Have Protests Killed the Keystone XL? TransCanada Asks U.S. for Delay in Face of Likely Rejection; The Co-ops Collapse: How GOP & HMOs Undercut Obamacare’s Nonprofit Option, Leaving 500K Uninsured; The Price We Pay: As US Becomes a Top Tax Haven, How Hiding Wealth Offshore Robs the People at Home.
Today on Flashpoints: We speak with author and journalist Reese Erlich. Also an encore broadcast of our recent interview with AIM founder, Bill Means.
Davey D speaks with Tim Redmond. 48 Hills editor and former executive editor of the San Francisco Bay Guardian all about this November’s election, including the proposition to limit short term rentals units rented out through companies like Airbnb on the ballot, that is, Prop F.
Jason Hackworth looks at the uneasy marriage between rightwing economic libertarianism and religion.
With Matthew Green, Associate Professor of Politics at The Catholic University of America, and author of the book The Speaker of the House: A Study of Leadership. And Barry Miles, acclaimed Beat biographer author of the book Call Me Burroughs: A Life. About The Speaker of the House: A Study of Leadership Matthew N. Green provides the first comprehensive … Continued
We spend the hour with Marlon James, who just won the Man Booker Prize for fiction – with A Brief History of Seven Killings. We’ll talk Bob Marley, why Jamaican gangs moved into the international drug market, and what it’s like to make the move from Kingston . . . to Minneapolis.
The Endless War Grows: Obama Sends U.S. Forces to Syria, Reversing Pledge of No Boots on the Ground; Andrew Bacevich: Ongoing Wars in Iraq & Syria Continue Decades of Failed U.S. Militarism in Mideast; More Countries Than Ever Are Bombing Syria — Will They Find a Way to Make Peace? Turkish President Erdogan Regains Parliamentary … 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
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Entrevista con Fernando de la Huerta, guitarrista de Porter; y Música para el Día de los Muertos. Producción y Conducción por Miguel Guerrero.
In the first hour: Messing with Social Security and Medicare with Nancy J. Altman, President, Social Security Works. In the second hour “America’s Make-Believe Democracy” with Lewis Lapham, editor Lapham’s Quarterly and editor emeritus Harper’s Magazine.
