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How the Clinton-Trump contest works out is going revolve around a question that’s been central to the last two decades of politics here in California – can you get further by rallying votes from immigrants, or from people who hate and fear them? We’ll go over what the voter registration and exit polling data from … Continued
Voters go to the polls in California, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Dakota, and South Dakota – John Nichols will walk us through what to watch for up and down the ballot. But first: Tim Redmond joins us to fact-check the last-minute attack mailers that have been papering San Francisco. Plus: big oil money … Continued
While we’ve all been watching the election, the state legislature has been considering measures that could help developers do an end-run around city governments. Will it help or hurt efforts to make housing more affordable? Plus: Siddhartha Mukherjee joins us to deliver a sweeping overview of the history and future of the basic kernel that … Continued
On the heals of the California primary, we talk to Mindy Romero about the impact the Latino vote will have in this Tuesday’s California primaries. Plus, on Wednesday the House Natural Resources Committee passed a bill that would help restructure Puerto Rico’s 72 billion dollar debt. Some critics are calling it outright colonialism. Professor Rafael Bernabe join us to … Continued
When is money to restore the Bay not a good idea? The answer from Quentin Kopp: When that money comes from a regressive tax. He debates Save The Bay over a first-of-its kind regional parcel tax – Measure AA. Plus: We take a look at the last-minute scuffles over how some 4.1 million California voters … Continued
Google, Facebook, and AirBNB are all ploughing money into San Francisco City politics — we’ll talk to Tim Redmond about where that money’s going, and what they want for it. But first: We brought you the case for Hillary Clinton (from Tom Hayden), and for Bernie Sanders (from Norman Solomon). Today Bruce Dixon joins to … Continued
We are one week out from the biggest primary of them all in the quadrennial presidential marathon – the California Primary. And the race has been going on for so long that you have to ask – how many people are still open to changing their minds? We spend the hour with two people who’ve … Continued
An hour-long news magazine with a strong focus on state and local issues. Hosted by Brian Edwards-Tiekert and produced by the KPFA News Department.
An hour-long news magazine with a strong focus on state and local issues. Hosted by Brian Edwards-Tiekert and produced by the KPFA News Department.
An hour-long news magazine with a strong focus on state and local issues. Hosted by Brian Edwards-Tiekert and produced by the KPFA News Department.
