increasing tensions between the U.S. and China (Taiwan, Uighers, HongKing, Wuhan, etc.!) are giving rise to fears of the worst case scenario: some minor mistake could lead to World War III. Arms and China expert Michael Klare explains. Hosted by Kris Welch.
Guest: Kyle Harper is professor of classics and letters at the University of Oklahoma. He is the author of The Fate of Rome: Climate, Disease, and the End of an Empire (Princeton); From Shame to Sin: The Christian Transformation of Sexual Morality in Late Antiquity, and his latest, Plagues upon the Earth: Disease and the … Continued
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