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0:08 – Tipping Point: We bring you the highlights of the race to the 2018 midterms. In this series, we sort out the facts from the fireworks, try to ask big questions, and profile key players – all in 3 minutes of election news. 0:11 – Jonathan Brater (@JonathanBrater) counsel for the Democracy Program at the Brennan Center for Justice and … Continued
0:08 – Monday’s with Mitch – in which we discuss the midterm elections, Trump’s new conservative appointees to lower US courts, and one upcoming case to have an impact on climate change, Juliana v US. It asserts that, through the government’s affirmative actions that cause climate change, it has violated the youngest generation’s constitutional rights to … Continued
0:08 – Midterm Election Debate – CA Prop 12 – Farmed Animal Confinement Requirements If passed, Prop 12: Establishes new minimum space requirements for confining veal calves, breeding pigs, and egg-laying hens. Requires egg-laying hens be raised in cage-free environment after December 31, 2021. Prohibits certain commercial sales of specified meat and egg products derived … Continued
0:08 – Tipping Point: We bring you the highlights of the race to the 2018 midterms. In this series, we sort out the facts from the fireworks, try to ask big questions, and profile key players – all in 3 minutes of election news. 0:11 – National Races to Watch: Steve Phillips (@StevePtweets) is a national political leader, civil-rights lawyer, author of … Continued
0:08 – Tipping Point: We bring you the highlights of the race to the 2018 midterms. In this series, we sort out the facts from the fireworks, try to ask big questions, and profile key players – all in 3 minutes of election news. 0:11 – Hurricane Michael is designated as a Category 4 hurricane, now headed straight … Continued
0:08 – Monday’s with Mitch, on Tuesday, discussing the significance of Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the US Supreme Court 0:34 – Special Election Coverage: CA Assembly District 15 Candidates Debate Buffy Wicks (@BuffyWicks) and Jovanka Beckles (@JovankaBeckles) are running to represent AD-15, which includes the East Bay. They join us in-studio to discuss their campaigns, crucial issues … Continued
Indigenous People’s Day
KPFA’s Fall Fund Drive is here! Thank you, as always, for supporting community radio. You can donate online now at kpfa.org or call 1-800-HEY-KPFA or 1-800-439-5732 and receive the following collections and thank you gifts. 0:08 – Larry Gonick is a cartoonist best known for his collection of comics, A Cartoon History of the Universe which he published in installments from … Continued
0:08 – Neil Degrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) is an astrophysicist with the American Museum of Natural History, director of the world-famous Hayden Planetarium, and host of the hit radio and TV show Startalk. His latest book is Accessory to War: The Unspoken Alliance Between Astrophysics and the Military, with co-author Avis Lang. 1:08 – Obi Kaufmann (@Obikaufmann) is an artist, naturalist and author … Continued
0:08 – We discuss the significance of the FBI investigation into sexual assault by Brett Kavanaugh with Lisa Graves (@thelisagraves) co-founder of Documented, is the former chief counsel for nominations to Democratic Senator Patrick Leahy of Vermont; she has also served as a deputy assistant attorney general in the Department of Justice. 0:35 – Fund Drive Premium: The … Continued
