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Muriel Anderson Performs Live: The Hear and Now – January 7, 2016

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Start your “Hear and Now” new year with the first H&N studio-concert live broadcast of 2016. In anticipation of her Northern California appearances this weekend, the phenomenal harp- and flamenco-guitarist (and vocalist) Muriel Anderson performs live in the KPFA studio, with Tony Ferro engineering. She’ll chat with host Derk Richardson and preview her new audio-visual show “Wonderlust.” … Continued

March 30 2016

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Letters and Politics

The History of the Khmer Rouge; Transgender Women in Men’s Prisons

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With Khatharya Um, political scientist, Associate Professor in the Department of Ethnic Studies, and Chair of Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. Author of the book From the Land of Shadows: War, Revolution, and the Making of the Cambodian Diaspora. And Kris Schreier Lyseggen, journalist, photographer and fine artist. Author of The Women of San … Continued

Democracy Now!

As North Korea Says It’s Tested H-Bomb, Is It Time to Restart Peace, Disarmament Talks?

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TransCanada Sues the U.S. for $15B for Rejecting Keystone XL. Will This Be the New Normal Under TPP?; Mystery Meat: After WTO Ruling, U.S. Tosses Meat Origin Labeling Law, Leaving Consumers in the Dark; As North Korea Says It’s Tested H-Bomb, Is It Time to Restart Peace, Disarmament Talks? The Iran Model: Could Nuke Deal … Continued

Against the Grain

A Look Back

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Some highlights from the past year, including Mitch Monsour on romantic love; Frank Wilderson, III, on Black lives; Maribel Casas-Cortés on precarity; Alex Khasnabish on the middle class; Christopher Newfield on education; and Albena Azmanova on systemic change. For more details and higher-quality audio, visit againstthegrain.org.

Letters and Politics

Obama’s Gun Control Measures

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With Robert Spitzer, professor of history and political science at the State University of New York at Cortland, and author of many books including Guns Across America: Reconciling Gun Rules and Rights (2015) and The Presidency and Public Policy (1983). About the book:  In vast swathes of America, the sacredness of the Second Amendment has become a political third … Continued

Democracy Now!

“Every Time I Think About Those Kids It Gets Me Mad”: Obama Tears Up as He Orders New Gun Control

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“Every Time I Think About Those Kids It Gets Me Mad”: Obama Tears Up as He Orders New Gun Control; “A Profound Day”: Mother of Teen Who Was Shot Dead over Loud Music Praises Obama’s Action on Guns; Gun Owners of America vs. American Constitution Society: A Debate on Obama’s Gun Executive Orders; Executive Action: … Continued