Today on the show: Protesting the growing possibilities of a major nuclear conflagration. We’ll speak with author and Roots Action founder, Norman Solomon. Solomon joined a picket line today at Senator Diane Fienstein’s office, one of more than 40 protests taking place on the same day around the country as part of a growing campaign … Continued
San Francisco’s holding a special election for District Attorney, with four people running on a ranked-choice ballot to take over an office that became a punching bag for right-wing media, got rocked by a recall, and is now considering the first homicide prosecutions of San Francisco Police Department officers in that department’s 173-year history. We … Continued
On today’s show: 0:08 – Mitchell Schwarzer discusses the history of urban development in Oakland. FUND DRIVE SPECIAL — Pledge $150 and receive a copy of Mitchell Schwarzer’s Hella Town: Oakland’s History of Development and Disruption. THIS WEEKEND: 3rd i’s 20th ANNUAL SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL SOUTH ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL September 23-25 @ The Roxie and Castro … Continued
In these perilous times KPFA is here to provide you with the tools you’ll need to fight back against the imminent threats to democracy, to reproductive rights, voting rights and so much more. KPFA offers you the information so that you can know what’s at stake, so that you can decide what you stand for. … Continued
May our rogue species re-enter the choreography of creation, rather than disrupting Nature’s diverse equilibrium… Caroline, segues from last week, again hosting Citizen naturalist Damon Tighe, on the unfolding die-off at Lake Merritt, Oakland, and the SF Bay… let’s keep this crisis on the altar of urgent pertinence. Damon is a naturalist … Continued
0:08 – Steven Thrasher (@thrasherxy) discusses his new book, The Viral Underclass: The Human Toll When Inequality and Disease Collide. Thrasher is the inaugural holder of Northwestern University’s Medill School’s Daniel Renberg Chair, the first of its kind professorship created to focus on LGBTQ research.
0:08 – Deadly floods in Pakistan kill over 1,100 people and displace more than 33 million residents. We discuss with Cyril Almeida (@cyalm) who has spent over a decade covering the government-military nexus in Pakistan. 0:33 – We discuss climate change and megafloods in California with Daniel Swain (@Weather_West), a climate scientist at UCLA … Continued
On today’s show: 0:08 – Andrew Perez (@andrewperezdc), senior editor and reporter at The Lever, discusses the $1.6 billion dark money donation funding a Republican political advocacy group founded by Leonardo Leo, vice president of the Federalist Society. 0:33 – Newsom recently introduced emergency legislation to extend the life of the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant. We … Continued
A San Francisco federal judge will evaluate the temporary restraining order that stopped Caltrans from clearing the Wood Street encampment in West Oakland – deciding the fate of the city’s largest largest unhoused community. KPFA’s Ellie Prickett-Morgan has this story. Ahead of tomorrow’s hearing, residents have drafted an open letter from the Wood Street … Continued
0:08 – The California Air Resources Board is expected to decide today on a new zero emissions vehicle mandate. Nadia Lopez (@n_llopez), a reporter for CalMatters who covers environmental policy issues joins us to unpack the implications. 0:33 – Tomorrow morning, a San Francisco federal judge will evaluate the temporary restraining order that stopped Caltrans … Continued
