KPFA - Letters and Politics

Guest: Chad L. Williams is the Samuel J. and Augusta Spector Professor of History and African and African American Studies at Brandeis University.  He is the author of the award-winning book Torchbearers of Democracy: African American Soldiers in the World War I Era and his latest, The Wounded World: W. E. B. Du Bois and the First World War. The post W.E.B. Du Bois’s Lost Book: The Great War and the Black Experience appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: James Risen is a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author. Throughout his career, Risen’s explosive investigative reporting has triggered a series of political firestorms. Among his best-selling books are State of War: The Secret History of the CIA and the Bush Administration; Pay Any Price: Greed, Power and Endless War; and his latest, The Last Honest Man: The CIA, the FBI, the Mafia, and the Kennedys―and One Senator’s Fight to Save Democracy co-authored with Thomas Risen. The post The Church Committee: Investigating Assassinations, Coups, and the Drugging of Americans appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Tanya Golash-Boza is the Executive Director of the University of California Washington Center and a Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Merced. She is the author of Before Gentrification: The Creation of DC’s Racial Wealth Gap.   The post Disinvestment In Cities, Crime, and the Persistence of the Racial Wealth Gap appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Dan Kovalikis the author of Nicaragua: A History of US Intervention & Resistance. The post A History of US Intervention in Nicaragua appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Scott J. Shapiro is a professor of law and philosophy at Yale Law School and the director of the Yale Center for Law and Philosophy and its CyberSecurity Lab.  He is the author of Fancy Bear Goes Phishing: The Dark History of the Information Age, in Five Extraordinary Hacks. The post A History of Hacking 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 – September 4, 2023 appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Farah Karim-Cooper is a professor of Shakespeare studies at King’s College London and Director of Education at Shakespeare’s Globe. She is the author of The Great White Bard: How to Love Shakespeare While Talking About Race. The post Shakespeare & Race appeared first on KPFA.

Part 1. Latin America Current Trends Guest: Miguel Tinker-Salas is Emeritus Professor of History and Chicana/o Latina/o Studies at Pomona College.  He is an expert on the political and social issues of Latin America and the author of several books including, Venezuela: What Everyone Needs to Know; and The Enduring Legacy: Oil, Culture and Society in Venezuela.  Part 2. The Tenderloin tour upends ‘doom loop’ narrative Guest: Christopher D. Cook is an author and award-winning investigative journalist based in San Francisco.  His latest piece in the 48 hills.com is Tenderloin tour upends ‘doom loop’ narrative. There’s a lot more to the neighborhood than the national media wants to report.     Photo credit: Ecuadorian women by DM     The post Current Political Trends in Latin American & Upending the Tenderloin’s ‘Doom Loop’ Narrative appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Yunte Huang, a Guggenheim Fellow, has taught at Harvard and the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he is a professor of English.  He is the author of Inseparable, the Edgar Award–winning biography Charlie Chan, and his latest, Daughter of the Dragon: Anna May Wong’s Rendezvous with American History.   The post The Life & Times of Anna May Wong appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Nikhil Goyal  is  a sociologist and policymaker who served as senior policy advisor on education and children for Chairman Senator Bernie Sanders on the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions and Committee on the Budget. He is the author of the book Live to See the Day: Coming of Age in American Poverty. The post Poverty, Crime and Policy in America appeared first on KPFA.