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Today New Hampshirites get their turn in the spotlight — if they can actually make it to a ballot box. Those voters who manage to dig out from yesterday’s blizzard will also be confronted with a new Voter ID law that requires they either produce government ID, or sign an affidavit and pose for something … Continued
This Wednesday, the California Coastal Commission will vote publicly on whether to fire its Executive Director–the culmination of a months-long power struggle over an agency that determines the fate of coastal developments worth multiple billions of dollars. We’ll ask Sierra Club California Director Kathryn Phillips why it’s happening. Plus: A major victory for the movement … 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.
A marathon planning hearing in a county four hours away from here is poised to determine whether half the Bay Area will become a corridor for 80-tanker oil trains carrying explosive loads–we talk to two of the people trying to stop it. Plus: the Trans Pacific Partnership gets signed today – which marks the start … Continued
The week before the Iowa caucus, Robert Reich called Hillary Clinton “the most qualified candidate for president of the political system we now have,” and Bernie Sanders “the most qualified candidate to create the political system we should have.” He joins us for a sweeping conversation about the limits of America’s political system, and whether … Continued
Ted Cruz takes first place in the Republican caucus; Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton end in a statistical dead heat. We’ll talk to Ruth Coniff, who’s been covering the campaign from on the ground, Isaiah Poole, who’s following it from Washington, and Craig Holman, who’s tracking the money behind the campaigns. Plus: John Burris joins … Continued
The first presidential contest of the year takes place tonight in Iowa, where voters will file into roughly 2,000 caucus precincts just as a blizzard descends on the state. We get the view from on the ground, and discuss why the candidate with the most votes doesn’t necessarily win. Plus: the conventional wisdom on how … 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.
We think about recessions as crises and growth as normal — but what if it isn’t anymore? James Galbraith joins us for a asweeping look at how the idea of normal growth entered the world of economic thought — and why it may not be useful anymore. Guests: James Galbraith, Lloyd M. Bentsen Jr. Chair … Continued
These are not great times for electoral politics in America. Our primary system has put wind in the sails of a demagogue riding xenophobia and bigotry to the ballot box. Our principal legislative institution keeps flirting with the idea of actually shutting down the government it is in charge of. And a handful of billionaires … Continued
