Your Call
Summary: KALW's call-in show: Politics and culture, dialogue and debate.
Podcasts:
We’ll have a conversation with labor journalist Steve Early about his new book Refinery Town: Big Oil, Big Money, and the Remaking of an American City .
How is Steve Bannon shaping the executive branch?
We'll rebroadcast our conversation with Dr. Jane McAlevey about her new book No Shortcuts: Organizing for Power in the New Gilded Age.
On this week’s media roundtable, we’ll discuss coverage of Donlad Trump’s executive order on immigration, which bans people from seven Muslim majority countries from entering the US.
Last month, California Governor Jerry Brown proposed his $179 billion state budget. When he unveiled it, he said the “trajectory of revenue growth is declining.” He said he’ll address an expected deficit by slowing the growth in spending on public schools and other social services.
How are photographers documenting the impacts of climate change and environmental degradation?
How did a teacher-led coalition defeat a charter school expansion initiative despite being outspent by dark money and out-of-state contributions?
Donald Trump's travel ban barring citizens of seven Muslim majority countries entry into the US has sparked protests at airports across the country.
This week, on the media roundtable, we’ll discuss coverage of Donald Trump’s executive actions. The administration has ordered the EPA to stop communicating with the public and giving out grants. Trump also says he will bring back torture and black sites.
What does Rex Tillerson’s 41-year record at ExxonMobil reveal about how he will function as the President’s chief foreign affairs adviser?
How do we create live/work spaces that are safe and affordable for artists?
On Saturday, more than three million people gathered in cities around the country to oppose Donald Trump's sexist and racist agenda and to raise their voices about reproductive rights, economic justice, the environment, and many other crucial issues. It's said to be the largest march in US history. Marches also took place across the globe.
What is the future of the labor movement? Dr. Jane McAlevey joins us to discuss her new book No Shortcuts: Organizing for Power in the New Gilded Age.
On Saturday, more than three million people gathered in cities around the country to oppose Donald Trump's sexist and racist agenda and to raise their voices about reproductive rights, economic justice, the environment, and many other crucial issues. It's said to be the largest march in US history. Marches also took place across the globe.
How did President Obama deal with the news media? we’ll discuss Barack Obama's press freedom legacy, and Trumps’s hostility toward the press.
