UpFront – January 26, 2026
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UpFront – January 23, 2026
UpFront delivers a mix of local, state, and international coverage through challenging interviews, civil debates, breaking updates, and in-depth discussions with authors.
How Canada is Responding to Trump’s Aggressive Pursuit of Greenland; Plus Report from the Streets of Minneapolis
00:08 — Vincent Rigby is a Professor at McGill University, recently retired from Canada’s Public Service after 30 years in departments including Global Affairs, Public Safety and National Defense. 00:33 — Sam Gould is an artist and educator who lives in Powderhorn Park in Minneapolis, four blocks from where ICE agents killed Renee Good.
Rusha Latif on the 15th Anniversary of Egypt’s Tahrir Revolution
CORRECTIOS: The author followed up with the correction that activists stormed the Israeli embassy twice in 2011, not 2012. In regards to the January 25th, the author had not mentioned that it was after the activists arrived at Mustafa Mahmoud Square with their march on January 25 and found way more numbers there than they … Continued
UpFront – January 20, 2026
UpFront delivers a mix of local, state, and international coverage through challenging interviews, civil debates, breaking updates, and in-depth discussions with authors.
The battle over the meaning of Martin Luther King Jr.
00:08 Hajar Yazdiha is an Assistant Professor of Sociology and faculty affiliate of the Equity Research Institute at the University of Southern California; now author of The Struggle for the People’s King: How Politics Transforms the Memory of the Civil Rights Movement [repeat – originally recorded in 2024] 00:33 David K Randall, senior reporter … Continued
00:08 Christopher Mathias, journalist who’s covered the far right for most of the past decade, now out with the forthcoming book To Catch a Fascist, the fight to expose the radical right (due out February 3) .
Trump Meets María Corina Machado; Plus, California Billionaires Tax; California No Kings Act
00:08 — Miguel R. Tinker Salas is Professor Emeritus of History at Pomona College. He is the author of The Enduring Legacy: Oil, Culture and Society in Venezuela. 00:33 — Renee Saldana is Press Secretary for SEIU-UHW. 00:45 — Aisha Wahab is California State Senator representing Senate district 10.
War Powers Resolution Vote; Controversy Around xAI’s Grok Use for Consensual Sexual Content
00:08 — John Nichols, Executive Editor of the Nation. 00:33 — Kat Tenbarge is an independent journalist and founder of Spitfire News, a newsletter about internet culture, violence, and media.
Anti-government Protests in Iran Escalate, Death Toll Rising; Plus, Fallout from ICE Killing in Minneapolis; Trump’s Attack on the Fed Chair, Jerome Powell
00:08 — Sussan Tahmasebi is executive director of FEMENA. 00:24 — Christopher Sweat is a technologist and journalist. He is the founder of GrayStak Media, they have been covering ICE activity around the country. 00:33 — JW Mason is Associate Professor of Economics at John Jay College of the City University of New York, and a senior fellow … Continued