On today’s fund-drive special and during #BlackHistoryMonth, you’ll hear excerpts from an online KPFA event featuring Lama Rod Owens, who speaks on his new book, Love and Rage: The Path of Liberation Through Anger. The book is an “exploration of our relationship with anger and our individual and collective trauma, inviting us to deeply come … Continued


0:08 – Black and Missing in the United States Every year in the U.S., thousands of people go missing, children being the most vulnerable among them. According to the FBI’s National Crime Information Center database, in 2019 missing children under the age of 18 stood at 398,250. About 40 percent of those children are black, … Continued


The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays

Senate holds $15 minimum wage hearing; House passes Equality Act

Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. President Joe Biden marks 50 millionth COVID-19 vaccine, defends $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan. Senator Bernie Sanders holds $15 minimum wage hearing: “Should Taxpayers Subsidize Poverty Wages at Large Profitable Corporations?” U.S. strikes Syria, targets Iran-backed militia. … Continued