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0:08 – 36 local candidates were killed in the run up to Mexico’s recent election. Laura Carlsen (@LauraECarlsen), Director of the Mexico City-based Americas Program joins us to analyze the political climate in Mexico following its midterm election which saw a 51% voter turnout. 0:34 – Dana Frank, professor of history emerita at UC Santa Cruz and author … Continued
Activists at the Treaty People Gathering in Minnesota call on President Joe Biden to honor treaties with indigenous nations and halt the Enbridge Line 3 pipeline. Photo from Honor the Earth. On this show: 0:08 – Ioan Grillo joins us to talk about his new book, Blood Gun Money: How America Arms Gangs and Cartels. … Continued
0:13 – Mitch Jeserich, (@mitchjeserich) host of Letters and Politics joins us to discuss West Virginia Democratic Senator Joe Manchin’s decisive opposition to HR 1, the seminal voting rights bill, the For the People Act. 0:33 – John Swartzberg is clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health, and he … Continued
On this show: 0:08 — We revisit the Federal Highway Act of 1956, legislation that helped divide communities of color. We’re joined by Professor Ed Blakely, former City and Regional Planner at UC Berkeley and a globally recognised expert in urban planning, transport and economic development. He is currently Permanent Visiting Professor at the University … Continued
On this show: 0:08 — The Supreme Court is set to announce decisions this month. We air an interview with Ian Millhiser (@imillhiser), senior correspondent at Vox covering the Supreme Court. His new book is The Agenda: How a Republican Supreme Court is Reshaping America. In it, he discusses how the Supreme Court is destroying … Continued
On this show: 0:08 – We talk about Israeli opposition parties reaching a deal on a new government to oust Benjamin Netanyahu, and what it means for Palestinians, with Khury Petersen-Smith. Khury (@kpYES) is the Michael Ratner Middle East Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies, researching U.S. empire, borders, and migration. 0:34 – We get … Continued
On this show: 0:09 — John Nichols (@NicholsUprising), National Affairs Correspondent for The Nation, joins us to discuss the Biden administration’s COVID relief bill, infrastructure bill negotiations, and the American Jobs Plan, among other legislation. He addresses the challenges of getting such bills passed without bipartisan support. 0:34 — John Swartzberg is clinical professor emeritus … Continued
UpFront delivers a mix of local, state, and international coverage through challenging interviews, civil debates, breaking updates, and in-depth discussions with authors.
Image: Fannie Lou Hamer at the August 1964 Democratic National Convention and a flyer for the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. Composite by Ariel Boone, from source images from the Library of Congress and organizational footage. On this show: 0:08 – With the ongoing struggle for voting rights in the U.S., we shine a spotlight on … Continued
0:08 — We air an interview with artists and naturalist Obi Kaufmann, author of The State of Water and The Forests of California. He discusses how California became a dry state with an agriculture industry demanding a large amount of water, and calls for a “new dawn towards sustainable community.” Listeners can get a copy … Continued
