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  • STRENGTH THRU UNITY: Multicultural Election Special

    Unlike any other election, minorities, immigrants, women, and the nation as a whole will pay a heavy price if Donald Trump is reelected as president. Beyond Trump’s racist attacks, people of color are dying needlessly from Trump's lack of a response to COVID19 and support of white extremists.

    — Anyel Z Fields

  • The Invisible Pandemic: Care During COVID-19

    This Political Freshers’ Week, the Women’s Campaign, and Justice 4 Workers Cambridge have teamed up with Global Women’s Strike to discuss one of the most pressing issues of our current times: the crisis of care. Join tonight Wednesday, October 21, 2020, at 10-11:30 AM

    — Margaret Prescod

  • STRENGTH THRU UNITY

    Host David Ono veteran anchor of ABC 7 in Los Angeles and guests Marc Morial, President, and CEO of the National Urban League; Hector Sanchez Barba, CEO of Mi Familia Vota, Tamlyn Tomita, and Japanese-American actress discuss the upcoming election.

    — Anyel Z Fields

  • Voting Is Power Unleashed!

    We only have 50 days until Election Day. People would not be spending ungodly sums of money to stop us from voting if our vote was not powerful.

    — Margaret Prescod

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  • Progressives Demand "Corporate-Free Cabinet" as Biden Taps Pharma & Fossil Fuel Allies for Top Jobs

    Climate and racial justice activists are mobilizing with union members and newly elected members of Congress at the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee to call on President-elect Joe Biden to address the intersecting crises of the pandemic, economy and climate change. They're also calling for Biden to create a "corporate-free Cabinet," following his recent announcement of aides that included people with close ties to the pharmaceutical and fossil fuel industries. Waleed Shahid, spokesperson for the progressive group Justice Democrats, says it will be important to maintain pressure on the incoming administration in order to fulfill grassroots demands. "Unlike President Obama in 2008, there is not much of a honeymoon period," Shahid says.

  • Trump's "Multipronged Attack Against Iran" Ramps Up with New Sanctions, Possible Bombing Plans

    President-elect Joe Biden has said he will rejoin the Iran nuclear deal once in office, but his attempts at reviving diplomatic relations between the United States and Iran could be complicated by President Donald Trump, who is reportedly considering bombing Iran's main nuclear site in the final weeks of his presidency. The New York Times reports Trump's advisers have attempted to dissuade the president, warning that a strike could escalate into a broader conflict, but officials tell the newspaper that Trump may still be looking for ways to attack Iran or Iranian assets. We speak with Narges Bajoghli, professor of Middle East studies at Johns Hopkins University.

  • Dead Before Christmas: As U.S. Passes 250K COVID Deaths, Healthcare Workers Brace for Holiday Surge

    As the official U.S. COVID-19 death toll breaks worldwide records and passes 250,000, hospitals are at capacity, and overwhelmed healthcare workers still lack personal protective equipment. Health officials say conditions will worsen further with holiday travel and family gatherings for Thanksgiving. "I can't really overemphasize how important the next few days are," says Ed Yong, science writer at The Atlantic. "The people who get infected at Thanksgiving, they are going to slam into those hospitals in the two weeks after that, and some of those people are going to be dead before Christmas."

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  • How Biden Could Fix Healthcare if He Really Wanted to

    FEATURING DAVID DAYEN – President elect Joe Biden will be entering office one year into a massive public health emergency. Millions of Americans have been infected with the coronavirus, nearly a quarter of a million have died from it. The U.S.’s already-frayed and massively flawed health care system has been stretched to the limit. But...

  • Public Education Under Biden: Can DeVos’ Damage Be Undone?

    FEATURING MIRIAM ROLLIN – President elect Joe Biden will be entering office as the husband of an educator and former public-school teacher. After 4 years of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’s policies, how can Biden reverse the legacy of the pro-Trump’s rightwing ideologue?   Schools have been deeply impacted during the coronavirus pandemic and some 1 million...

  • Headlines: November 18, 2020

    The Trump administration killed thousands of civilians in Iraq and Syria as part of its aggressive bombing campaign to defeat the Islamic state, reports the Washington Post. Calling it, “a new accounting of the U.S.-led war against the Islamic State,” the paper based its reporting on a new study by the UK based group Airwars...

     

Background Briefing with Ian Masters

  • November 18, 2020 - Sean Lyngaas | Dr. Iahn Gonsenhauser | Tamara Loos

    Trump's Petty Vengeance Against CISA Head Risks Hospitals Getting Ransomware Attacks | Survey Finds 40% of Americans Not Taking Precautions at Thanksgiving Gatherings | Turmoil In Thailand As Subjects Question the King's Excesses and Entitlement backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

  • November 17, 2020 - Eric Segall | Christine Fair | William Gould

    Senator Graham's Election Meddling and the Democrats Chances in Georgia's Run-off Elections | A Vindictive Trump Exits From Afghanistan and Threatens to Bomb Iran to Hurt Biden | Stanford University's Weak Rebuke of the Hoover Institution's Scott Atlas backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

  • November 16, 2020 - Katherine Stewart | Benjamin Carter Hett | Robert Alexander

    Trump's Religious Right Supporters Lost the White House But Plan to Win the War | In the Bunker Spouting the Big Lie as Trump's Goebbles Rupert Murdoch Spreads Dangerous Delusions | Pressure Underway to Have "Faithless" Electors Vote for the Loser backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

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  • GA SoS Admits Ongoing Presidential 'Audit' Can't Legally Change Results: 'BradCast' 11/18/2020

    On today's BradCast: We wouldn't blame you if you felt like averting your eyes from the desperate, usually-sad, often-hilarious, chaotic and so far failed attempts by the incompetent Team Trump to somehow try and steal the 2020 election any way they can. Yes, that's still going on. It's our job, however, to keep our [...]

  • Good News, Bad News From Trump, Biden and Trump's Election Denial Clown Show Continues: 'BradCast' 11/17/2020

    On today's BradCast, we open with the breaking news about the longest serving Senator in Congress. 87-year old Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley from Iowa has tested positive for the coronavirus. We wish him well, as the COVID crisis explodes across the nation because Grassley's party and President failed to even try to combat the deadly [...]

  • 'Green News Report' - November 17, 2020

    IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Hurricane Iota, the most powerful storm of 2020 (and the record-smashing 30th!) hits Central America; Hurricanes pushing further inland than ever before, thanks to climate change; Trump Administration rushes oil drilling in Alaska National Wildlife Refuge; PLUS: President-elect Biden meets with business and labor leaders to plan path forward on [...]

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  • The Future of the KPFK 6 PM News

    To continue our service in Southern California with Pacifica quality news, we will be adding news from...

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  • How They’ve Wanted to Stop Us

    Oh, how they’ve wanted to stop us. Every day KPFK opens up a new controversy, a new societal pain point, a new cultural, political or community insight, and new revelations about everything that means something in your life. We can’t help it. It’s who we are and what we do. And we won’t stop.

    — Anyel Z Fields

  • We're Trying Something New

    Community media, news, services, and journalism are all cornerstones of our democracy and are more critical than ever. Many community organizations, publications, and independent media companies will become casualties of the pandemic. Our world has changed profoundly and KPFK is adapting to it, so we can still be here for you.

    — Anyel Z Fields

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