On tonight’s show, we share two feisty and powerful tales of grassroots activism. On the first half of tonight’s South Asian edition, members of ASATA – the Alliance of South Asians Taking Action, an activist collective in the Bay Area – remember and reflect on the 20th anniversary of 9/11. Co-authors and ASATA members, Sunaina … Continued
Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. President Joe Biden mandates vaccines for federal workers and contractors and businesses that employ more than 100 people. Los Angeles Unified School District mandates COVID-19 vaccines for students 12 years and older. Democrats begin pushing through $3.5 … Continued
Today on the Show: Massive Covid19 outbreak at Sierra Conservation Center Prison in Jamestown, California, surrounded by fires and apparently no evacuation plan in place for the prisoners. We’ll speak to an award winning human rights activist, whose son is inside and suffering from Covid. Also, an encore broadcast with Former FBI special agent Coleen … Continued
We speak with members of the NBUF (National Black United Front) and MS Move about the ongoing ground work to help survivors of Hurricane Ida. Guests: Kofi Taharka, is the National Chairperson of National Black United Front Kowsa is a member of the National Black United Front Mac Epps,is the executive director/co-founder of MS MOVE. … Continued
Photo by Jehlen Herdman On today’s episode: Rebecca Dixon (@RebeccaDNELP), Executive Director of the National Employment Law Project joins us to discuss the end of federal unemployment benefits, who it will harm, and who it has harmed already in the conservative states that ended it early. And: Jehlen Herdman reports on the five unhoused artists … Continued
*Replay from August 20, 2020* As so much life is at risk, Caroline welcomes award-winning science journalist, Judith D Schwartz, whose latest book The Reindeer Chronicles, & other inspiring stories of working with Nature to Heal the Earth, proffers myriad heartening stories of devastating deserts than can return to blooming, as can our hearts… Judith … Continued
An in-depth interview with Eric Ting, Artistic Director of California Shakespeare Theater (Cal Shakes) followed by a short 2001 interview with the late Kitty Carlisle Hart. Hosted by Richard Wolinsky.
Listen to the full radio report here, first aired September 9, 2021 on UpFront Your browser does not support the audio tag. OAKLAND,CA – In Oakland, California, there are thousands of people experiencing homelessness on any given night. In November 2019, unhoused organizers and allies led an action in front of Oakland city hall, … Continued
Texas is a highly diverse and urbanized state, but it’s run by a bunch of would-be cowboys. How is this possible? Political scientist Clyde Barrow has some answers. The Blob—the pejorative nickname for the foreign policy establishment—wants us to worry more about China than the climate crisis, and to see the withdrawal from Afghanistan as … 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.
