UpFront – July 8, 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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In 2009, Sarah Should was living in Damascus. She and two friends took a vacation to northern Iraq, which was peaceful at the time. They decided to go on a day hike near the Iranian border. An Iranian patrol arrested them. And Sarah spent the next 410 days in solitary confinement. You may remember that … Continued
If you take a quick inventory of all the wealthy people and CEOs who’ve made news by being complete, heartless jerks, you’re left with a pretty simple question: who put them in charge? One narrative: Ruthless people win, so it’s the jerks who float to the top. The counter-narrative: power makes us act bad. Most … Continued
Less than a year and a half ago, an insurgent political movement in Greece was the toast of the international left. The new Syriza party had won a landslide election, promising to throw off the policies of austerity and privatization that had been demanded by creditors managing the terms of bailouts for the country’s heavily-indebted … Continued
UpFront – July 4, 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.
The outbreak of the Ebola virus in West Africa in 2014 was one of the most catastrophic human tragedies of the 21st Century. We speak to Sierra-Leoneon activist Chernoh Alpha M. Bah about why the outbreak was so bad, his take on the origins of the virus and what needs to happen for West Africa … Continued
Six years ago Andy Stern was the head of one of the country’s largest, most powerful, and fastest-growing unions. He had visited the Obama White House more than any other outsider. And then, he announced he was quitting. Since then, one of his major projects has been exploring the questions of what happens when work … Continued
Investigative Journalist Thomas Peele tried to put together a list of the guns that local law enforcement lost over five years, and the numbers are staggering: 944 weapons that the agencies who responded know about. We’ll discuss how a machine gun from the Richmond Police wound up in the possession of the Aryan Brotherhood, three … Continued
Bernie Sanders ran on his opposition to the Trans Pacific Partnership. Hillary Clinton came out against it during the campaign. So why did the Democratic Platform Drafting Committee kill a plank opposing it? We talk to John Nichols about the the politics of platforms, and the likelihood of floor fights at the Democratic National Convention. … Continued
Sunday saw multiple stabbings in Sacramento, after a white nationalist group got confronted by counter-protesters that outnumbered it ten to one — we talk to someone who was there, and an expert on right-wing extremism. Zahra Billoo delivers a critique of the legislation behind last weeks sit-in in the House of Representatives. Plus: the Supreme … Continued