Flashpoints

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Airs at: Tue, 01/13/2026 at 10:00am - 11:00am

Airs at: Tue, 02/02/2027 at 10:00am - 11:00am

INVESTIGATIVE News Radio with host Dennis Bernstein

Investigative News Radio with host Dennis Bernstein from KPFA, historic community radio station in Berkeley, California. Flashpoints is an award-winning daily investigative newsmagazine. Through original reports and some of the key investigative reporters of our time, Flashpoints goes to the frontlines and to the core of the stories in the areas of government and corporate criminality, human rights, and economic justice. From Baghdad to the US-Mexico border, Palestine to San Francisco, Port-au-Prince to Washington DC, Flashpoints monitors the centers of power as an uncensored platform of independent media.

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Topic tags:

Civil Rights/Human Rights, Government/Politics, Class, Corporations, Global Affairs

Streams:

KBOO Stream 1

Program status:

Current

Flashpoints on 06/07/16

Airs at: Tue, 06/07/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am

Produced for: Flashpoints

Today on Flashpoints, investigative reporter Greg Palast discusses Tuesday's California primary election. Then, Kevin Pena gives an update on the ongoing struggle for democracy in Haiti. Finally, solar activist Harvey Wasserman comments on the closing of the Three Mile I... Read more

Domestic Workers Protest, Activists Protest a Racist Textbook, and Cartoonist Lalo Alcala on his Work

Airs at: Fri, 06/03/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am

Produced for: Flashpoints

Today on Flashpoints: Domestic workers arrested in Sacramento, protesting for safer working conditions, Latino and Chicano activists speak out against a new racist textbook in Texas. And we'll feature an extended interview with celebrated Latino cartoonist and satiris... Read more

Flashpoints on 06/02/16

Airs at: Thu, 06/02/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am

Produced for: Flashpoints

Flashpoints on 06/01/16

Airs at: Wed, 06/01/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am

Produced for: Flashpoints

Law and Disorder on 05/31/16

Airs at: Tue, 05/31/2016 at 10:00am - 11:00am

Produced for: Flashpoints

Today on Law and Disorder, hosts Michael Smith and Heidi Boghosian remember their cohost Michael Ratner. Read more

Today on Letters and Politics, Professor of History Elizabeth Hinton discusses her book From the War on Poverty to the War on Crime: The Making of Mass Incarceration in America. Read more