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Mexican Military Finds Synthetic Drug Lab In Sonora Near Arizona Border
The Mexican military found chemicals and equipment needed to produce methamphetamine Tuesday at a clandestine drug laboratory near Sonoyta, Sonora, just south of the border from Lukeville. In a press release…
Redirect Military Spending to Fund the Green New Deal
By all accounts, there is no time to lose. Last May, the UN report on the earth’s biodiversity and ecosystems described the dramatic losses of species, ecosystems, and genetic diversity.…
Israel’s Election and Netanyahu’s Future
Is this the end of Netanyahu’s political career? Next may be prison for corruption charges. Khury Petersen-Smith (@kpYES), the Michael Ratner Middle East Fellow at IPS, joins KPFA’s Up Front to…
Ban Private Jets
Greta Thunberg arrived in New York City on August 28 after a two-week, carbon-free trip across the Atlantic. The trip took two weeks because she traveled by high-speed yacht. It…
Voters in Israel head to the polls in contentious run-off election
Khury Petersen-Smith, the Michael Ratner Middle East Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies, joined KPFA to discuss Israel’s recent election. Topics included Benjamin Netanyahu’s time in office, Israeli politics…
Your tax dollars are being used for perpetual war and human carnage
The United States is well into the 18th year of its Global War on Terror. We’ve heard hope-inspiring names for the military’s operations, like Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan and Iraqi…
In 2003, a Farmer Killed Himself to Protest Globalization. Little Has Changed
Sixteen years ago this week, Lee Kyung Hae, a South Korean farmer, scaled a fence in Cancún, Mexico, and stabbed himself to death with a penknife while wearing a sign…
Ending Poverty Will Require a Movement Led by Poor People
Every September the US Census Bureau releases new data on the state of poverty in America. On that day, the issue receives more attention from the media than it does throughout the…
Poor People’s Campaign launches 25-state tour in election lead-up
The Poor People’s Campaign announced Sept. 9 the launch of its nine-month tour across the United States to organize and mobilize more than 1 million low-income people in the lead-up…
Race, Class and Privilege and the NFL’s Unresolved Issues
Perhaps it was inevitable that the National Football League would not be immune to the raw, angry clashes around race that have exploded into super bursts of toxic energy around…
War, a $2 trillion Boondoggle
In Ireland the total defence sector allocation, including Army pensions, will be €994 million in 2019 (around 0.291% of GDP), an increase of €47.5 million over 2018. Target strength for…
Q&A: Acclaimed novelist Tope Folarin on immigration, the wall and growing up different in Utah
Growing up in Utah as the child of Nigerian immigrants, Tope Folarin could never forget that he was different. He was reminded on the playground, when another child tried to…
Black Alliance for Peace makes demands of presidential candidates
In the second half of the show, Lee interviews Netfa Freeman of the Black Alliance for Peace. The Black Alliance for Peace have put together a list of demands for…
US Cannabis Regulator Tells UK to Recruit Former Dealers for Legal Weed Jobs
In a recent meeting with British lawmakers, a Massachusetts cannabis commissioner recommended that the United Kingdom should recruit former drug dealers to enter the legal weed industry if the country eventually legalizes…
UK advised to recruit former drug dealers if marijuana is legalised
Former drug dealers should be recruited and trained to produce safe, legal cannabis if the UK decides to legalise marijuana, the head of an American programme overseeing the sale of…
New Report Warns of Deepfakes and Social Media Disinformation Campaigns That Aim to Undermine 2020 Election
A report published Tuesday by New York University warns that fake videos and other misleading or false information could be deployed by domestic and foreign sources in efforts influence the…
Netfa Freeman joins Africa Today at KPFA Radio
Netfa Freeman joined KPFA’s Africa Today radio program. Listen to the full interview at KPFA Radio.
MOVE 9 and political prisoners
After decades in prison, many of the MOVE 9 political prisoners have now come home. To many, the police attacks on the MOVE organisation, including the infamous 1985 bombing of…
11 New Books We Recommend This Week
If you’ve seen our guide to the big books of September, you may already be clearing your schedule in anticipation. But you don’t have to wait: This week’s recommended reading is…
The Rise and Spread of Excessive Wealth Disorder
By the time it was over, I half-expected a squad of cheerleaders dressed in Eisenhower-era outfits to charge out and exhort the crowd with an old-timey call-and-response: “Gimme a T!…
Will You Answer the Call for Moral Revival?
I cannot overstate my tremendous admiration for Rev. William Barber. Our connection goes back to North Carolina when I was the President of Bennett College, and he led the state…
Reporte indica como centros de detentión migratorios afectan la economía
letcherEl reciente informe de Karla Molinar-Arvizo, Detention Drain, analiza el costo del centro de detención de inmigrantes en Cibola, Nuevo México. Cibola está perdiendo millones de dólares por año, y…
Reporte acerca de la cárcel del Condado de Cibola
ALBUQUERQUE, NUEVO MÉXICO – De acuerdo a la autora del reporte, la economía del Condado de Cibola está siendo afectada desde que la compañía privada “CoreCivic” se hizo cargo de…
El Paso rampage isn’t just about guns
I’ve always known racism. I’ve always known bigotry. Often, they were my neighbors. I grew up in a conservative, rural, mostly white town. I had no choice but to be…
Democrats have no problem criticizing Israel, but no specifics on holding it accountable
Earlier this week, New York Senator and Democratic presidential candidate Kirsten Gillibrand told ABC’s Martha Raddatz that the United States should hold Israel accountable for barring Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN)…
In mass shootings, motive matters
I’ve always known racism. I’ve always known bigotry. Often, they were my neighbors. I grew up in a conservative, rural, mostly white town. I had no choice but to be…
Elton John may have made things worse for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle on private plane controversy
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are either compassionate defenders of the environment and victims of unfair and unrelenting bullying by the media. Or they are like all the other rich…
Don’t Tax Carbon—Just Stop Digging It Up
Owen argues that a carbon tax and dividend could cut carbon emissions while contributing to the general welfare, but the model is deeply flawed. Indeed, any carbon tax—whether the revenue…
Elton John Defends Harry and Meghan’s Private Jet Trip to His French Villa
The British press was quick to criticize Prince Harry and Meghan Markle after the royal couple were photographed boarding a private jet in the south of France last week, reportedly…
‘Hypocrites’ Prince Harry and Meghan Markle criticized for private jet travel: Diana ‘always flew commercial’
About a week after Prince Harry faced criticism for being one of the world’s elite using a private jet to reach the climate change summit at Google Camp in Sicily,…
