UpFront with Guest Host Marie Choi – April 1, 2016
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.
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On Monday, California Governor Jerry Brown announced a deal to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2023, which would make California’s the highest in the nation. We talk to Ken Jacobs from the UC Berkeley labor center about who the minimum wage would benefit and how it might impact our economy. Plus: … Continued
The FBI announced that it has broken into the iPhone of Syed Farook, one of the San Bernadino shooters–and they did it without a court order. Cyrus Farivar joins us to discuss how and why. Plus: we talk with Samer Khalef about a new FBI surveillance program called “Shared Responsibility Committees,” that critics are calling … Continued
Selma James joins us to discuss her more than six decades working at the intersection of feminism and Marxism, and what a caring economy might actually look like. But first: Pakistan responds to blasts that kill 70 by detaining over 5,000 suspects — we talk to Rafia Zakaria; and Governor Brown rolls out a deal … Continued
Sanders sweeps HI, AK, WA; PLUS: How you can land in a criminal database without even being arrested
Bernie Sanders sweeps caucuses in Washington, Alaska, and Hawaii, and sets his sights on Wisconsin, where recent polls show him closing a narrow gap with Hillary Clinton. Plus: hanging out in the wrong neighborhood, with the wrong person, wearing the wrong color could land you in California’s Gang Database – and you’d never know until … Continued
UpFront with Guest Host Marie Choi – March 25, 2016
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.
We spend the hour on housing and homelessness. First, the economics: why housing doesn’t follow the same supply and demand dynamics as other products. Then, the crisis: the push in San Francisco to get a state of emergency declaration to deal with homelessness. Guests: Richard Walker, professor of geography emeritus at UC Berkeley – his … Continued
In Arizona, voters had to wait in line up to five hours after polls closed to cast their ballots–we talk to Antonio Gonzalez about what made this primary different. Plus: BART has been suffering weeks of breakdowns, delays, and overcrowded trains – why? We talk to a spokesperson from the agency, a critic from Transform, … Continued
AIPAC holds its quadrennial candidates’ parade in the nation’s capital: Hillary Clinton denounces Donald Trump as disloyal to Israel; Trump announces he’ll blow up the Iran nuclear deal and move the US embassy to Jerusalem, and the only Jewish candidate given an invitation turns it down – we’ll run through it all with Youssef Munayyer. … Continued
Exiled Iranian human rights attorney and Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi joins us to discuss her life and work, from the dawn of the Iranian revolution, to the backlash she and her family faced over her work. Plus: we look at health conditions for women in California prisons, and San Francisco’s latest attempt to … Continued