The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays – January 23, 2018
Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice.
Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice.
On today’s show we’ll wrap up our coverage of the Los Angeles Into Action pop-up art exhibit and conference covering social justice issues and activism. We’ll begin with Paola Mendoza the artistic director of the Women’s March National, who will reflect on this year’s marches nationwide as well as address some of the controversy surrounding … Continued
Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice.
On today’s show we’ll continue our coverage of the Los Angeles Into Action pop-up art exhibit and conference covering social justice issues and activism. We’ll begin with a report from a Women’s March sign-making party where several young women who plan to march on Saturday tell me about their signs and why they march. Then … Continued
Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice.
CounterSpin provides a critical examination of the each week’s major news stories, and exposes what the mainstream media may have missed in their own coverage. Produced by the national media watch group FAIR (Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting).
The Trump administration has decided to create a new division under the Department of Health and Human Services to protect the so-called religious freedoms of health workers claiming that their beliefs prevent them from delivering healthcare in certain cases. We’ll turn to Rob Boston of the group Americans United for Separation of Church and State … Continued
Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice.
Douglas Preston, author of “The Lost City of the Monkey God” in conversation with Richard Wolinsky. Douglas Preston has written several works of fiction and non-fiction, including a best-selling series of thrillers co-written with Lincoln Child (the Agent Pendergast series). In his latest work of non-fiction, Preston delves into the story of a lost city in Honduras, in Mosquitia, and a civilization that vanished after the Spanish came to the Americas.
Host Doug Henwood covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global.