Filmmaker and activist Eli Jacobs-Fantauzzi talks about his most recent trip to Puerto Rico and ongoing relief efforts. Later we hear from Cop Watch’s Andrea Pritchett about the next steps in the Kayla Moore case.
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How Changes to the Affordable Care Act Will Affect Californians
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UpFront covers the devastating fires in Northern California.
Ian Brennan Returns With New, Rare African Recordings
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Former Bay Area resident and indie rock musician 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 and the … Continued
Today our host Philip Maldari, filing in for Mitch Jeserich, is in conversation with Christopher Ingraham, reporter for the Washington Post, about gun violence in the US and the impact of mass shooting on the gun industry. Then, Mitch Jeserich talks to Dan Kovalik about his book The Plot to Scapegoat Russia: How the … Continued
As wildfire continues to decimate the larger North Bay Area, UpFront offers continued fire coverage. This morning we spoke with Gerald Singleton, attorney who represented most of the plaintiff that sued Pacific Gas & Electric company for damages after the 2015 Butte Fire, which burned more than 70,000 acres, destroyed about 925 structures and killed two … Continued
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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