The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays – January 19, 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.
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.
A major activist pop-up show featuring an art exhibit and panel discussions called Into Action is taking place in Los Angeles this week and we’ll be bringing you coverage from the event space this week and next. We’ll begin today’s show with a conversation with the event’s executive producer Yosi Sargent, known for commissioning and … Continued
Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice.
One oft-ignored consequence of mass incarceration is the release of massive numbers of people from prison each year. Where do these people go, and how likely are they to find decent housing and the other resources they need? Over the course of his ethnographic work in Oakland, California, Alessandro De Giorgi discovered how neoliberal economics … Continued
Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice.