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0:08 – A deep dive into the Trump and Kushner families and how they’re profiting off the Presidency today: American Oligarchs Andrea Bernstein (@AndreaWNYC) is the Peabody Award-winning cohost of the acclaimed WNYC/ProPublica podcast Trump, Inc., which investigates how President Trump’s business works and who might be profiting from his administration. Her new book is American Oligarchs: The … Continued
0:08 — Fund Drive Premium: Love and Solidarity The documentary Love and Solidarity is an exploration of nonviolence and organizing through the life and teachings of Reverend James Lawson, an African-American Methodist minister who helped organize black and Latino workers. The film is by Michael Honey and Errol Webber. Yours for a pledge of $100 … Continued
0:08 — Fund Drive Premium: An African American and Latinx History of the United States Paul Ortiz is a professor of history at the University of Florida and the Director of the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program. He’s the author of several books, including his most recent work, An African American and Latinx History of the United States. Yours for … Continued
0:08 – Election 2020: New Hampshire primary roundup John Nichols, National Affairs Correspondent for The Nation, author of many books, the most recent The Genius of Impeachment: The Founders’ Cure for Royalism. He has been in New Hampshire reporting on the primary. 0:25 – Fund Drive Special: Making Our Way Home by Blair Imani Blair Imani‘s … Continued
We host a series of debates on local measures that will be on the primary ballot on March 3, 2020 and on the November 2020 ballot, and of a broader interest. Hosted by Cat Brooks and Brian Edwards-Tiekert. San Francisco’s Proposition E We kick off our series with a debate on San Francisco’s Proposition E, … Continued
0:08 – Our first fund drive of 2020 is here! Listener donations make all our work possible, so thank you for your continued support of UpFront and KPFA’s News Department so that we can bring breaking news, in-depth reporting and critical analysis. First, we bring you a brand new KPFA Author Event featuring Ian Haney … Continued
0:08 – Diane Ravitch (@DianeRavitch), research professor of education at New York University, discusses her new book, Slaying Goliath: The Passionate Resistance to Privatization and the Fight to Save America’s Public Schools. 0:36 – We turn to the South Bay for our next local elections debate on San Jose Measure E, a real property transfer tax … Continued
0:08 – To kick off Black History Month, Nunu Kidane, founder and director of Priority Africa Network, and Gerald Lenoir, founding executive director of the Black Alliance for Just Immigration, discuss the African Diaspora Dialogues – workshops aimed at building and strengthening ties between new Black immigrants and existing African American communities. 0:34 – We … Continued
0:08 – A new Human Rights Watch report documents the cases of 138 Salvadorians killed after being deported from the United States. We’re joined by co-authors Elizabeth Kennedy and Alison Parker. 0:34 – California Gov. Gavin Newsom posthumously pardoned civil rights icon Bayard Rustin, convicted for having sex with men. We speak with John D’Emilio, a … Continued
0:08 – Donald Trump delivered a far-right-wing State of the Union address Tuesday night to the House of Representatives, and it was reminiscent of a game show. Mitch Jeserich, host of Letters and Politics, joins us to discuss. 0:34 – Carmen Maria Machado is the author of a new memoir bending genres and perspectives, about … Continued
