As the deadline for DACA recipients to renew their status passes Donald Trump issues a wishlist of hardline demands on immigration, turning the dreams of immigrants into more of a nightmare. On today’s show we’ll turn to Chicano Studies professor, Roberto Flores for more. Then, as stories about filmmaker Harvey Weinstein’s sexual assaults snowball, my … Continued
Today on Flashpoints: Puerto Rico still drowning and racism is the word on the flooded Puerto Rico Streets. We’ll have a live report from San Juan. Also, we’ll be joined by radical environmentalist Harvey Wasserman to talk about the call fires, the earth quakes, the flooding and how this will only get worse under trump … Continued
Former Bay Area resident and indie rock musician and producer Ian Brennan, now living in Italy, returns to KPFA with more original field recordings, this time from Malawi and Rwanda–albums by the Tanzania Albinism Collective and Abatwa (the Pygmy). Ian will talk with host Derk Richardson about his efforts to bring attention to endangered music … Continued
First thing, during this morning’s coverage Brian speaks with Supervisor Belia Ramos, Chair of Napa County Board of Supervisors about hot-spots and the spread of fire in the affected area. Belia asks that evacuees that are outside of evacuation centers but are otherwise alright register themselves at safeandwell.org so that loved ones and the county … Continued
As Deadly Wildfires Rage in California, a Look at How Global Warming Fuels Decades of Forest Fires; Weeks After Hurricane, Puerto Rico Lacks Water, Working Hospitals, Electricity & Considers Solar; Rev. Jesse Jackson: Colin Kaepernick is a “Martyr” & Deserves the Right to Play Football; Rev. Jesse Jackson: Defend the Constitutional Right to Vote & … Continued
Donald Trump is engaging in Twitter diplomacy that appears anything but diplomatic. On today’s show we’ll turn to our Empire and Foreign Policy correspondent Rahul Mahajan about Trump’s positioning on North Korea, Iran, and Turkey and how to make sense of current US foreign policy overall. Then, Israeli born attorney and first time film maker … Continued
Dr. Frank Ryan, authority on viruses and genetics, talks about the future of genetic research, cancer, HIV, etc. Hosted by Dr. Michio Kaku.
Layna Berman and Jeffry Fawcett, PhD discuss how the three to five news stories that dominate the news cycle at any given time from media along the entire political spectrum distract us from what will actually make things better. Visit Your Own Health And Fitness
According to Terry Kupers, a culture of punishment and impunity pervades solitary confinement facilities around the U.S. Because many inmates in solitary suffer from serious mental illness, they can respond to escalating punishments in ways that invite more — and more brutal — punitive measures. Kupers discusses what can be done to promote, rather than … Continued
On today’s show host Mitch Jeserich interviews world-famous economist and former finance minister of Greece Yanis Varoufakis about his book Adults in the Room: My Battle with the European and American Deep Establishment. In this account, Varoufakis reveals the corridors of power and his struggle with the mightiest economic and political forces on earth.
