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00:08 — Dave Zirin is the sports editor for The Nation, a columnist for the Progressive, and the author of eight books on the politics of sports. His latest book is The People’s Historian: The Outsized Life of Howard Zinn. The post Fund Drive Special: The Outsized Life of Howard Zinn appeared first on KPFA.

00:08 — Nate Powell is a National Book Award-winning cartoonist who began self-publishing comics as an Arkansas teenager in 1992. His latest work is comics adaptation of James Loewen’s influential book, Lies My Teacher Told Me. The post Fund Drive Special: Lies My Teacher Told Me appeared first on KPFA.

00:08 — John Feffer is Director of Foreign Policy in Focus. 00:33 — John Nichols is Executive Editor of the Nation The post Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Midterm Elections appeared first on KPFA.

00:08 — Phyllis Bennis is director of the New Internationalism Project at the Institute for Policy Studies. She is the author of “Understanding Palestine and Israel.” The post What Challenges Lie Ahead for Progressive Policy Makers appeared first on KPFA.

00:08 — Raed Jarrar is an Iraqi-born political advocate and writer based in Washington, D.C. He is currently the advocacy director for the organization Democracy in the Arab World Now(DAWN). 00:33 — Wendy Fry is an investigative journalist for Calmatters, reporting on immigration, reparations and issues affecting families in the San Diego-area. The post US Military Finally Withdraws All Troops from Iraq; Plus, Newsom Signs Package of Immigration Bills into Law appeared first on KPFA.

00:08 — Gil Durán is a journalist, currently publishing the newsletter, The Nerd Reich. He has previously served as chief communications strategist and spokesman for former Attorney General Kamala Harris. His latest book is The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy. The post Fund Drive Special: “The Nerd Reich” Fascist Takeover with Gil Duran appeared first on KPFA.

00:08 — Doug Tallamy is an entomologist, conservationist, and professor at the University of Delaware whose work has transformed our understanding of the relationship between native plants and wildlife. His latest book is How Can I Help?: Saving Nature with Your Yard. The post Fund Drive Special with Douglas Tallamy appeared first on KPFA.

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 — Jake Werner is director of the East Asia Program at the Quincy Institute. His research examines the emergence of great power conflict between the US and China and develops policies to rebuild constructive economic relations. 00:33 — Negar Mortazavi is a journalist, political commentator, and host of the Iran Podcast. She is also a Senior Fellow at the Center for International Policy. The post US-China Meeting in Washington; Plus, What the UN General Assembly Signals About the War in Iran appeared first on KPFA.

00:33 — Tim Redmond, founder of 48hills. Tim Redmond has been a political and investigative reporter in San Francisco for more than 30 years. The post Fund Drive Special: Money in the Chan-Weiner Race appeared first on KPFA.

00:08 — Annie Leonard is an environmental and anti-consumerist activist who served as the Executive Director of Greenpeace US and created the film “The Story of Stuff.” Her latest book, co-authored with Andre Carothers, is Protest: Respect It Defend It Use It. The post Fund Drive Special with Annie Leonard appeared first on KPFA.

00:08 — Astra Taylor is a Canadian-American documentary filmmaker, writer, activist, and musician. Her latest book, End Times Fascism: And the Fight for the Living World, is co-authored with Naomi Klein. The post Fund Drive Special: Astra Taylor on End Times Fascism appeared first on KPFA.

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.

0:08 – “It’s a barbarity, it’s a form of medical torture.” That’s what advocates say about ICE’s treatment of pregnant, postpartum, and nursing women. In the first nine months of the Trump administration, there were 18 miscarriages among pregnant people held in ICE detention. Then, last fall – Immigration and Customs Enforcement stopped counting pregnancy loss under their watch altogether. We speak with Maanvi Singh, national immigration reporter for the Guardian, who co-reported the new investigation on ICE’s medical care and data-keeping. We also speak with Anthony Enriquez, attorney and Vice President of U.S. Advocacy and Litigation at the Robert and Ethel Kennedy Human Rights Center, representing women in ICE custody. More reading: Revealed: ICE lost count of miscarriages, while detaining a record number of pregnant women (The Guardian) 0:33 – Contaminated food and water, retaliation for speaking out, and medical neglect leading to deaths and tragedy – those are the stories not only of people detained by…

On today’s show: We talk with economist Dean Baker about the Federal Reserve’s decision to raise the overnight interest rate – something President Trump did not want the central bank to do. In the second half of the program, we cover the Trump administration’s efforts to scrap the Roadless Rule, which has prevented major logging and road-building in tens of millions of acres of U.S. forests for a quarter century. 0:08 – Dean Baker, senior economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research, on the Federal Reserve. 0:33 – Randi Spivak of the Center for Biological Diversity discusses the “Roadless Rule,” which protects 45 million acres of undeveloped U.S. forests and which the Trump administration is trying to rescind after a quarter century. The deadline for submitting public comments to the U.S. Department of Agriculture about the proposed change is October 6, 2026. Randi Spivak also discusses the Roadless Area Conservation Act, which would make the Roadless Rule permanent. Read more: Center for…

00:08 Omid Memarian is the Director of Communications at DAWN, where he also serves as the organization’s Senior Iran Analyst 7:33 David Dayen is the executive editor of The American Prospect and co-host of the podcast Organized Money. The post Omid Memarian on Iran after Yemen’s Offensive; David Dayen on the the state of the midterm appeared first on KPFA.

00:08 Shireen Al-Adeimi, associate professor of language and literacy at Michigan State University, where she’s also affiliated with the Asian Studies Center and the Muslim Studies Program. She’s been writing about the war in Yemen, and especially the US role in that war, for more than a decade. 00:33 Kelly Waldron is a reporter for Mission local, with a background in data analysis 00:45 Darwin BondGraham is the news editor at the nonprofit newsroom The Oaklandside. The post Yemen war strands Saudi oil fields; big money in SF’s elections; coal in Oakland? appeared first on KPFA.

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 strikes train full of European officials; new studies on long-term impacts of COVID, influenza appeared first on KPFA.

00:08 Aisha Jumaan is president of Yemen Relief and Reconstruction Foundation. She has worked as a public health professional for thirty years with establishments such as the CDC, UNFPA and UNDP and is currently working as an Independent Consultant coordinating health-related projects in Yemen. 00:33 Manijeh Moradian is Associate Professor in the Department of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Barnard College, Columbia University. She is the author of the book “This Flame Within: Iranian Revolutionaries in the United States” and a member of the Feminists for Jina Network, which formed in solidarity with the women, life, freedom movemen The post Escalation in Yemen with Aisha Jumaan; Plus Manijeh Moradian on the 4th Anniversary of the Women, Life, Freedom Movement appeared first on KPFA.

00:08 Paul Hockenos is a Berlin-based writer who’s been reporting on Central Europe’s far right since the early 1990s. He wrote about this week’s electoral gains for the AfD for The Nation 00:33 Joel Beinin, Professor of Middle East History, Emeritus at Stanford University. The post Extreme right ascendant in Germany; Plus Netanyahu besieged in Israel appeared first on KPFA.

00:08 Annelle Sheline, research fellow in the Middle East program at the Quincy Institute; she resigned her position as a Foreign Affairs Officer at the U.S. Department of State in protest over the Biden administration’s unconditional support for Israeli military operations in Gaza. 00:33 Lori Wallach is the director of the Rethink Trade program at American Economic Liberties Project. The post Annelle Sheline on War in Yemen; Plus Lori Wallach on Trade War with Canada appeared first on KPFA.

00:08 — Kasey Meehan is director of PEN America’s Freedom to Read program and co-author on the report “Public Libraries Face ‘Existential Threat,’ Putting Books, Information and People at Risk” 00:33 — Annie Waldman is a reporter at ProPublica covering health care. The post Book Bans in Public Libraries; Plus Unpasteurized Milk Products Impact appeared first on KPFA.

Scott Kurashige, interdisciplinary scholar who was a longtime collaborator of the late philosopher Grace Lee Boggs; he’s just out with the book American Peril: the violent history of anti-asian racism [originally recorded in May 2026] The post Scott Kurashige on American Peril [rebroadcast] appeared first on KPFA.

00:08 — Gabrielle Canon is climate reporter and extreme weather correspondent for Guardian US. 00:25 — Remembering Gloria Steinem. 00:33 — J.W. Mason is Associate Professor of Economics at John Jay College of the City University of New York, and a senior fellow at the Groundwork Collaborative The post US Forest Services Workforce Suffers; Plus, Remembering Gloria Steinem; And, Against Money with JW Mason appeared first on KPFA.

00:08 — Dean Baker is a senior economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research. 00:33 — Golnar Nikpour is Associate Professor of modern Iranian history at Dartmouth College. Her scholarship focuses on the history of law, incarceration, revolution, and rights. She is the author of “The Incarcerated Modern: Prisons and Public Life in Iran” (2024) The post The National Debt Crisis; Plus, US Resumes Military and Economic Attacks on Iran appeared first on KPFA.