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0:08 — Oliver Milman is an environmental correspondent for The Guardian, and author of The Insect Crisis: The Fall of the Tiny Empires that Run The World. 0:33 — Veena B. Dubal is a Professor of Law at the University of California, Irvine School of Law.
0:08 — Joel Beinin Professor of Middle East History, Emeritus at Stanford University. 0:33 — Jeff St. John is the director of news and special projects at Canary Media, a nonprofit newsroom covering the transition to clean energy and solutions to the climate crisis.
0:08 — Yanis Varoufakis is former finance minister of Greece, now Professor of Economics at the University of Athens, and co-founder of Democracy in Europe Movement 2025. 0:33 — Emily Weintraut is a doctoral student in UC Davis’ Department of Food Science and Technology and unit chair of the UC Davis chapter of UAW. 0:45 … Continued
0:08 — John Feffer is Director of Foreign Policy in Focus, Institute for Policy Studies. 0:33 — Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health.
00:08 – Reza Aslan, scholar of religion, Distinguished Professor of Creative Writing at the University of California, Riverside. His latest book is A Kids Book About Israel & Palestine.
0:08 — Basav Sen is Director of the Climate Justice Project at the Institute for Policy Studies. 0:33 — Maureen Tkacik is investigations editor at the American Prospect and a senior fellow at the American Economic Liberties Project. 0:45 — Yael Schacher is the director for the Americas and Europe at Refugees International.
0:08 — Walter Turner, host of KPFA’s Africa Today, professor of contemporary African affairs at College of Marin, president of Global Exchange. 0:33 — Tim Redmond, founder of 48hills. 0:45 — Dahlia Lithwick, Senior Editor at Slate and host of the podcast “Amicus”
UpFront delivers a mix of local, state, and international coverage through challenging interviews, civil debates, breaking updates, and in-depth discussions with authors.
0:08 — John Feffer is Director of Foreign Policy in Focus, Institute for Policy Studies. 0:33 — Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health.
00:08 John Nichols, National Affairs Correspondent for The Nation Steve Phillips is founder of Democracy in Color, and author of How We Win the Civil War: Securing a Multiracial Democracy and Ending White Supremacy for Good (just re-released in a revised second edition)
