The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays – March 12, 2021
Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice.
Featured Episode
Today on the Show: More violence and government inspired killing Haiti, even as the US government continues to deport Haitians by the planeload, under Trump’s Title 42 deportation order. And we’ll have the latest edition of Foof Fight with Keith McHenry of Food Not Bombs.
We speak with Pecolia Manigo and Kampala Taiz-Rancifer about the push to reopen in-person instruction. We also explore the impact of COVID-19 on communities of color. Guests: Pecolia Manigo with Bay Area PLAN Kampala Taiz-Rancifer with the Oakland Education Association photo: MChe Lee via Unsplash
Rising Up With Sonali – March 12, 2021
A daily digest of independent news analysis, investigation, education, artistic expression, and activism in the public interest, emphasizing the connection between global issues and those in local communities. Hosted by Sonali Kolhatkar.
Pushing Limits – March 12, 2021
A half-hour radio show providing critical coverage of disability issues and bringing the insight of the grassroots disability movement to the general public. The show alternates weekly and airs on Odd weeks Friday 2:30pm.
The Struggle Over Oil and Gas Drilling in Kern County – March 12, 2021
On March 8, Kern County, which houses California’s prime oil patch, approved an ordinance that would fast-track drilling of thousands of new oil and gas wells in the county over the next 15 years. The ordinance creates a blanket environmental impact report to approve as many as 2,700 new wells a year and eliminate future … Continued
Project Censored – March 12, 2021
The News That Didn’t Make the News. Each week, co-hosts Mickey Huff and Peter Phillips conduct in depth interviews with their guests and offer hard hitting commentary on the key political, social, and economic issues of the day with an emphasis on critical media literacy.
On this episode of the It’s Going Down show, we speak with participants in autonomous groups across Texas, including Cooperation Denton, Stop the Sweeps in Austin, Mutual Aid Houston, Houston Tenants Union, and North Texas Rural Resilience. The first in a two part series, this episode discusses the devastating storms which rocked Texas and the … Continued
In his acclaimed new book “When we Were Arabs,” Los-Angeles-born journalist and author Massoud Hayoun recounts one north African family’s epic journey, step by step, from Tunisia all the way to California after it was senselessly uprooted from its ancestral lands and catapulted into a cold new world by two successive waves of European colonialism.
El Show de Andrés Soto – March 12, 2021
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A look at political and social issues in the Bay Area and beyond, hosted by Andres Soto.