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Host Doug Henwood covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global.
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- Sep 24, 2026
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fundraising special: Kristin Du Mez on the world of right-wing evangelical women (opens the original)
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Kristin Kobes Du Mez, author of Live Laugh Love, on the world of right-wing evangelical Christian women The post fundraising special: Kristin Du Mez on the world of right-wing evangelical women appeared first on KPFA.
School politics, sex worker politics (opens the original)
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Jennifer Berkshire talks about the anti-school voucher backlash (articles here and here) • Heather Berg, author of Notes from the Sex Worker Left, on what that formation brings to politics The post School politics, sex worker politics appeared first on KPFA.
AI may kill us all, so it must be stopped • the life of historian Howard Zinn (opens the original)
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Garrison Lovely, author of Obsolete, on the terrors and possible promise of AI • Dave Zirin on Howard Zinn, the subject of his new biography The post AI may kill us all, so it must be stopped • the life of historian Howard Zinn appeared first on KPFA.
Grabbing Venezuela’s oil • a future without cops and jails (opens the original)
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Alejandro Velasco on Trump’s oil grab in Venezuela • Alex Vitale on a post-carceral future The post Grabbing Venezuela’s oil • a future without cops and jails appeared first on KPFA.
The political economy of slavery • building postcarbon futures (opens the original)
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David McNally, author of Slavery and Capitalism, on the political economy of the institution • Billy Fleming, author of Building Postcarbon Futures, on how to get from here to there The post The political economy of slavery • building postcarbon futures appeared first on KPFA.
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