Peter Phillips and Mickey Huff co-hosts for the Project Censored show provide an update on human rights abuses in Mexico funded by US; they speak with researcher/journalist Laura Carlsen in Mexico City. The remainder of the program focuses on the impacts of nuclear technology on the enviroment and society. Ken Buesseler and Tim Mousseau summarize … Continued
Economist Richard Wolff breaks down the week’s volatility in global stock markets, China’s economic conditions and explains the drop in price of oil and the economics of the Northwest’s forest fires, Amazon 80,000 seasonal worker’s without pensions and more.
Xicana Moritorium Tomorrow marks the anniversary of the Chicano Moritorium national march. On August 29, 1970, 30,000 Chicanos converged on the streets of East Los Angeles to call for an end to the war in Vietnam, and the injustices facing Chicanos in the United States. Today, we look at that history and the impact that … Continued
An Unequal Recovery in New Orleans: Racial Disparities Grow in City 10 Years After Katrina; Shock Doctrine: A Look at the Mass Privatization of NOLA Schools in Storm’s Wake & Its Effects Today; New Orleans Actor & Activist Wendell Pierce on the “Greatest Crime” in Wake of Hurricane Katrina; “George Bush Doesn’t Care About Black … Continued
Sadly we have yet another officer involved shooting. It’s the second one in two weeks here in Oakland and just one of far too many to keep track of that has taken place in the Bay Area…from San Jose to Sunnyvale and beyond.. Seems like everyday we keep hearing and seeing these shootings occur. This … Continued
Sarah Holmes explores the varieties of mugwort, its lore and uses.
Forbes journalist Katia Savchuk joins us in-studio to discuss her investigation into the San Francisco’s for-profit Academy of Art University, the family dynasty that owns it, and the real estate empire they’re building. Plus: We talk to the UC Berkeley researcher who built a gentrification map of the Bay Area and ask: What is gentrification? … Continued
Guatemala President Faces Arrest as Business Interests and U.S. Scramble to Contain Uprising; Remembering Hurricane Katrina 10 Years Later: Voices from the Storm; New Orleans After Katrina: Inequality Soars as Poor Continue to Be Left Behind in City’s “Recovery”; If You are Poor, It’s Like the Hurricane Just Happened: Malik Rahim on Katrina 10 Years … Continued
Today on Flashpoints: We look at the issue of immigration reform and the impact it’s having on the presidential campaign. Next, an advocate for the homeless in San Francisco reacts to Mayor Ed Lee’s plans, to boot the homeless out before the Super Bowl comes into town. Finally, Flashpoints presents an special edition of the … Continued
On this edition of Hard Knock, we’ll speak with Louisiana based community organizer Sukura Kone, about Hurricane Katrina ten years later and the visible differences between the old and new populations residing in New Orleans.
