On today’s show, we continue our coverage of Hurricane Harvey flooding. First, we speak with Mark Bebawi, Host and Producer of The Monitor radio show at our sister station, KPFT, about the situation in Houston.  Then, we discuss the pollutants released by the damage to Exxon refineries in Houston with Stephanie Thomas, a Houston-based organizer with Public Citizen. … Continued


Dr. Robert Bullard: Houston’s “Unrestrained Capitalism” Made Harvey “Catastrophe Waiting to Happen”; Hurricane Harvey: Zip Code & Race Determine Who Will Bear Burden Of Climate Change; Immigrants in Houston Face Triple Threat: Flooding, Racist Texas Law SB4 & Potentially Losing DACA; 1,200 Die as “Devastating” Climate Change-Linked Floods Submerge Parts of South Asia; Just Before … Continued


This Monday on KPFA Radio’s Women’s Magazine we will hear from a local Queer Feminist anti fascist organizer who will discuss the importance of the antifa and the misogynist aspects of the white supremacist movement. And we will talk to Nonviolent Communication and Buddhist practioner Phoenix Soleil about her upcoming workshop at the Impact Hub … Continued


Conservative think tanks, like the American Enterprise Institute, the Heritage Foundation, and the Cato Institute, have had enormous success in shaping political ideas and policy over the last forty years.  But historian Jason Stahl argues that some of their greatest achievements have been in remaking the terrain on which historically liberal think tanks have operated … Continued


As Catastrophic Flooding Hits Houston, Fears Grow of Pollution from Oil Refineries & Superfund Sites; “This Is the New Normal”: How Climate Change Is Fueling Massive Storms like Harvey; A Dilemma for Undocumented in Texas: Wait Out Hurricane Harvey Or Seek Help And Risk Deportation? “Resurrected From Irrelevance”: Arizona Republic Columnist Slams Trump Pardon of … Continued