Holiday Special: How the Real Estate Industry Invented Modern Housing Discrimination
0:08 — Gene Slater, author of Freedom to Discriminate: How Realtors Conspired to Segregate Housing and Divide America.
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A Look at Hezbollah and How it May Respond to Israel’s Attacks; Plus, Upcoming San Francisco Ballot Measures
0:08 — Joseph Daher is Professor at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies of the European University Institute. He is the author of Hezbollah: Political Economy of the Party of God (and founder of the blog Syria Freedom Forever. 0:33 — Tim Redmond, founder of 48hills. Tim Redmond has been a political and investigative reporter … Continued
California Senate Runoff; What Would Prop 1 Do? Plus, Bay Area Counties May Lose $200million in FEMA Funds
0:08 — David Dayen is the executive editor of The American Prospect. His most recent book is Monopolized: Life in the Age of Corporate Power (2020). 0:33 — Jocelyn Wiener is a reporter for Calmatters, writing about health and mental health. Marisa Kendall is a reporter for Calmatters, writing on California’s homelessness crisis. Kristen Hwang … Continued
Pakistan Elections; Plus, Senate Passes $95Billion Aid Bill, Sending Arms to Ukraine and Israel
0:08 — Hasan Ali is a journalist reporting on US foreign policy and South Asian politics. He is a frequent contributor to the Nation magazine. 0:33 — John Nichols is National Affairs Correspondent for the Nation.
Israel Threatens Ground Invasion of Rafah, the Last Area Holding Millions Displaced from Gaza; Plus, Big Money’s Influence on San Francisco Politics
0:08: — Tamara Nassar is associate editor of The Electronic Intifada, and the producer of the EI Podcast. 0:33 — Joe Rivano Barros, is a reporter and editor at Mission Local. Will Jarett is a data reporter for Mission Local.
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls with Dr. Swartzberg
0:08 — John Feffer is Director of Foreign Policy in Focus at the Institute for Policy Studies. 0:33 — Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health.
SF Housing Policy; California After the Atmospheric River; Plus, Charlie Chaplin vs America
0:08 — Eugene Cordero is a professor of Meteorology and Climate Science at San Jose State University, and also the founder and director of Green Ninja, an educational publisher that uses solutions to environmental problems as a lens for teaching science. 0:20 — Tim Redmond, founder of 48hills. Tim Redmond has been a political and … Continued
The Political Battle Over US Border Security; Plus, How “Tyranny of the Minority” is Putting American Democracy into Crisis
0:08 — Arelis Hernandez, is a Reporter for the Washington Post covering Texas, U.S. Southern border and Immigration. Joan Greve is a senior political reporter for Guardian US. 0:33 — Daniel Ziblatt is Eaton Professor of Government at Harvard University and director of Harvard’s Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies. His latest book “Tyranny … Continued
Anti-Trans Legislation Hits Hard in 2024; Hindu Nationalism’s White Supremacist Ties; Social Services Hotline Data Offers Opportunities; Plus SF Civil Settlements
On today’s show, we start with a brand new report on the state of Hindu nationalism called The Global VHP’s Trail of Violence, published by Savera, which is a multiracial, interfaith, anti-caste coalition of Indian Americans and partners, standing together in the fight against the rise of the transnational far right. We’re in conversation with … Continued
UpFront – February 6, 2024
00:08 [Repeat from September 2022] Daniel Swain climate scientist at UCLA and The Nature Conservancy; co-author of an article in the journal Science Advances modeling the likelihood, and impacts, of California’s next megaflood. 00:33 [Repeat from 2019] David K Randall, senior reporter at Reuters. His book is Black Death at the Golden Gate: The Race to … Continued