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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
In San Francisco, thousands of homeless people are getting squeezed between the wind and rains of El Nino, and the upcoming flood of visitors for the Superbowl. We will bring you the voices of some of the people sleeping on the street, then talk to Jennifer Friedenbach of the San Francisco Coalition on Homelessness. In … 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.
Governor Brown, facing a massive budget surplus and a Democratic majority in the legislature – warns against any more spending. We get Tom Ammiano’s take on the state of state politics. Plus: Roe v. Wade turns 43 — we’ll look at the new wave of challenges to reproductive rights; and a new study says the … Continued
We take you into the history of the people and organizations currently mounting an armed occupation of the Malheur wildlife refuge in Oregon. Plus: The Bernie Sanders campaign has re-started a national conversation about single-payer healthcare – we go inside the numbers of his proposal with the economist who helped to generate them. Guests: David … Continued
How cheap oil changes world politics: we talk to Michael Klare about elections, wars, and climate change. Then another side effect of plunging prices: the demise of this country’s newest news network, Al Jazeera America. Guests: Michael Klare, professor of Peace and World Security Studies at Hampshire College, author of many books on on the … Continued
Community discussion on the lack of diversity in the Oscar nominations and subsequent boycott
