<![CDATA[KPFK - Rising Up]]> http://www.kpfk.org/on-air/sonali-kolhatkar/ webmaster@kpfk.org (Archive Manager) webmaster@kpfk.org (KPFK Admin) en-us Tue, 18 Aug 2026 15:00:00 -0700 60 Pacifica Archive archiver_9.0.1 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Public Affairs- National+Syndicated KPFK Public Radio - Online Archives webmaster@kpfk.org Sonali Kolhatkar no <![CDATA[Rising Up - Tuesday, August 18, 2026]]> https://archive.kpfk.org/mp3/kpfk_260818_150000risingup.mp3 https://archive.kpfk.org/mp3/kpfk_260818_150000risingup.mp3 Tue, 18 Aug 2026 15:00:00 -0700 3604 no Public Affairs- National+Syndicated <![CDATA[Rising Up - Tuesday, August 11, 2026]]> https://archive.kpfk.org/mp3/kpfk_260811_150000risingup.mp3 https://archive.kpfk.org/mp3/kpfk_260811_150000risingup.mp3 Tue, 11 Aug 2026 15:00:00 -0700 3604 no Public Affairs- National+Syndicated <![CDATA[Tuesday, August 4, 2026 - This week, well begin by digging under the headlines of how the Trump Administration has refused to renew funding for legal representation for unaccompanied immigrant children. Shaina Aber, Executive Director of Acacia Center for Justice, one of nearly a 100 legal advocacy groups whose funding has been illegally stripped, will explain whats at stake and how people can push to restore child legal protections. Then, Bret Grote, lead counsel for political prisoner Mumia Abu Jamal, and founder and legal director of Abolitionist Law Center, will share the latest effort to free Mumia " its a petition to the United Nations. Finally, well go to Pennsylvania whose State Supreme Court earlier this year struck down mandatory life without parole sentences for felony murder convictions and my guest Kris Henderson, co-founder and co-Executive Director of the Amistad Law Project will explain what led to the victory and whose lives itll impact. ]]> https://archive.kpfk.org/mp3/kpfk_260804_150000risingup.mp3 https://archive.kpfk.org/mp3/kpfk_260804_150000risingup.mp3 Tue, 04 Aug 2026 15:00:00 -0700 3510 no Public Affairs- National+Syndicated <![CDATA[Tuesday, July 28, 2026 - This week, well go to India where a mass student-led movement demanding educational reforms has scored a major victory. New Delhi-based reporter Ahilya Majithia will share what she saw on the ground and will explain the protest movements demands, strategies, and next steps. Then well go to Florida where a congressional candidate with the Democratic Socialists of America, Oliver Larkin, will respond to corporate media pundits pearl-clutching over a wave of recent DSA wins. And finally, as the nations democracy erodes rapidly under Donald Trump and billionaires like Elon Musk, well turn to Lindsay Koshgarian of the National Priorities Project about a new report shes co-authored called Forging a Democracy that Works For All. ]]> https://archive.kpfk.org/mp3/kpfk_260728_000000risingup.mp3 https://archive.kpfk.org/mp3/kpfk_260728_000000risingup.mp3 Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0700 3510 no Public Affairs- National+Syndicated <![CDATA[Tuesday, July 21, 2026 - This week, as ICE agents change tactics, lowering their profile while upping their arrests and killings, immigrant rights activists like my guest Gabe Gonzalez of Project Rogers Park in Chicago are pivoting. Then, in a case that is the first of its kind, a Washington woman is suing big oil companies like Exxon Mobil over the 2021 death of her mother whose cause of death was hyperthermia linked to a record-breaking heat dome in the Pacific Northwest. Mike Meno of the Center for Climate Integrity will share more about the case, and whether suing Big Oil can help end fossil fuel domination. Finally, former physician Stephen Bezruchka, joins me to discuss his new book, Born Sick in the USA: Improving the Health of a Nation. Stephen will address why the USs health outcomes are worse than most wealthy nations despite our healthcare system being the most expensive in the world. Hint: the answer is capitalism. ]]> https://archive.kpfk.org/mp3/kpfk_260721_150000risingup.mp3 https://archive.kpfk.org/mp3/kpfk_260721_150000risingup.mp3 Tue, 21 Jul 2026 15:00:00 -0700 3511 no Public Affairs- National+Syndicated