Africa Today – April 21, 2025
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. Supreme Court hears arguments challenging preventive care coverage under Obamacare, as Trump administration defends Affordable Care Act provision Former congressmember Barbara Lee becomes Oakland’s first black woman mayor, vows to stand against Trump administration State Assembly considers … Continued
Today on the Show: The Israelis describe its killing of 15 emergency workers in Gaza and burying them and their vehicles as a “professional error”. Also Pakistan forcing tens of thousands of Afghans back into Afghanistan currently ruled by the Taliban. Nearly three million are facing deportation: And RootsAction says its time for a new … Continued
Hard Knock Radio – April 21, 2025
Hard Knock Radio is a drive-time Hip-Hop talk show on KPFA (94.1fm @ 4-5 pm Monday-Friday), a community radio station without corporate underwriting, hosted by Davey D and Anita Johnson.
Kenneth Briggs / Frances Kissling / Lawrence Korb
Sadness Around the World at the Death of a Good Man, Pope Francis
A Tolerant and Empathetic Pope and the Reactionary Male-Dominated Institution He Headed
Another Scandal From the White Nationalist TV Host Heading the Pentagon
Imagine an underground web of mind-boggling complexity, a bustling cosmopolis beneath your feet. Quadrillions of miles of tiny threads in the soil pulsate with real-time messages, trade vital nutrients, and form life-giving symbiotic partnerships. This is the mysterious realm of fungi. In this program, acclaimed visionary biologists Toby Kiers and Merlin Sheldrake guide us through … Continued
This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug talk about how the Trump administration wants to change the meaning of the word “harm,” how big tech data centers are sucking up tremendous amounts of water in places where water is already scarce, and how Exxon Mobil’s Baytown refinery and plastic recycling facility has racked up … Continued
Womens Magazine – April 21, 2025
This hour long radio program presents and discusses women’s lives and issues globally and locally from a radical, multiracial, feminist, mujerist, womanist perspective.
Not one movement but a multiplicity of movements engaging in protest and direct action brought down France’s absolutist regime in 1789. Micah Alpaugh describes popular uprisings and insurrections in Paris and the provinces that unfolded without central leadership and later inspired anarchists around the globe. (Encore presentation.) Micah Alpaugh, The People’s Revolution of 1789 Cornell University Press, 2024 … Continued
Civic Self Respect / Weaponizing the IRS
Ralph Nader talks about his new book, Civic Self Respect, which reminds us that our civic lives have different primary roles — not only voter, but also worker, taxpayer, consumer, sometimes soldier, and sometimes parent — and how each one offers special opportunities for people to organize to make change. Then, we welcome back former … Continued