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0:08 – Are we headed for a recession? Doug Henwood (@DougHenwood) is host of “Behind the News” on KPFA and affiliate Pacifica stations, former publisher of the Left Business Observer, author of Wall Street: How it Works, and For Whom. 0:20 – Climate action groups are demanding the Democratic National Convention stage a presidential debate … Continued
0:08 – 1 in 1,000 black men and boys can expect to be killed by police, according to a new study. We speak with Frank Edwards (@frankalready), Assistant Professor in the School of Criminal Justice at Rutgers University – Newark, and co-author of a new study titled: “Risk of being killed by police use of force … Continued
0:08 – Mondays with Cat and Brian We discuss what happened in Portland (also: white supremacist arrested in CT after stockpiling guns and armor, another in Florida and one in Ohio); Israel denies entry to Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar; and AB 392 being signed into law today, legislating the strongest standard for police use of … Continued
0:08 – UpFront Spotlight on Political Prisoner: Dr Mutulu Shakur For our political prisoner spotlight this week, we focus on Dr. Mutulu Shakur, organizer, activist, acupuncturist and stepfather of the late HipHop icon Tupac Shakur. Mutulu was sentenced to 60 years in prison for his contested involvement in a 1981 robbery of a Brinks armored … Continued
0:08 – Hong Kong protest update – protesters seeing China escalate violence and mis-information campaign, must decide where pro-democracy movement will go next We’re joined by Mary Hui (@maryhui) is a reporter for the business news outlet Quartz, and covering the protests in Hong Kong. 0:34 – Indigenous activist communities and climate catastrophe is on … Continued
0:08 – Cat and Brian discuss the gun control debate, white supremacy and racist violence, and the path to abolition. 0:34 – Author Interview: Emily Bazelon (@emilybazelon) is a Staff writer with the New York Times Magazine, co-host of the podcast Slate Political Gabfest, and the Truman Capote Fellow at Yale Law School. Her latest … Continued
0:08 – Sandra Cuffe (@Sandra_Cuffe) is a freelance journalist based in Central America, contributing to Al Jazeera and the Washington Post. She joins us now from Guatemala, where she’s covering the presidential elections and the immigration. 0:34 – Noah Greenwald (@Noah_Ark_757) is the Endangered Species Director with the Center for Biological Diversity. He joins to … Continued
0:08 – Mondays with Mitch; KPFA’s Mitch Jeserich joins to discuss recent ICE raids, gun control laws coming through congress during the August recess, the rise of white supremacist violence in America, and the suicide of Jeffrey Epstein over the weekend. 0:34 – ICE raids targeted nearly 700 Mississippi workers last week. Bill Chandler joins … Continued
0:08 – Black August is a month of reflection on the countless examples of Black resistance to colonial oppression and is seen as a time to commemorate black resistance and to honor political prisoners. For more on Black August we speak with Kalonji Jama Changa (@Kalonjichanga), East Coast Coordinator of the Black August Organizing Committee and … Continued
0:08 – Two cities mourn mass shootings: live from El Paso, TX and Dayton OH Lauren Villagran (@laurenvillagran) is a reporter with the El Paso Times and the USA Today Network, and covered the protests of Trump’s visit to El Paso yesterday. 0:20 – Tom Gnau (@ThomasGnau) is a staff writer with the Dayton Daily … Continued
