Black girls and the school-to-confinement pipeline: Cat Brooks talks to Monique Morris about her new book, Pushout. Plus: money, schools, and the achievement gap. Ryan Smith, executive director of The Education Trust-West, discusses the resources young people are – or are not – getting in California’s public schools, and takes your calls. Guests: Monique Morris, … Continued
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Tonight we feature an interview about the push to impeach Brazil’s president Dilma Rousseff, with insightful Brazilian journalist, Diogo Antonio Rodriguez. We also speak with Claudia Bernardi about the Walls of Hope mural project’s “The Tree of Life/ El Árbol de la Vida,” a positive community based arts mural created by undocumented, immigrant Central American … Continued
Day five of a hunger strike in front of Mission Police Station in San Francisco, Calif. Community activists outraged by recent killings by San Francisco Police, are refusing to eat until Chief Suhr’s resigns. HKR’s Davey D speaks with Jeff Adachi , the elected Public Defender of San Francisco, and activists Equipto and Sellassie. … Continued
With McKay Coppins, senior writer for the BuzzFeed News politics team, and the author of The Wilderness: Deep Inside the Republican Party’s Combative, Contentious, Chaotic Quest to Take Back the White House. About the book: After the 2012 election, the GOP was in the wilderness. Lost and in disarray. And doggedly determined to do whatever it took … Continued
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Entrevista y sesión en vivo con la banda mexicana Xochihua. Xochuihua Facebook Conducido y Producido por Miguel Guerrero
This edition of Making Contact is Part I of our special series examining how immigrants are responding and participating in elections and politics today. From Dreamers in Arizona to Muslims in Michigan, we’ll meet immigrant communities upholding democracy. We’ll also have a conversation with author of the “Fight to Vote,” Michael Waldman about how immigrants … Continued
Rickey Vincent celebrates the life and work of the artist known as Prince Tune in Today Friday, April 22 at 11am and 10pm with Rickey Vincent
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Bay Area alto saxophonist Steven Lugerner brings his Jacknife band, with pianist Larry Willis, trumpeter JJ Kirkpatrick, drummer Michael Mitchell, and bassist Josh Thurston-Milgrom into the KPFA performance studio to play pieces from the album “Jacknife: The Music of Jackie McLean.“ Tony Ferro engineers the live radio concert. In the second hour, violinist Mads Tolling … Continued
KPFA DJs Greg Bridges, Rickey Vincent, Gary Baca and Will Nichols on Prince.
KPFA DJ’s Rickey Vincent, Greg Bridges and Last Will sit down with Kris Welch to talk about the legendary performer and artist, Prince.
