Today on Flashpoints: We devote the entire hour to legendary Pentagon Papers whistle blower, Daniel Ellsberg and his troubling new book, The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner.
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Today host Mitch Jeserich spends the hour with renowned economist Richard Wolff to talk about the turbulent situation of the US markets, the nature of the national debt, interest rates, cryptocurrencies and more. Richard Wolff is a professor of economics at New School University in New York City and host of Economic Update. Please keep KPFA alive, click … Continued
“Orgies While People Are Dying”: How Charity Oxfam Allowed Sex Abuse in Ailing Countries Like Haiti; Inside the U.S. Military Recruitment Program That Trained Nikolas Cruz to be “A Very Good Shot”; Edwidge Danticat: I Hope Oxfam Sex Scandal in Haiti Is a #MeToo Moment for Aid Organizations.
As Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s team charges yet another person in its federal investigation – this time a lawyer who worked with Paul Manafort – we’ll turn to our frequent guest Kevin Gosztola to put into context this story and the earlier indictment of 13 Russian nationals and ask whether or not online Russian trolls … Continued
Consumer capitalism and the focus group appear to go hand in hand. But Liza Featherstone argues that the focus group has radical origins and, in convoluted ways, points to the potential for collective input in an egalitarian society. She discusses the history of focus groups for consumer goods and electoral politics. Resources: Liza Featherstone, Divining … Continued
Today Mitch Jeserich is in conversation with Jeffrey C. Stewart, professor of Black Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is the author of the book The New Negro: The Life of Alain Locke. In his book, professor Stewart offers a splendid biography of the enigmatic father of the Harlem Renaissance, Alain Leroy Locke, one of the greatest … Continued
Mueller Probe Heats Up: 13 Russians Indicted, Ex-Trump Aide to Plead Guilty, Focus on Kushner Grows; Robert Reich: Morality & the Common Good Must Be at Center of Fighting Trump’s Economic Agenda..
Ralph welcomes the head of testing for Consumer Reports, Liam McCormack, who gives us a tour of the marketplace for many of the products you buy from automobiles to computers to auto insurance to appliances to laundry detergent and much, much more.
Alex Vitale is Professor of Sociology and coordinator of the Policing and Social Justice Project at Brooklyn College. Vitale’s book The End of Policing, is an accessible study of police history as an imperial tool for social control that continues to exacerbate class and racial tensions. Vitale also goes deep into the shortcomings of reform … Continued
The difference in the disability experience throughout the U.S.A Food, politics and slang. In the U.S.A. it seems like these things very greatly between regions. Could the way people perceive those with disabilities also very greatly between areas? Join us on Pushing Limits as we explore some of the variations in attitudes that people with … Continued