Today, our host Mitch Jeserich is in conversation with Gigi Sohn, who was the senior advisor to former-FCC Chair Tom Wheeler when he implemented net neutrality rules in 2015. We discuss the upcoming vote regarding net neutrality, which would also end the ability of the FCC to oversee how telecommunications provide internet. Then, our … Continued
HIV/Aids impacts black communities in specific and particular material ways. Cat Brooks interviews Dr. Cleo Manago, behavioral health, and cultural analyst, political commentator for TV1 and C-SPAN, about the distinct manner that the virus shapes sexual health for impacted black folks. Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguin joins UpFront to discuss homelessness in Berkeley, a particular legal case between Bay … Continued
Mehdi Hasan Rips Thomas Friedman’s “Nauseating” Column in NYT Praising Saudi Arabia; White House Defensive as Trump Shares British Hate Group Videos, Drawing International Condemnation; Will Trump’s Latest Islamophobic Tweets Impact Court Rulings on His Mostly-Muslim Travel Ban? Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Joseph Stiglitz: Trump Tax Plan to Worsen Inequality, Expand Loopholes; Anti-Globalization in the Era … Continued
Pope Francis’s historic visit to Myanmar has let human rights observers and activists down – the outspoken religious leader chose not to mention the word “Rohingya” publicly, despite a systematic pogrom of ethnic cleansing against the Muslim minority that has been well-documented and denounced worldwide. On today’s show we’ll turn to long-time expert on the … Continued
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Lebo (Dan Lebowitz) stops by to pick a couple of tunes and tell us about the upcoming Rex Foundation Benefit in the first hour, and David Freiberg’s Quicksilver Messenger Service plays live in the second hour. DFQMS is David Freiberg – guitar & vocals, Linda Imperial – vocals, Jude Gold – guitar, Pete Harris – … Continued
From charter schools to enterprises like Teach for America — profiteering off of public education has surged, supported by both Democrats and Republicans. But Noliwe Rooks argues that the plundering of taxpayer-funded education has a long history, going back to the era after Reconstruction. Rooks discusses that history — and whether we’re now seeing the … Continued
Today our host Mitch Jeserich is in conversation with renowned religious scholar and public intellectual Reza Aslan. He is the author of the recently published New York Times best-selling book God: A Human History, which investigates our humanizing impulse in relation to the divine. We have a conversation on the evolution of religion and the changing image of God, … Continued
First thing on this morning’s show, Pat Kelly, founder and president of a Family Affair, an HIV-AIDS ministry at Victory Tabernacle Deliverance Temple in Orangeburg, South Carolina and a founding member of the Positive Women’s Network USA examines the intricacies of HIV status and how HIV impacts the black community. Nate Cardozo, a Senior Staff Attorney … Continued
In Surprise Move, Illinois Rep. Gutiérrez Won’t Seek Re-Election, Says He’ll Focus on Puerto Rico; As GOP Tax Plan Faces Senate Vote, Critics Say Bill Would Give Hundreds of Billions to Top 1 Percent; Graduate Students Plan Nationwide Walkouts Against GOP “Assault” On Post-Secondary Education; Cherokee Writer: Trump Pocahontas Slur Reflects Centuries of Colonial Violence … Continued
As Hondurans await election results from a crucial race we’ll turn to Suyapa Portillo of Pitzer College who just returned from Honduras after serving as an official election observer. With left-leaning Salvador Nasralla in the lead for President over incumbent Juan Hernandez, the Central American nation that has struggled since its 2009 US-backed coup is … Continued
