Africa Today – January 12, 2026
A weekly news program providing information and analysis about Africa and the African Diaspora, hosted by Walter Turner.
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Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. Fresno activists join nationwide protests of ICE killing in Minneapolis; Republican state attorneys general blast trans athletes on eve of Supreme Court hearing of cases from Idaho and West Virginia; UN Security Council holds emergency session after … Continued
Today on the show: A live report and update from Minneapolis, where people are still reeling from the cold-blooded killing of Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old US citizen, teacher and award-winning poet, killed when an ICE agent shot into her vehicle while she was trying to flee. Also Flashpoints senior producer, Kevin Pina will join … Continued
On Loop: Black Sonic Politics in Oakland with author Alex Werth
Host Davey D talks with writer and geographer Alex Werth about his new book On Loop: Black Sonic Politics in Oakland and how sound, race, and power collide in the town’s history. Werth explains that although he was trained by anthropologists, his grounding in geography helps him track how Oakland as a place has been made and remade through … Continued
Background Briefing – January 12, 2026
Trump, Vance, Hegseth and MAGA’s Deadly War on “Woke” Women We begin with the video released by VP Vance who apparently thought it was exculpatory, taken by the ICE murderer who filmed his victim, Renee Good, a 37 year-old mother of three whose last words to him were “I’m not mad at you” before she … Continued
Erosion and evolution. Shadow and light. Death and rebirth. These are some of the strands that the acclaimed author, naturalist and activist Terry Tempest Williams weaves together in the face of today’s broken world. Standing in the lineage of the greatest nature writers, she links her deepest inner experiences with the state of the web … Continued
Making a Healthy Home – Part Two
Are you aware of all the possible chemical toxins in your home or apartment? This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug talk about the serious health and environmental issues related to nuclear power and how plastic water supply pipes are contaminating our drinking water. Then Patti talks about chemicals lurking in personal care products … Continued
Lesbians in the South, and Betty Reid-Soskin
Today I talk to Professor Jamie Harker, who is looking at the lesbian feminist movements and communities in the south in the 1970’s especially in the print world to find a lesbian aesthetic or queer utopia that may suggest a mode of resistance for the present and examines a past which can provide a historical … Continued
Extreme inequality defines our age. The world’s wealthiest 0.001%, a mere 60,000 people, own three times more wealth that half of the world’s population combined. And such inequality is increasing with time. Economist Rob Larson discusses the cloistered world of the very rich, their power and wealth, and their influence over all our lives. (Full-length … Continued
This week we focus on the Trump Administration’s seizure of Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro as Ralph welcomes legendary former ambassador, Chas Freeman, who calls it nothing more than a “gas station stick-up.” Then our resident Constitutional scholar, Bruce Fein, lays out some of the legal ramifications of the whole affair. Ralph Nader talks about what’s … Continued