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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
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.
On Wednesday, President Obama nominated Merrick B. Garland to replace the seat of the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. We’ll talk to Marjorie Cohn about what challenges lie ahead for Obama. Then, this week Syria entered the 5th year of its civil war. Shortly after a fresh round of peace talks kicked off, Russian President … Continued
In Tuesday’s primaries, Hillary Clinton won Florida, Ohio, Illinois, North Carolina and a near-tie in Missouri. Donald Trump swept every state but Ohio, where incumbent Governor John Kasich racked up his first significant victory. We talk about what’s next for both parties. Plus, the UC Berkeley administration is under intense scrutiny for mishandling a spate … Continued
We go live to the states that are voting today, and talk about what an assassination in Honduras has to do with the Democratic primary. Guests: Kari Lydersen, a contributing writer at In These Times and the author most recently of Mayor 1% – a book about the tenure of Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel Kate … Continued
The crisis of the 1970s exploded the dominant ways of thinking about growth – which, among other things, held that you couldn’t have high unemployment and high inflation at the same time, and which really hadn’t accounted at all for the shock of rising oil prices. That created an opening for a new way of … 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.
Trade policy may be what put the Sanders campaign over the top in Michigan. And the biggest trade policy fight this campaign year will be over the Trans Pacific Partnership – the largest trade deal ever negotiated. We’ll discuss a new report on what’s in that deal. Pus: john a powell takes your calls on … Continued
Bernie Sanders just won a stunning upset victory in the Michigan Democratic primary, beating recent polls by more than 25 percentage points. We talk about why, what it means for the races to come, and the potential of the Sanders campaign beyond the election. Plus: Killer Whales have bigger brains than human, and they can … Continued
International Women’s Day! This month marks the 5th Anniversary of the popular uprisings that erupted in the small gulf nation of Bahrain. We’ll hear about the women who played a major role in the unprecedented events that took place five years ago in March. Guest: Ala’a Shehabi, author of Bahrain’s Uprising
