KPFA - Letters and Politics

Guest: H. W. Brands is the Jack S. Blanton Sr. Chair in History at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the author of many books, including American Colossus, The General vs. the President, The First American and Traitor to His Class, and his latest, America First: Roosevelt vs. Lindbergh in the Shadow of War. The post The America First Committee: A History appeared first on KPFA.

Host Mitch Jeserich debunks the idea of a US president’s absolute powers within the executive branch and the current administration’s use of those powers.   Photo credit: Wikimedia The post On the Absolute Powers of a U.S. President appeared first on KPFA.

Host Mitch Jeserich analyses the latest directives by the Trump administration.     The post Trump Freezes All Grants and Loans for Education and Nonprofits appeared first on KPFA.

Greg Grandin is Pulitzer Prize–winning historian, author of many books including The End of the Myth, The Empire of Necessity, Fordlandia; and his forthcoming, América, América: A New History of the New World.  He is a Professor of History at Yale University.   Photo (C): Miraflores Locks at Panama Canal on Wikimedia. The post The Impact of a Second Trump Term in Latin America appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Daniel Farber is Professor of Law at the University of California, Berkeley and faculty director of the Edley Center on Law & Democracy.  He is the author of several books, including his most recent Contested Ground: How to Understand the Limits on Presidential Power. The post Understanding the Limits of the Presidential Powers appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Antonia Juhasz is a leading energy, climate, and environmental justice author, analyst, and investigative journalist. She is the author of Black Tide: the Devastating Impact of the Gulf Oil Spill, The Bush Agenda, and The Tyranny of Oil. The Trump Resistance Inside Washington’s National Cathedral by Antonia Juhasz  (Rolling Stone, Jan 15)   Photo credit: Chris Leboutillier on Usplash The post Trump’s Energy Emergency: Drill, Baby, Drill! appeared first on KPFA.

Host Mitch Jeserich explains the executive orders on immigration signed by president Trump on Day 1 of his administration. Guest: Pedro Rios is the director of the American Friends Service Committee’s U.S./Mexico Border Program. The post The Impact of the Trump’s Immigration Executive Orders appeared first on KPFA.

A look at burning political issues and debates and their historical context within the US and worldwide, hosted by Mitch Jeserich. The post Letters and Politics – January 20, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Adam Goodman is a professor of History at the Latin American and Latino Studies Program at the University of Illinois Chicago. He is the author of The Deportation Machine: America’s Long History of Expelling Immigrants. The post Operation Wetback and the Bipartisan Legacy of US Deportations appeared first on KPFA.

A look at burning political issues and debates and their historical context within the US and worldwide, hosted by Mitch Jeserich. The post Letters and Politics – January 15, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.