Today our host Mitch Jeserich speaks with Dr. Jeffery Edleson, the dean of the School of Social Welfare at UC Berkeley. We discuss the relationship between men and violence from spaces of domestic and sexual violence all the way to public mass shootings. Much of masculine violence is part of a larger continuum of coercion … Continued
This morning we speak with Sandy Close, the Executive Editor and Director of New American Media a national collaboration ethnic news organizations, about New American Media’s recent closure and what that means for progressive media in California and around the nation. Liza Osetinskaya updates us about Russian media, and Russia’s purported interference in American politics. Afterwards, host Cat Brooks … Continued
In China, Trump Talks Trade & North Korea, Ignoring Climate Change & Crackdown on Human Rights; Yemeni Journalist: Saudi Arabia’s Total Blockade on Yemen is “Death Sentence” for All; Saudi Prince Mohammad bin Salman Consolidates Power & Purges Rivals Under “Anti-Corruption” Pretense.
Donald Trump’s administration has ended the Temporary Protected Status for Nicaraguans – a decision that impacts about 2,500 immigrants from the Central American nation that have lived in the US for decades. On today’s show we’ll speak with Amanda Baran with the Immigrant Legal Resource Center about the decision and what is in store for … Continued
Author, musician, and record producer Pat Thomas talks with host Derk Richardson about Did It!, his new biography of the iconic “yippie to yuppie” activist Jerry Rubin. With Rubin as the touchstone, Pat will discuss the Berkeley Free Speech Movement, Vietnam Day Committee, the Yippies, Chicago 1968, and more, and he’ll play snippets of vintage speeches … Continued
Is Donald Trump a fascist? A rightwing populist? What about Marine Le Pen of the far right National Front, who received the support of a third of French voters in the last presidential election? Historian Federico Finchelstein discusses what the terms fascist and populist mean, not as abstractions, but looking at history. Resources: Federico Finchelstein, … Continued
Today our host Mitch Jeserich speaks with Eric Toder, co-director of Tax Policy Center at the Urban Institute, about the history and the potential developments in American tax policy. We delve into the history of American tax reform and discuss the ways in which Trump is seeking to modify the existing tax code. Mr. Toder is … Continued
In the wake of the vote for Virginia Governor, UpFront speaks with John Nichols and Jeff Schapiro. Nichols is the Washington Correspondent for The Nation, and Schapiro has a long running career as a political columnist for columnist for The Richmond Times-Dispatch. John Nichols’ article in The Nation discusses some of the electoral outcomes emerging from yesterday’s vote. … Continued
Voters Reject Republican Candidates as New “Autopsy” Report Finds the Democratic Party in Crisis; Billionaire GOP Backer Robert Mercer Used Offshore Profits to Fund Breitbart & Attacks on Clinton; Trump’s Commerce Secretary Owns Stake in Russian Companies While He Oversees Potential Sanctions; Paradise Papers Expose “Cleverest Ways of Exploiting” Offshore Tax Havens by GOP & … Continued
We speak with Dr. James Taylor about Donna Brazile’s gripe with the DNC and Hillary Rodman Clinton. Later we speak with Marlene Sanchez about the recent prison strike at Glen Dwyer .
