KPFA - UpFront

00:10 Jessica Anderson is a human rights researcher based in Michigan, and one of the editors the new book Visualizing Palestine: A Chronicle of Colonialism and the Struggle for Liberation

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00:08 Manisha Sinha is the James L. and Shirley A. Draper Chair in American History at the University of Connecticut. Her new book is The Rise and Fall of the Second American Republic. Reconstruction: 1860 – 1920 [rebroadcast – originally recorded in July 2024]

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0:08 — John Nichols, National Affairs Correspondent for the Nation on the numerous unfavorable court rulings enjoining the Trump Administration and the defining characteristics of a constitutional crisis

0:34 — Joel Laucher, insurance expert and Program Specialist at United Policyholders explains the $1 Billion assessment made by the California FAIR plan in the aftermath of the southern California wildfires.

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00:07 — J.W. Mason, associate professor of economics at John Jay College, and a fellow at the Roosevelt Institute explains the latest uptick in inflation and the Trump administration’s economic policy

00:33 — David Dayen, executive editor of The American Prospect on the latest actions taken by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency

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00:08 — Eoin Higgins is a reporter with IT Brew. His new book is Owned: How Tech Billionaires on the Right Bought the Loudest Voices on the Left.

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UpFront delivers a mix of local, state, and international coverage through challenging interviews, civil debates, breaking updates, and in-depth discussions with authors.

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00:08 — John Feffer is Director of Foreign Policy in Focus.

00:33 — Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health.

The post Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls appeared first on KPFA.

00:08 Rwanda at war in the DRC: the fall of Goma

Zachariah Mampilly is the Marxe Endowed Chair of International Affairs at the CUNY Marxe School of Public and International Affairs, where he is also the Co-Founder of the Program on African Social Research.

00:36 Immigration raids and your rights 

Jehan Laner is Senior Staff Attorney at Immigrant Legal Resource Center.

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00:08 — Ahmad Abuznaid is Executive Director of the US Campaign for Palestinian rights.

00:33 — 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.

The post Trump Wants the United States to Takeover Gaza; Plus, What a Trump Adminsitration Means for Decarbonizing the Economy appeared first on KPFA.

00:08 — Laura Carlsen is the director of the Mexico-City based international relations think tank Mira: Feminisms y Democracies.

00:33 — Nathan Tankus is the Research Director of the Modern Money Network. He also writes the newsletter Notes on the Crises.

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