The History of Funk with Guest Host Greg Bridges
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On today’s show we’re exploring how some women have been dehumanized to the point of indifference. We’ll learn how one community is undoing the silence around the violence women of color face. We’ll also hear about how serial killers were able to hunt down mostly Black women for three decades in South Los Angeles. Then … Continued
Sen./Rev. Clementa Pinckney, one of nine slain in his church in Charleston, S.C., was celebrated in a service today, where President Barack Obama delivered the eulogy. We bring you that eulogy, plus commentary by Isaiah Poole. With host Kris Welch.
1st Half Hour: Mitch Jeserich examines the legal implications of the Supreme Court ruling that same gender marriage is guaranteed by the Constitution nationwide. 2nd Half Hour: Economics Professor Richard D. Wolff and guests discuss the current state of the economy, locally and globally. The program explores alternative ways to organize, markets, and government policies. … Continued
Sonali covers the Gay Marriage and Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare, rulings by the Supreme Court
“The 9/11 of the Black Church”: Mourners Flock to SC as Funerals Begin for Emanuel Massacre Victims; “Slavery Deeply Embedded” in South Carolina: Emanuel AME Church on Street Named for Racist Lawmaker; Rev. Al Sharpton: Removing the Confederate Flag is Welcome–But 150 Years Too Late; 4 Decades After Burning Confederate Flag, SC Activist Brett Bursey … Continued
Tune in tonight to learn about the terrifying plight of Rohingya Muslims in the Buddhist state of Burma or Myanmar. Preeti Shekar talks to journalist and Burma expert, Sufyan bin Uzayr, and Bay-Area-based Burmese immigrant activist and feminist, Nwe Oo, about how this state-sanctioned massacre is unfolding even as Nobel Peace prize winner Aung San … Continued
With Anthony Wright, Executive Director of Health Access CA, the statewide health care consumer advocacy coalition. And Kenji Yoshino, Chief Justice Earl Warren Professor of Constitutional Law at New York University School of Law. A graduate of Yale Law School, where he taught from 1998 to 2008, and the author of Speak Now: Marriage Equality … Continued
The Death Penalty is Revenge, Not Healing: Father of OKC Victim on Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s Sentencing; Does U.S. Ignore Right-Wing Terror? More Killed by White Extremists Than Jihadists Since 9/11; Did Chris Christie Send Entrapped Innocents to Jail? Re-examining the Case of the Fort Dix 5; Undocumented Trans Activist Jennicet Gutiérrez Challenges Obama on Deportations at … Continued
Today on Flashpoints:We’ll have a live report from San Francisco on a protest against the forced repatriation of Haitians from the Dominican Republic. Also, the concluding segment of our 15 part special, “The Battle for Public Education in the 21st Century”. And we’ll introduce you to the producer of the education series, Ken Yale