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Airs at: Tue, 07/15/2025 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

Diane Ravitch on the Future of Public Education & the Presidential Candidates on Foreign Policy

Airs at: Wed, 03/16/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am

Produced for: Flashpoints

Today on Flashpoints: We'll have an extended interview with noted educator and author, Dianne Ravitch, on the future of public school education in the context of the current election cycle. Also, we'll take a hard look at the presidential candidates and their foreign pol... Read more

Flashpoints on 03/15/16

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

Produced for: Flashpoints

The Case of Salvadoran Immigrant and Portlander Francisco Aguirre and More Attacks on Ethnic Studies

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

Produced for: Flashpoints

Guest host Gavilon Molina speaks with Pablo Alvarado, the national director for NDLON, about the case of Salvadorian migrant and Portlander Francisco Aguirre. He also speaks with activist and organizer, Tony Diaz, on the renewed attack against ethnic studies in Texas. Read more

The Story of a Student Denied Entry to Occupied Palestine

Airs at: Wed, 03/09/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am

Produced for: Flashpoints

Nora Barrows Friedman of the Electronic Intifada is the guest host for Flashpoints, which features her extended interview with a twenty-one-year-old student who was denied entry into Palestine by Israeli Occupation authorities. Read more

Flashpoints on 03/04/16

Airs at: Fri, 03/04/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am

Produced for: Flashpoints

Latest on Haiti and the Electronic Intifada

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

Produced for: Flashpoints

Today on Flashpoints: We bring you an excerpt from our Friday local show with senior producer, Kevin Pina, with the latest on Haiti. Also, The Electronic Intifada returns with their latest podcast, hosted by Nora Barrows-Friedman. Read more

Documentary on Capitalism

Airs at: Wed, 03/02/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am

Produced for: Flashpoints

Today on Flashpoints: We feature another excerpt from the powerful multi-part documentary series Capitalism. Read more

Flashpoints on 03/01/16

Airs at: Tue, 03/01/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am

Produced for: Flashpoints

Today on Flashpoints, we present audio from an event celebrating the life and times of rebel reporter John Ross. Then, Kevin Pena gives an update on the struggle for democracy in Haiti. Read more

Flashpoints on 02/26/16

Airs at: Fri, 02/26/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am

Produced for: Flashpoints

Part 2 of a Talk by Economist Richard Wolff and the Electronic Intifada

Airs at: Thu, 02/25/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am

Produced for: Flashpoints

Today on Flashpoints: We feature part two of a speech given recently by radical economist, Richard Wolff. And later, The Electronic Intifada returns with it's latest podcast, hosted by Nora Barrows-Friedman. Read more