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LAPD Right-Wing Bias in Violent Response to UCLA Protest Was No Surprise

U.S. law enforcement has long sided with the right against peaceful anti-war, environmental, racial and economic injustice protesters...

Update, 5/17/24: Paradox of police power covered by newly released Netflix film, 'Power'...

At a Moment of National Peril, Warnock’s ‘Voting Rights Speech for the Ages’

GA's new Senator appeals to our better angels to save our democracy...

New Report Finds Freedom, Democracy ‘Under Siege’ Around Globe, in U.S.: ‘BradCast’ 3/8/2021

Guest: Sarah Repucci of Freedom House; Also: Senate passes Biden's very progressive $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill; SCOTUS rejects last of Trump's 2020 election challenges...

Are Americans Ready (or Even Able) to Roll Back the GOP’s Decade-Old ‘Permanent Minority Rule’?: ‘BradCast’ 10/21/2020

Guest: Author and 'REDMAP' gerrymandering expert David Daley; Also: Lawyers hate Trump; Dems to boycott Barrett vote?; Federal court allows TX to reject mail-in ballots without contacting voters...

Monopoly Money: ‘BradCast’ 7/30/2020

Guest: David Dayen on Wednesday's 'incredible' anti-trust hearing in the House and new book 'Monopolized: Life in the Age of Corporate Power'; Also: Herman Cain dies of COVID; Trump tries to distract from newly disastrous economic numbers; Rep. Lewis laid to rest...

OH House Speaker Arrested in ‘Largest Bribery, Money Laundering Scheme’ In State History: ‘BradCast’ 7/21/2020

GOP lawmaker, 4 co-conspirators face racketeering charges for billion dollar nuke plant bailout conspiracy; Also: 31 states smash COVID records; MO Guv okay with school kids getting infected...

‘Good Trouble, Necessary Trouble’: Fighting for Voting Rights and Fair Elections — Even in CA: ‘BradCast’ 7/20/2020

Guest: Ray Lutz of Citizens' Oversight; Also: Rest in Power, John Lewis...

IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY AT LAST: ‘BradCast’ 9/24/2019

Guest host Angie Coiro with all the breaking news, and psychoanalyst Justin Frank puts 'Trump on the Couch'...

Not Much Can Stop a Trump-Declared ‘National Emergency’: ‘BradCast’ 1/4/2019

Guest-host Angie Coiro with the latest shutdown news, HR-1, border update; Also: More with health care futurist Joe Flower...

On Political Courage and ‘Not Getting Lost in a Sea of Despair’: ‘BradCast’ 6/28/2018

Good advice from smart people on this very dark moment in U.S. history; Also: More encouraging results from Tuesday's primaries...

FL Rep. Says Dems Will ‘Sit-In’ Until a Vote on Guns or GOP ‘Hauls People Off House Floor’: ‘BradCast’ 6/22/2016

Congressman Ted Deutch (D-FL) tells 'BradCast' GOP shutdown of C-SPAN cameras 'astonishing', lack of vote 'disgusting'...

Voting Rights Act 50th Anniversary: Special ‘BradCast’ Coverage, 8/6/2015

Guests: Sam Walker of the National Voting Rights Museum in Selma, AL; Former DoJ attny Katherine Culliton-González of Advancement Project...

KPFK ‘BradCast’: ‘March on Washington’ 50th Anniversary Special Coverage

PLUS: EFF's Trevor Timm on FISA Court and the U.S. Secrecy State...

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