UpFront
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UpFront delivers a mix of local, state, and international coverage through challenging interviews, civil debates, breaking updates, and in-depth discussions with authors. UpFront PM is the afternoon edition of UpFront. Pitch us at upfront@kpfa.org.
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Up Front – Stop and Frisk, The Self Made Myth, State Parks in Crisis
Is Stop and Frisk coming to San Francisco? Mayor Ed Lee floated the idea last month, but everyone from his police chief to the civil rights group he used to work at is against it. The city’s Board of Supervisors is about to vote on a measure urging city officials not to implement it — … Continued
UpFront – Syria, Debt Swaps
Civil War. That’s what the the International Committee of the Red Cross has just declared the situation in Syria, where there is now sustained fighting in the capital of Damascus. Military analyst Conn Hallinan joins us in studio to break down the diplomatic standoff over what to do. Plus: What the hell is a debt … Continued
Up Front – Medical Marijuana Crackdown, Jill Stein
US attorney Melinda Haag has just moved to shut down California’s largest medical marijuana dispensary, threatening to seize the property of the company renting space to Harborside Health Center. Supporters say the government is now targeting the state’s best-run dispensaries — the government says it’s simply going after the big ones. Plus: Green Party Presidential … Continued
UpFront – LIBOR, Weather Weirding, and. . . a Supermarket Strike?
Over $400 million dollars in fines, and it could just be the tip of the iceberg. Sonali Kolhatkar unpacks the LIBOR interest-rigging scandal. Plus: close to 5,000 supermarket workers in Northern California have authorized a strike — are picket lines come to a Raley’s near you? And cities around the country are breaking heat records, … Continued
UpFront – Syria WIkileaks, Rajiv Chandrasekaran on Afghanistan
Rajiv Chandrasekaran joins us in-studio to report back from three years on the ground in Afghanistan, covering America’s longest-running war. Plus a look at what’s in Wikileaks’ 2-million-document Syria release.
Up Front – CCSF Faces Closure
Sonali Kolhatkar interviews the author of “Drugs.” Richard Wolinsky reviews “Scottsboro.” Meanwhile, City College of San Francisco has been given 9 months to prove why it should keep its accreditation. If the accreditation goes, so does all its public funding. So, who’s to blame–and what’s the solution? With: Larry Kramer, spokesperson for City College of … Continued
Up Front – Richard Wolff on the EuroCrisis
Europe’s in a panic. The central banks’ just lowered interest rates to record lows — but that, plus a bank bailout, hasn’t kept Spanish bond rates from pushing into the danger zone. Marxist Economist Richard Wolff discusses the roots of the crisis — who’s benefitted, and who’s lost, from creating a monetary union in Europe. … Continued