KPFA - Letters and Politics

Guest: Daisy Dunn is an award-winning classicist and the author of The Missing Thread: A Women’s History of the Ancient World. Her website is www.daisydunn.co.uk. The post Women In The Ancient World appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Natalie Lawrence, author of Enchanted Creatures: Our Monsters and Their Meaning. The post What Monsters Tell Us About Us appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Geoffrey R. Stone is the Edward H. Levi Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago. He is the author or co-author of many books on constitutional law, including Perilous Times: Free Speech in Wartime; A Legacy of Discrimination: The Essential Constitutionality of Affirmative Action; and The Free Speech Century. The post A Constitutional Look at Trump and the Courts appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Mary Jo McConahay is a journalist who has covered the Church for many years. She is the author of the book Playing God: American Catholic Bishops and The Far Right. She wrote an obituary in The post The Legacy of Pope Francis and the Future of the Catholic Church 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 – April 17, 2025 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 – April 16, 2025 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 – April 15, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Yanis Varoufakis, a former finance minister of Greece, is leader of the MERA25 party and Professor of Economics at the University of Athens. He is the author of several books including his latest, Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism. Photo by Kurt Cotoaga on Unsplash The post Yanis Varoufakis: the Hidden Nature of the Trade Wars appeared first on KPFA.

Part 1. On The President and the Courts Guest: Erwin Chemerinsky is the dean of the law school at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author of many books on constitutional law including his latest, No Democracy Lasts Forever: How the Constitution Threatens the United States. Part 2. The Founding Cuts to Medical Research Guest: Chris Beyrer is Gary Hock Distinguished Professor in Global Health and Professor of Medicine at Duke University. He is Associate Director of Global HIV at the Duke Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) and Affiliate Faculty at Duke Human Vaccine Institute. Dr Beyrer is a medical doctor and epidemiologist who has worked extensively on the front lines of HIV/AIDS and COVID-19 prevention, treatment, and research. Photo by Sebastian Pichler on Unsplash The post Erwin Chemerinsky on The President and the Courts. Then, Founding Cuts to Medical Research appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Cedric de Leon is Professor of Sociology and Labor Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and author of Freedom Train: Black Politics and the Story of Interracial Labor Solidarity. The post How Black Labor Created An Interracial Movement appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Jeanne Carstensen is an award-winning journalist. She is the author of A Greek Tragedy: One Day, a Deadly Shipwreck, and the Human Cost of the Refugee Crisis. The post A Greek Tragedy: the Human Cost of the Refugee Crisis appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Dean Baker is a Senior Economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research. He is the author of several books, including Rigged: How Globalization and the Rules of the Modern Economy Were Structured to Make the Rich Richer. His blog, Beat the Press, provides commentary on economic reporting. Photo by lonely blue on Unsplash The post Trump’s Confusion with Tariffs and Taxes with Dean Baker appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Nancy Altman is the President of Social Security Works.org. She is the author of The Truth About Social Security: The Founders’ Words Refute Revisionist History, Zombie Lies, and Common Misunderstandings; The Battle for Social Security: From FDR’s Vision to Bush’s Gamble; and the coauthor with Eric Kingson of Social Security Works For Everyone!: Protecting and Expanding America’s Most Popular Social Program. Her latest article can be found in counterpunch: The Greatest Threat to Social Security in Its 90 Year History. The post The Greatest Threat to Social Security in Its 90 Year History 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 – April 2, 2025 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 – April 1, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Miriam Pawel is an award-winning reporter and editor who spent twenty-five years working for Newsday and the Los Angeles Times. She is the author of The Crusades of Cesar Chavez: A Biography. The post Cesar Chavez & the Farmworkers’ Struggle 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 – March 27, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Linda Gordon is Professor Emerita of History at New York University. She is the winner of two Bancroft Prizes for best book in American history, most lately she is the author of Seven Social Movements That Changed America. The post A History of Twentieth Century Social Movements appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Ruth Conniff is Editor-in-chief of the Wisconsin Examiner. She is the author of “Milked: How an American Crisis Brought Together Midwestern Dairy Farmers and Mexican Workers” which won the 2022 Studs and Ida Terkel award from The New Press. Photo: Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead on Public domain The post Ruth Conniff: Assessing the Impact of the Trump’s Presidency & The Wisconsin Supreme Court Race appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Lyndal Roper is Regius Professor of History at the University of Oxford. She is the author of several books including, Martin Luther: Renegade and Prophet; Witch Craze, and her latest, Summer of Fire and Blood: The German Peasants’ War. The post The German Peasant’s War appeared first on KPFA.