Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. CDC loosens restrictions for vaccinated people, President Biden responds and pledges help for India. F.B.I. announces investigation into fatal police shooting of black man, Andrew Brown, Jr. Progressive groups release report card ahead of President Joe Biden’s … Continued


0:08 – Democrat vs Republican infrastructure plans John Nichols (@NicholsUprising) National Affairs Correspondent for The Nation. 0:34 – We take your COVID science call-ins with Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley — today we talk about the unfolding COVID disaster in India, variants, J&J vaccine resuming, and more. 1:08 – … Continued


0:08  – Monday’s with Mitch: remembering Al Young, SF Poet Laureate and KPFA supporter, Jerri Lange, trailblazing broadcaster; DC statehood, the Biden Administration’s caps on refugees, and more. Mitch Jeserich hosts Letters and Politics, weekdays at 10AM on KPFA. 0:34 – We take your COVID science call-ins with Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at … Continued


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Derek Chauvin’s defense rests case in former cops murder trial; Inspector General testifies on deadly Capitol siege; California opens vaccines to people over age of 16- April 15, 2021

Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. Derek Chauvin’s defense rests case in former cops murder trial for death of George Floyd. Former police officer faces second degree manslaughter charges in death of Duante Wright. Inspector General testifies on deadly January 6th Capitol insurrection. … Continued


0:08 – Monday’s with Mitch: remembering KPFA ally and contributor, Reese Erlich; another police murder in Minnesota, the filibuster, federal infrastructure negotiations, and more. Mitch Jeserich hosts Letters and Politics, weekdays at 10AM on KPFA. 0:34 – We take your COVID science call-ins with Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley — today … Continued


Victoria Law joins It’s Going Down to discuss their new book, “Prisons Make Us Safer: And 20 Other Myths of Mass Incarceration.” We discuss the myths brought up in Law’s new book, prisoner resistance in an age of COVID-19, how the struggles of women and trans prisoners are often overlooked and under-reported, and how the … Continued