UpFront – March 31, 2025
UpFront delivers a mix of local, state, and international coverage through challenging interviews, civil debates, breaking updates, and in-depth discussions with authors.
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UpFront delivers a mix of local, state, and international coverage through challenging interviews, civil debates, breaking updates, and in-depth discussions with authors. UpFront PM is the afternoon edition of UpFront. Pitch us at upfront@kpfa.org.
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I Am on the Hit List: A Journalist’s Murder and the Rise of Autocracy in India
00:08 — Rollo Romig is a freelance journalist and Assistant Professor at The New School. His latest book is “I Am on the Hit List: A Journalist’s Murder and the Rise of Autocracy in India.”
Solidarity is the Political Version of Love
00:08 — Rabbi Alissa Wise is an organizational consultant, community organizer, educator, and ritual leader. From 2011-2021 was Organizing Co-Director, Deputy Director and Interim Co-Executive Director of JVP. She is currently the Lead Organizer and Co-founder of Rabbis for Ceasefire. Rebecca Vilkomerson is an organizer, fundraiser, organizational development consultant and strategist. From 2009-2019 she was the … Continued
Texas Abortion Crackdown; Plus, Community Impact of Wood Street Cabin Shelter and RV Site Closure
00:08 — Jessica Mason Pieklo is Senior Vice President and Executive Editor of Rewire News Group. She also co-hosts the podcast Boom! Lawyered. 00:33 — John Janosko, former Wood street encampment resident.
Department of Housing & Urban Development Announcement Could Evict 15,000 Californians; Plus, Update on Federal Employee Fired by DOGE
00:08 — Ben Christopher is a reporter for CalMatters covering housing policy. 00:33 — Rhodes Berry, until last month, an Assistant Chief Counsel at the Department of Energy, based at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, California K-12 Education Under the Trump Administration
00:08 — John Feffer is Director of Foreign Policy in Focus. 00:33 — Carolyn Jones is a reporter for the nonprofit news site CalMatters, she covers K-12 education.
Kenneth Roth on Three Decades of Battling Abusive Governments
00:08 — Kenneth Roth is a Visiting Professor at the Princeton School for Public and International Affairs. Previously, he served as the executive director of Human Rights Watch. His latest book is “Righting Wrongs: Three Decades on the Front Lines Battling Abusive Governments.”
UpFront – March 20, 2025
UpFront delivers a mix of local, state, and international coverage through challenging interviews, civil debates, breaking updates, and in-depth discussions with authors.
Trump Administration Overlooks Court Orders, Deports Migrants; Plus, Israel breaks Ceasefire, Resumes Attacks in Gaza
00:08 — Aarti Kohli is the Executive Director of the Asian Law Caucus, the first organization in the country to represent and promote the legal and civil rights of Asian and Pacific Islander communities. 00:33 — Joel Beinin, Professor of Middle East History, Emeritus at Stanford University.
Trump Vows to Retaliate Against Yemen and Iran for Blockade of Israeli Ships; Plus, Daniel Lurie’s Plan for Homelessness in San Francisco
00:08 — Aisha Jumaan is president of Yemen Relief and Reconstruction Foundation. 00:33 — Tim Redmond, is founder of 48hills. 00:45 — Jennifer Friedenbach, Executive Director of the San Francisco Coalition on Homelessness.
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls
00:08 — John Feffer is Director of Foreign Policy in Focus. 00:33 — Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health.