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F Word: The Global Corruption Rebellion Americans Don’t Know They’re Part Of

 Abuse of power, corruption, violation of the social contract... If you’re an American Democrat, chances are Donald Trump’s disdain for all of those has been evident to you for quite a bit. The spectacle...

Laura Flanders Wins WMC Lifetime Achievement Award!

We're thrilled to announce that the Women's Media Center has honored Laura Flanders with the 2019 Pat Mitchell Lifetime Achievement Award. WMC chose Laura "for her extraordinary work and contributions in advancing progressive...

F Word: #SayHerName, Impeachment and the Hawk

I was thinking about impeachment when a bird fell out of the sky.  I was thinking about quid pro quos and the using of the presidency for personal gain when I rounded a corner and...

Puerto Rico: Freedom From Fantasy

Puerto Rico: Freedom From FantasyAbout the ShowWhat does freedom from fantasy mean? When most Americans know about Puerto Rico is based on a colonial fantasy, says journalist and Columbia University professor, Ed Morales. This...

F Word: Iowa is not the Twitterverse

Iowa is not the Twitterverse It was a balmy 70 degrees in New York City last Saturday, and the excited green croci began tipping through the earth. Now, that same ground is icy, and those...

Touretteshero Does Becket

Touretteshero Does BeckettAbout This EpisodeLaura interviews British comedian and activist Jess Thom about her performance of Samuel Beckett’s play “Not I.” Thom’s work reveals how neurodiversity makes theater, society—everything!—richer. From Public Theater listing:"Jess Thom has Tourettes,...

Iowa Media Back To The Future – F Word

In the first week of February, every four years, coastal correspondents decamp to Iowa to cover the first-in-the nation nominating contest. Face-to-face, caucus by caucus, what the state lacks in demographics, it makes up...

The Future is Public: Special Report from Amsterdam

From Austria to Chile, Lagos to London, people are demanding policies that democratize economies and keep public resources in public hands. In just the last decade, more than 2,400 cities in 58 countries have...

Democracy Vs Dictatorship: Don’t Let Bloomberg Muddy That Choice – F Word

Democracy vs Dictatorship: Don't Let Bloomberg Muddy That Choice  The 2020 presidential race didn’t get decided this week, but the choice before us did: more democracy or less of it. That’s the decision we are...

Laura to Speak at KPFK Feb 22

KPFK and Random Length News present a KPFK Speaker Series featuring Laura Flanders and Sonali Kolhatkar for a conversation on independent media with special guests Greg Palast and James Preston Allen. It will take...

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