UpFront with Cat Brooks – June 23, 2016
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Pacific Gas and Electric is withdrawing its application to renew licenses for its two nuclear reactors in Diablo Canyon. That means California’s last nuclear power plant will close by 2025. We’re going to talk about why, what it means about the nuclear industry in general, who’s going to foot the bill for cleaning up Diablo … Continued
Ashley Yates of the Anti Police-Terror Project joins us in-studio to discuss what should come after the Oakland policing scandals that have brought down three chiefs in less than two weeks. Then: San Francisco Supervisor John Avalos has a proposal for how to deal with policing problems in his city: withold $200 million in funding. … Continued
On Friday, Oakland lost its third police chief in nine days, amidst a mushrooming set of scandals over everything from racist text messages to sex trafficking. Now, the civil rights attorneys who’ve been trying to use court oversight to reform the department are proposing to take away the department’s control over its recruitment and retention … Continued
UpFront – June 17, 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 take you through a whirlwind history of community, violence, and resistance at the bars, clubs, and night spots that LGBT folk claimed as their own. Plus: Negin Farsad discusses what it man to be a muslim comedian in a not-so-muslim society, and a look at San Francisco’s Black Film Festival. Guests: Nancy Unger, professor … Continued
After Orlando, it seemed like a really important time to foreground the stories, and the experiences, of the communities that become more vulnerable when this happens. We’re starting with a discussion of what it means to be Muslim in post-September 11th America, then a look at the surprising lineage of racist ideas in America. (Tomorow … Continued
The abrupt resignation of Oakland’s was swiftly followed by news of a sex and prostitution scandal involving multiple officers from multiple agencies, some sergeants and captains, some trading sex for warnings about stings. So: how widespread was it? How high up did the cover-up reach? And is it unusual, or just unusually public? We speak … Continued
Sunday morning saw at least 50 dead and 53 wounded in a mass shooting at Orlando’s Pulse Club by an American who declared his allegiance to ISIS just before the attack. The hours since have seen calls to crack down on Muslims by right-wing politicians, and unity statements from the LGBT and Muslim communities. We’ll … Continued
Rebecca Gordon names names and makes the case for war crimes proseuctions for the post-911 era, starting in the Bush years, and carrying through the present. Plus: a professor of Philosophy at the University of San Francisco talks about her new book American Nuremburg: The U.S. Officials who should stand trial for post 9-11 war … Continued