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KPFA - UpFront

UpFront delivers a mix of local, state, and international coverage through challenging interviews, civil debates, breaking updates, and in-depth discussions with authors. UpFront PM is the afternoon edition of UpFront. Pitch us at upfront@kpfa.org. Theme Music: Turn It Up by Digital Primitives, licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (aka Music Sharing) 3.0 International License.

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59:58

How to prepare to respond to immigration raids in...

KPFA - UpFront ·

2025/01/22

0:08 – On Day 1, President Trump signed an executive order attempting to end birthright citizenship. The order would affect any children born in the U.S. for whom neither parent has permanent immigration status. Immigrants’ rights advocates say this order is blatantly unconstitutional, violating the 14th Amendment. Two major lawsuits were immediately filed in response, one by a group of state Attorneys General and the other by civil rights groups. Aarti Kohli of Asian Law Caucus joins us to talk

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59:58

Gaza Ceasefire Goes into Effect; Plus, Corona Calls...

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2025/01/21

00:08 — George Bisharat, Professor Emeritus at University of California College of Law, San Francisco. His legal scholarship focuses on Palestine, Israel, and U.S. policies toward the Middle East.00:33 — Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health. The post Gaza Ceasefire Goes into Effect; Plus, Corona Calls with Dr. Swartzberg appeared first on KPFA.

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59:58

Hajar Yazdiha on the Struggle for the People’s King

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2025/01/20

00:08 Hajar Yazdiha, Assistant Professor of Sociology and faculty affiliate of the Equity Research Institute at the University of Southern California; now author of The Struggle for the People’s King: How Politics Transforms the Memory of the Civil Rights Movement [re-broadcast] 00:34 Martin Luther King Jr., recorded December 7, 1964 (days before he received the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo) giving an address in London on segregation, the fight for civil rights and his support for Nelson Mandela and

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59:58

Israel Security Cabinet Approves Gaza Ceasefire Deal,...

KPFA - UpFront ·

2025/01/17

00:08 — Jehad Abusalim is Executive Director of the Institute for Palestine Studies-USA . He is also an editor for “Light in Gaza: Writings Born of Fire” (2022). He is from the city of Deir el-Balah in the Gaza Strip.00:33 — Muhannad Ayyash is Professor of Sociology at Mount Royal University in Calgary and Policy Analyst at Al-Shabaka. The post Israel Security Cabinet Approves Gaza Ceasefire Deal, What Comes Next for People in Gaza appeared first on KPFA.

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59:58

Ceasefire in Gaza Reached and Delayed; Plus, Diving...

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2025/01/16

00:08 — Iman Abid-Thompson is the Director of Advocacy and Organizing at the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights (USCPR). 00:20 — Joel Beinin, Professor of Middle East History, Emeritus at Stanford University. 00:33 — Nathan Solis is a breaking news reporter with the Fast Break team at the Los Angeles Times. 00:40 — Tony Marks-Block is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology, Geography and Environmental Studies at CSU East Bay. 00:50 — Joel Laucher is an insurance expert and

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59:58

Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the...

KPFA - UpFront ·

2025/01/15

UpFront delivers a mix of local, state, and international coverage through challenging interviews, civil debates, breaking updates, and in-depth discussions with authors.The post Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the confirmation of Pamela Bondi as US Attorney General – January 15, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.

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59:58

Special Broadcast: Senate Confirmation (Armed Service...

KPFA - UpFront ·

2025/01/14

Mitch Jeserich host the confirmation hearing of Mr. Peter B. Hegseth to be Secretary of Defense.The post Special Broadcast: Senate Confirmation (Armed Service Committee) Hearing of Peter Hegseth – January 14, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.

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59:58

Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls

KPFA - UpFront ·

2025/01/13

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.

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59:59

Eugene Linden on why the world’s burning [rebroadcast]

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2025/01/10

Eugene Linden, veteran climate and science writer whose most recent book is Fire and Flood: A People’s History of Climae Change, from 1979 to the present [this is a re-broadcast of an interview originally recorded in June 2022]The post Eugene Linden on why the world’s burning [rebroadcast] appeared first on KPFA.

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59:58

Los Angeles is Burning

KPFA - UpFront ·

2025/01/09

00:08 Gabrielle Canon, climate reporter and extreme weather correspondent for Guardian US, most recently reporting from Pacific Palisades 00:12 Dani Anguiano, The Guardian‘s west coast breaking news reporter; also co-author of Fire in Paradise 00:20 Eugene Cordero, professor of Meteorology and Climate Science at San Jose State University. 00:33 Marissa Kendall covers homelessness for the nonprofit newsroom Calmatters 00:42 Nicole Santa Cruz is a reporter for ProPublica covering inequality in the

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State Department Declares Genocide in Sudan; Plus,...

KPFA - UpFront ·

2025/01/08

00:08 — Abdullahi Halakhe is Senior Advocate for East and Southern Africa at Refugees International.00:33 — Will Oremus is a Technology news analysis reporter for the Washington Post. The post State Department Declares Genocide in Sudan; Plus, Meta Ends Factchecking Programs appeared first on KPFA.

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37:41

What’s Next for South Korea’s Impeached President?...

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2025/01/07

00:08 — Paul Liem is the Board Chairperson of the Korea Policy Institute.00:33 — Shanti Singh, is Communications and Legislative Director at Tenants Together. 00:45 — Joe Eskenazi, is Managing Editor and columnist at Mission Local. The post What’s Next for South Korea’s Impeached President? Plus, CA Laws Affecting Renters Rights; And, Incoming Lurie Administration’s Picks for San Francisco appeared first on KPFA.

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Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls

KPFA - UpFront ·

2025/01/06

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.

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59:58

Tracy Rosenthal and Leonardo Vilchis on Abolishing Rent

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2025/01/03

00:08 Tracy Rosenthal and Leonardo Vilchis, co-founders of the L.A. Tenants Union, and now co-authors of Abolish Rent: How Tenants Can End the Housing Crisis The post Tracy Rosenthal and Leonardo Vilchis on Abolishing Rent appeared first on KPFA.

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Ciara Torres-Spelliscy on the history of money in...

KPFA - UpFront ·

2025/01/02

00:08 Ciara Torres-Spelliscy is Professor of Law at Stetson University and a Fellow at the Brennan Center for Justice. Her latest book is Corporatocracy: How to Protect Democracy from Dark Money and Corrupt Politicians.The post Ciara Torres-Spelliscy on the history of money in American politics appeared first on KPFA.

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59:58

Manisha Sinha on Reconstruction and its discontents...

KPFA - UpFront ·

2025/01/01

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]The post Manisha Sinha on Reconstruction and its discontents [rebroadcast] appeared first on KPFA.

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59:57

Jason Stanley on authoritarianism, history, and...

KPFA - UpFront ·

2024/12/31

00:08 Jason Stanley is the Jacob Urowsky Professor of Philosophy at Yale University. His latest book is Erasing History: how fascists rewrite the past to control the futureThe post Jason Stanley on authoritarianism, history, and education appeared first on KPFA.

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59:58

Scott Reynolds Nelson on Grain and Empire [repeat]

KPFA - UpFront ·

2024/12/30

00:08 Scott Reynolds Nelson, professor of humanities at the University of Georgia who’s written a series of histories looking at railroads, the civil war, and financial crises in 19th-century America. His latest looks at how one crop built and broke empires – it’s called Oceans of Grain: How American Wheat Remade the World [rebroadcast of an interview originally recorded in 2022] The post Scott Reynolds Nelson on Grain and Empire [repeat] appeared first on KPFA.

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59:57

Rebecca Nagle on native dispossession and the fight...

KPFA - UpFront ·

2024/12/27

00:08 Rebecca Nagle, Cherokee citizen, journalist, and host of the podcast This Land, just out with the book By The Fire We Carry: The Generations-Long Fight for Justice on Native Land [rebroadcast from October 2024] The post Rebecca Nagle on native dispossession and the fight for justice [rebroadcast] appeared first on KPFA.

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59:58

Nathan Thrall on life under occupation

KPFA - UpFront ·

2024/12/26

00:08 Nathan Thrall, former director of the Arab-Israeli Project at the International Crisis Group, now author of the Pulitzer-Prize winning A Day in the Life of Abed Salama The post Nathan Thrall on life under occupation appeared first on KPFA.

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