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Hosts Cat Brooks and Mitch Jeserich discuss UC Berkeley’s upcoming vote to withdraw from the Urban Shield program organized by the Department of Homeland Security. Then we hear clips from “Spies of Mississippi,” the story of the FBI infiltration of the civil rights movement in its efforts to preserve segregation during the 1950s and ‘60s. … Continued
On today’s show we talk about the Jeff Sessions memo on drug cases. Then we feature clips from James Baldwin’s I am Not Your Negro. Source: Wikimedia Common
Host Salima Hamirani in conversation with astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, author of the book “Astrophysics for People in a Hurry.”
On today’s show, we talk about Comey being being fired as Trump continues to make his show. Then, cat brooks reports the story of Yazmin Elias who could be deported and has an hearing about her situation today at 10am. Finally, we air excerpts of Tim Wise’s speech: The Great White Hoax: Racism, Divide and … Continued
Hosts Cat Brooks and Mitch Jeserich discuss the recent murders of two Black men by Sacramento sheriffs with Black Lives Matter organizer in Sacramento, Tanya Faison. Then we look at the historical context of anti-Blackness from Ibram X. Kendi, New York Times best-selling author of Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America, while KPFA fund drives … Continued
Vijay Prashad, historian, journalist, Marxist intellectual, professor at Trinity College and author of 18 books including The Death of the Nation and the Future of the Arab Revolution, uses comedic and straightforward rhetoric to analyze the current administration’s foreign policy. He also takes a moment to thank KPFA and recognize the importance of public radio in reporting … Continued
Free market advocate, Emmanuel Macron’s victory as France’s next president is met with relief and resistance. Tony Cross, radio journalist with Radio France Internationale and blogger for The Raving Reporter, joins us to explain what this victory means for France and the world. The second segment focuses on the House of Rep’s vote to repeal and replace … Continued
This Thursday Trump passed an executive order on religious freedom. It allows religious institutions to endorse candidates from the pulpit and it exempts them from providing contraceptives to their employees. Jessica Pieklo, vice president of law and the courts, joins us. Then, The Australian leaked a 23 page document detailing how Facebook targets teens who … Continued
The homeless population in the Bay Area is growing at a rapidness proportionate to the rate of evictions and gentrification. Host Cat Brooks speaks to Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan representing Oakland and Heather Freinkel Managing Attorney at Homeless Action Center. Then, Ibram X. Kendi discusses his New York Times bestseller, “Stamped from the Beginning.” Winner of multiple awards including … Continued
With recent attention on Alameda County Sheriff’s collaboration with ICE, host Mitch Jeserich interviews Aviva Chomsky, professor of History at Salem State University and author of “Undocumented: How Immigration Became Illegal” to examine national immigration policy from the Clinton presidency to the present. The second segment focuses on criminalization of immigrants at the local level with Isaac Ontiveros, member … Continued
