The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays – July 16, 2019
Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice.
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US Foreign Policy & The Central American Refugee Crisis.
Today we take a closer look at the connections between US foreign policy, US economic policy and the fight of political refugees from Central America and the Caribbean to enter the United States. Then, we speak with an immigrants rights organization in San Francisco, California about the chilling impact the threat of immigration raids by … Continued
WorkWeek – July 16, 2019
Covering issues facing working people and the trade union movement from education, healthcare, housing, the environment and public workers. It also examines the role of international labor and the US trade union movement
0:08 – Immigrant advocates and labor activists protested ICE’s use of Amazon facial recognition technology in San Francisco. KPFA’s Casey Roepke covers the demonstration. 0:12 – A small group of Amazon engineers traveled to Shakopee, Minnesota in solidarity with warehouse workers on strike. Weston Fribley (@wtfribley) is a Seattle-based web development engineer with Amazon Go and part … Continued
The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays – July 15, 2019
Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice.
Another Look at Trump’s Racist Immigration Policy
Today we continue our coverage of the racist and xenophobic turn of US immigration policy under the Trump administration with another look into the conditions facing children imprisoned by the US Border Patrol and increasingly in what are euphemistically being called Private Detention Centers. Dr. Warren Binford, the director of the clinical law program at … Continued
The Chicago Defender is an African-American owned and operated newspaper founded in 1905 by Robert S. Abbott. It brought publicity to race riots in 1919 and reported on the lynching of black citizens. The paper would also rewrite stories pertaining to its readers with an African-American point of view. Abbott also hired the first female … Continued
0:08 – Mondays with Mitch; KPFA’s Mitch Jeserich (@MitchJeserich) joins for updates on the US relationship with Saudi Arabia and the Yemen crisis, the government budget agreement and the possibility of raising the debt ceiling, weekend ICE raids, and new Trump administration asylum rules making it harder for migrants to seek asylum in the United States. … Continued
The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays – July 12, 2019
Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice.
The Hear and Now – July 11, 2019
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From singer-songwriters to avant-garde jazz; old faves, new voices, and live performances. With host Derk Richardson. This episode honors the passing of Jerry Lawson, of the Persuasions, and Joao Gilberto, acknowledges the birthdays of Swamp Dogg, Christine McVie, Suzanne Vega, Jerry Miller (Moby Grape), Arlo Guthrie, Butch Hancock, and Mavis Staples, and includes tracks from … Continued