No Moore! Doug Jones Rides GOP Storm to Senate in Victory That Could Add Momentum to #MeToo Movement; FCC Set to Roll Back Digital Civil Rights with Thursday’s Vote to Repeal Net Neutrality; Major Education Victory in Philadelphia as Parents, Teachers & Activists Reclaim Control of Schools.
Four out of 16 women who have accused Donald Trump of sexual harassment and assault are speaking out once more as momentum for a congressional investigation of the President’s conduct builds. On our show today we’ll hear the voices of the women who spoke out. Then, we’ll re-air an interview with did several months ago … Continued
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Layna Berman and Jeffry Fawcett, PhD play excerpts from and discuss the film We the People 2.0 about the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund in its work to establish the rights of nature and communities. Visit Your Own Health And Fitness
Today we are in conversation with Reza Aslan, Iranian-American writer, scholar of religions, and professor of creative writing at the University of California, Riverside on his book Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth. Relating the life of Jesus Christ, he explains that he was not only a spiritual leader but also a revolutionary at the time … Continued
Robert Mercer, conservative media mogul and owner of Breitbart news positioned Steve Bannon as Trump’s presidential campaign manager. Cambridge Analytica, also owned by Mercer used big data to target american voters who were vulnerable to particular, individualized media messaging. The documentary Trumping Democracy This episode is part of KPFA’s fund drive! KPFA is community supported … Continued
Meet the Miss USA Contestant Accusing Trump of Sexual Misconduct as Senators Call for Him to Resign; Roy Moore Attacks Doug Jones over Abortion Rights, Deflecting from Child Molestation Accusations; Cecile Richards: Mike Pence is “Orchestra Master” of Assault on Women’s Rights Under Trump; Rep. Gutiérrez on Passing the DREAM Act, Deaths in Puerto Rico … Continued
Former OC Weekly Editor-in-Chief Gustavo Arellano will be our special guest today to reflect on the changing media landscape as the OC Weekly and LA Weekly experience seismic shifts under new ownership, billionaire owners resist unionizing at other outlets, and journalists in general are facing a grim scenario. Arellano will also put the crisis in … Continued
Ralph and Washington Post columnist, E.J. Dionne debate the distinction between “Progressive” and “Liberal,” and Original Nader’s Raider, Robert Fellmeth tells us why he thinks speech on the Internet should not be anonymous.
Leading politicians in Nazi Germany saw the American Revolution as a great advancement for the Aryan race and were influenced by US race, immigration and eugenics laws in coming up with their own laws. Today we are in conversation about this history with Yale Law professor James Whitman. James Q. Whitman is a Ford Foundation … Continued
