Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. Supreme Court hears arguments over Administration’s termination of protected status for migrants fleeing war or natural disasters; Senate Dems grill Defense Secretary Hegseth over Iran war, UN chief says humanity will feel the pain for months; Science … Continued
PinkNotes w/ CodePink National Co-Director Danaka Katovich & Cynthia Papermaster. Then an update from Palestine and Gaza with The Electric Intifada and Nora Barrows Friedman. An award winning front-line investigative news magazine, that focuses on human, civil and workers right, issues of war and peace, Global Warming, racism and poverty, and other issues. Hosted by … Continued
Davey D of Hard Knock Radio spoke with Mohamed Shehk of AROC, the Arab Resource and Organizing Center, about May Day actions, ICE, immigrant detention, and the growing need for multiracial solidarity. Shehk began by explaining that AROC provides legal services, community support, advocacy, and organizing for Arab and Muslim communities in the Bay Area. He stressed … Continued
Background Briefing offers an educational approach to providing information in an era of “fake news.”
Caroline re-plays a portion of her November 12th talk in Sonoma, so that we all might be Rising Aroused in Apocalyptic Times…. BodhiSattva Coyote’s astro*mytho*politico guide to navigating this dangerous, opportune time with Dark humor, Grief, Community alchemical magic and jaunty Trickster pluck. Not averting our gaze from the cruel horror of our rampaging rogue species…. … Continued
George Saunders, whose latest novel is Vigil, in conversation with Richard Wolinsky. This latest novel, Vigil, takes place in the in-between time before death, when an elderly oil oligarch lies dying, and an angel of mercy, a ghost, named Jill, is on hand to comfort him. The question at hand concerns forgiveness, accountability, grace and several other issues that become involved when someone whose actions were deleterious to humankind and the planet is forced to examine their actions on earth. Also: Review of “Come from Away” at TheatreWorks Mountain View through May 10, 2026.
Dylan Gottlieb, author of Yuppies, on that often risible but pioneering social formation • Ervand Abrahamian looks at the politics of Iran, a country under siege
This Way Out’s Brian DeShazor talks with Out Opera and Broadway actor Zachary James about his roles in Philip Glass’ Akhnaten, Broadway, and being out on stage. In addition to his current role as Amenhotep III in the Olivier and Grammy-Award winning production of Akhnatan, he’s played roles as Lurch in The Addams Family on Broadway, a robotic Abraham Lincoln in Philip Glass’s The Perfect American, and Hades in the West End production of Hadestown. James was named one of the 30 most influential LGBTQIA+ artists in Opera by Operawire.
Manisha Biswas danced her way into my heart. She was the 2025 social science category winner of the Dance Your PhD contest – a prize she won for her interpretative performance of her thesis, “The Powerful Outcomes of Collective Synchrony”. The Dance Your PhD contest was launched in 2008 to help educate people about complex theories through interpretive dance. I … Continued
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