The US Supreme Court has seemingly handed Donald Trump a victory on his Muslim ban by agreeing to allow its implementation in part until the court can hear the case later this year. On today’s show we’ll turn to Barry Lynn of the group Americans United for Separation of Church and State about this and … Continued
On today’s show Cat Brooks and Mitch Jeserich are joined by Robert Pollin to discuss ways the single payer health system can funded. Indeed, yesterday the Healthy California Act, or SB 562, has been pulled from further consideration this year by Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon. Robert Pollin is Distinguished Professor of Economics and Co-Director of the Political … Continued
Historian: Republican Push to Replace Obamacare Reflects Radical Right’s Stealth Plan for America; Republicans Have Trifecta Control of 25 States & Need 6 More to Call for a Constitutional Convention; Trump Picks DAPL Lobbyist to Oversee EPA Water Safety in Same Week He Rolls Back Water Safeguards.
Each week brings another tragic account of the police injuring or killing someone, usually poor and of color. So shouldn’t we support reforms to make the police more accountable? Alex Vitale has a surprising answer. The sociologist discusses how liberal police reforms legitimize an illegitimate institution. He argues instead that the reform we should get … Continued
Today host Mitch Jeserich talks to William D. Araiza, Vice Dean of Brooklyn Law School, about his book “Animus: A Short Introduction to Bias in the Law.” The book details the concept of animus, hostility or animosity towards a group, and investigates whether it should be taken into consideration over the constitutionality of a law. Animus will … Continued
With the recent stories of strife between US intelligence agencies and the White House, a new, timely book sheds light on internal strife and corruption within the CIA. Melvin Goodman, a CIA analyst and division chief from 1966 to 1990, has written a new book called Whistleblower at the CIA: An Insider’s Account of the … Continued
On today’s show Cat Brooks and Mitch Jeserich speak of the healthcare senate bill, and the disrupted Oakland City Council. In the second half of the show they interview Scott Michelman, senior staff attorney with the ACLU of DC and Shay Horse, independent photojournalist that was arrested on Inauguration Day, about the lawsuit that challenges excessive force, … Continued
“America is on Trial”: Historian Ibram X. Kendi on the Failure to Convict Cops Who Kill Black People; Stamped from the Beginning: Ibram X. Kendi on the History of Racist Ideas in U.S.; D.C. Police Accused of Using “Rape as Punishment” Targeting Some Arrested During Trump Inauguration; Brazilian President Michel Temer Charged with Corruption, a … Continued
George Orwell’s novel 1984 was written as a warning. He would be shocked to know that many of his fictional horrors are being realized today. Today KPFA and Pacifica present a 15-hour marathon broadcast of 1984 for the first time since the original broadcast in 1975. The classic cover-to-cover reading is by blacklisted writer Charles … Continued
George Orwell’s novel 1984 was written as a warning. He would be shocked to know that many of his fictional horrors are being realized today. Today KPFA and Pacifica present a 15-hour marathon broadcast of 1984 for the first time since the original broadcast in 1975. The classic cover-to-cover reading is by blacklisted writer Charles … Continued
