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We’re going deep on climate change, starting with wildfires here in California, a “climate bomb” lurking in Alaska’s melting permafrost, and a staggering new study by one the world’s most prominent climate scientists on sea level rise this century. Guests: Patrick Gonzalez, forest ecologist and climate change scientist with the U.S. National Park Service; co-author … Continued
Self-described socialist and Democratic primary contender Bernie Sanders is turning out record-breaking crowds to hear him call out billionaires and oligarchs. His track record and positions on the issues are closer than any other candidate to what most unions espouse – but when most unions get involved in electoral politics, they want to bet on … Continued
Today Cuba opens an embassy in Washington for the first time in 54 years, drawing angst from hard-line anti-communists, and applause from US companies hoping to expand markets there. So what will the new opening do to Cuba? We’ll talk to Sujatha Fernandes. Plus: If you listen to this radio station for any significant amount … Continued
Puerto Rico is inching closer to defaulting on its $72 billion debt. The country missed a debt payment yesterday. This comes as no surprise since governor Alejandro Garcia Padilla, announced last month that there’s no way Puerto Rico can pay. The governor has already announced further austerity measures – he’s calling it a “consensual adjustment” … Continued
Greece’s government votes through the first package of austerity measures required to secure a possible bailout from creditors – and also faces its first riots since the left-wing Syriza coalition took power. We go live to Greece. Plus: a fact-check on immigrants and crime, and how a neighborhood sandwiched between San Francisco’s most upscale shopping district, and … Continued
But first: public-sector unions in Greece have called their first mass demonstrations since the left-wing Syriza government took power—this as the Parliament debates an austerity plan more severe than what voters rejected last week. We go live to Greece. Plus: Mark Bittman has used his perch as a food columnist at The New York Times … Continued
A breakthrough agreement over Iran’s nuclear program is already drawing howls of outrage from Israel and congressional Republicans – now they have 60 days to convince two thirds of Congress to shoot it down. We go over what’s in the deal, and what’s next. Plus: San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors takes up new regulations on … Continued
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#SaveE12th Oakland’s City Council is under fire for moving forward with an land deal to sell off city owned land to build luxury apartments. A report by the East Bay Express earlier this week shows that the City Attorney Barbara Parker had advised the Council back in February that the deal violates the State’s Surplus … Continued
Mustafa Barghouti joins us to mark the one-year anniversary of the last Gaza War, take stock of how it’s changed politics internationally, and among Palestinians, and discuss the path forward to a just peace in the Middle East.But first: European negotiators are digging in over the crisis in Greece — will the left-wing Syriza government … Continued
