KPFA - UpFront

0:08 — Gene Slater, author of  Freedom to Discriminate: How Realtors Conspired to Segregate Housing and Divide America. The post Holiday Special: How the Real Estate Industry Invented Modern Housing Discrimination appeared first on KPFA.

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 in San Francisco for more than 30 years. He spent much of that time as executive editor of the Bay Guardian. The post A Look at Hezbollah and How it May Respond to Israel’s Attacks; Plus, Upcoming San Francisco Ballot Measures appeared first on KPFA.

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 reports on health care and policy for CalMatters 0:45 — Ethan Varian is a reporter covering housing for The Mercury News and East Bay Times. The post California Senate Runoff; What Would Prop 1 Do? Plus, Bay Area Counties May Lose $200million in FEMA Funds appeared first on KPFA.

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.   The post Pakistan Elections; Plus, Senate Passes $95Billion Aid Bill, Sending Arms to Ukraine and Israel appeared first on KPFA.

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. The post Israel Threatens Ground Invasion of Rafah, the Last Area Holding Millions Displaced from Gaza; Plus, Big Money’s Influence on San Francisco Politics appeared first on KPFA.

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

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 investigative reporter in San Francisco for more than 30 years. He spent much of that time as executive editor of the Bay Guardian. 0:33 — Scott Eyman was formerly the literary critic at The Palm Beach Post and is the author or coauthor of sixteen books, including the bestseller John Wayne and Pieces of My Heart and You Must Remember This with actor Robert Wagner. The post SF Housing Policy; California After the Atmospheric River; Plus, Charlie Chaplin vs America appeared first on KPFA.

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 of the Minority” is co-authored with Steven Levitsky. The post The Political Battle Over US Border Security; Plus, How “Tyranny of the Minority” is Putting American Democracy into Crisis appeared first on KPFA.

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 the editor of that report, Safa Ahmed, who is the Associate Director of Media & Communications with the Indian American Muslim Council. Take a look at the Savera report: https://www.wearesavera.org/resources/reports/ Then, we’ll take a look at new anti-trans legislation. We’re joined by Ryan Thoreson, who advises Human Rights Watch on LGBTQ issues, and we’ll talk about some of the specific new laws in 2024 as well as their direct correlation to young trans suicidality. Latest data tracking on anti-trans laws across the US: https://translegislation.com/ Then to the impressive statistical value of our little known national social services hotline. Last week, the LA Times published a piece called This social service hotline you’ve never heard of could help pinpoint California’s next big crisis. We’re joined by LA Times data reporter Gabrielle LaMarr LeMee, as well as one of the developers of an organization called 211 Counts, Matthew Kreuter. Read the LA Times article: https://www.latimes.com/projects/hotline-211-data-housing-crisis/ Check out 211 data: https://211counts.org/ We round out the hour with a report on recent San Francisco civil settlements with Mission Local’s Eleni Balakrishnan. Read Eleni Balakrishnan’s coverage of the re-hired ‘fight club’ deputy: https://missionlocal.org/2024/01/sf-rehire-ex-sheriffs-deputy-fight-club-scandal/ Read Eleni Balakrishnan’s coverage of the former prosecutor settlement: https://missionlocal.org/2024/01/sf-investigator-fired-chesa-boudin-835k-settlement/ The post Anti-Trans Legislation Hits Hard in 2024; Hindu Nationalism’s White Supremacist Ties; Social Services Hotline Data Offers Opportunities; Plus SF Civil Settlements appeared first on KPFA.

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 Save America from the Bubonic Plague. The post UpFront – February 6, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.