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Federal prisoner Mutulu Shakur On this show: 0:08 – John Nichols (@NicholsUprising), national affairs correspondent for The Nation, joins host Jeannine Etter to talk about the DNC and RNC. 0:34 – For the entire month of what is known as Black August we’ve been highlighting different political prisoners. This week we shine the spotlight on Dr. … Continued
Art from September-October 2020 cover of Sierra Magazine, with cover story by Antonia Juhasz On this show: 0:08 – We go to an update from Southeast Texas, where Hurricane Laura was expected to hit hardest, with Kaitlin Bain (@KaitlinBain). Bain reports on local government for the Beaumont Enterprise. 0:13 – Antonia Juhasz (@antoniajuhasz) is a … Continued
Photo of chemical manufacturing plant and the Houston Ship Channel by Roy Luck On this show: 0:08 – To talk about the context of the poisoning of Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny we speak with Andrei Soldatov (@AndreiSoldatov) a Russian investigative journalist and security services expert. He is based in Moscow. 0:20 – Pearl Matibe (@PearlMatibe) … Continued
Photo: Wanda Johnson, with photos of her son Oscar Grant, who was murdered by BART police in 2009. Interview with Wanda Johnson ThisIsLucyKang · “Eleven years later, and I’m still fighting”: Remembering Oscar Grant On New Year’s Day 2009, then-BART police officer Johannes Mehserle shot and killed 22-year-old Oscar Grant III at Fruitvale … Continued
Hundreds protested the police shooting of Jacob Blake, an unarmed Black man, in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Photo by Kynala Phillips. On this show: 0:08 – Monday was the first day of the Republican National Convention. Adele Stan (@AddieStan), editor of Right Wing Watch — a project of People For the American Way — and a columnist … Continued
A firefighter conducts a prescribed burn near Monterey in 2017. Photo by Steven L. Shepard, Presidio of Monterey Public Affairs. On this show: 0:08 – For Mondays with Mitch, Brian Edwards-Tiekert talks to Mitch Jeserich, host of Letters & Politics weekdays at 10, about last week’s Democratic National Convention and the upcoming Republic National Convention, which is … Continued
KPFA’s weekday morning program UpFront is airing a three-part series on sex and technology produced by Bee Soll (@bee_soll), a recent intern for UpFront and UC Berkeley graduate. What do advocates for survivors of digital sexual abuse and harassment say about what needs to change in society? What role does stigma have in enabling the stealing … Continued
Photo of California Medical Facility by writer and editor Dave Kempa on Twitter On this show: 0:08 – Fire evacuation orders are underway in the surrounding areas for two California prisons, California Medical Facility in Vacaville and Solano state prison. But state officials refuse to evacuate the facilities and those incarcerated inside say they’re being … Continued
Farmworkers in Salinas harvest lettuce during the wildfires in Salinas, where the River Fire has filled the air with orange smoke and haze. Photo by Ramiro, a farmworker, from United Farm Workers on Instagram. On this show, we spend the hour talking about the 300+ fires raging across California, including the major LNU Lightning Complex … Continued
Joshua Pawlik, in a photo from his family On this show: 0:08 – Belarus is seeing massive uprisings and street protests against President Alexander Lukashenko, as the results of the presidential election are disputed. We hear more about Belarus’ history and the power of the working class there from Steve Crowley, chair of the Department … Continued
