Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. Two Democrats warn no infrastructure package without climate change measures. California reopens from COVID-19 pandemic and gives away $15 million to 10 vaccinated residents. President Joe Biden urges people get vaccinated, as the U.S. Covid-19 death toll … Continued
Today on the Show: RootsAction founder Norman Solomon explains how democrats and progressives undermined the potential of the Biden-Putin meeting.: And in a powerful twist of fate, Governor Gavin Newsome opens the door for a special innocence hearing and investigation into the case of -death-row prisoner, Kevin Cooper: We’’ll speak to cooper on death row … Continued
We speak with Cree Ray about the San Francisco Black Film Festival and the legacy of her being a third generation to run it. We also speak with film maker Ellis Sutton. And Peter Pitt Mukuria reflects on mental illness in prison. photo: Denise Jans via Unsplash
Today on UpFront PM: Vincent Ni (@nivincent), China Affairs Correspondent for The Guardian joins us to talk about NATO’s official language against China, marking them as a threat to the West. Ni argues that Cold War analogies often employed to explain the tension between China and the US are not accurate and instead couches the … Continued
A celebration of the art of poetry and prose with Jack Foley, Nina Serrano, Jovelyn Richards and Jennifer Stone
Join Karyn Sanders for a deep dive on a few select herbs including; blue cohosh, agrimony, calamus and red root. Previously aired 09.15.2013. Follow us on Instagram @theherbalhighway and Facebook.
According to Joseph Masco, the two key existential dangers of our time are climate disruption and nuclear weapons. The first, he maintains, is the product of petrochemical capitalism; around the second an elaborate, fear-based U.S. national security culture has been constructed. Masco contends that addressing these twin crises requires grasping their origins and pursuing fundamental … Continued
Guest host Max Pringle speaks with author and historian Kate Masur. Her new book “Until Justice Be Done: America’s First Civil Rights Movement from the Revolution to Reconstruction” tells the story of the early anti-slavery and civil rights pioneers in the North — many of whose names had been lost to history — and their … Continued
Guest: Lillian Faderman is the author of such acclaimed works as To Believe in Woman, Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers, Surpassing the Love of Men, The Gay Revolution: The Story of the Struggle. Her memoir Naked in the Promised Land has been re-published. Among her many honors are Yale University’s James Brudner Award for exemplary scholarship in … Continued
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