KPFA - Behind the News

Andrew Cockburn, author of Washington Is Burning, on “the spectacular greed at the heart of the nation’s political system” • Hadas Thier, author of this article, on crypto in the age of Trump The post Corruption in the capital, crypto in the age of Trump appeared first on KPFA.

Gabriel Hetland on what’s been happening in Venezuela since the kidnapping of Maduro (Intercept article here) • David Griscom, author of The Myth of Red Texas, on that state’s forgotten radical history The post Venezuela after Maduro • the forgotten radical history of Texas appeared first on KPFA.

Mouin Rabbani talks about the Iran war and its many complications • Helen Yaffe talks about Trump’s oil embargo on Cuba—its effects and how Cubans are reacting The post Iran crisis, Cuba crisis appeared first on KPFA.

Nancy Fraser goes beyond the class/identity disputes • Natalie Y. Moore on the effects of federal layoffs on black women (article here) The post beyond the class/identity dead end • effect of federal layoffs on black women appeared first on KPFA.

Historian Nikhil Pal Singh, author of this article, talks about how the Trump regime weaves foreign and domestic policy into a single domain of impunity, Homeland Empire The post Trump’s unified domain of impunity appeared first on KPFA.

Behrooz Ghamari, author of The Long War on Iran, on the politics and culture of the country • Anatol Lieven on the effects of the war on Iran on the region and world The post Fundraising special: two views of Iran appeared first on KPFA.

David Harvey, author of The Story of Capital, looks at the political economy of the present through a Marxist lens The post Fundraising special: David Harvey on capital appeared first on KPFA.

Naomi Hossain on politics in Bangladesh generally and the recent election specifically • Stuart Schrader on “authoritarianism from below”—the role of local cops in the Trump crackdowns (article here) The post Fundraising special: politics in Bangladesh, local cops and the Trump crackdowns appeared first on KPFA.

Stacy Horn, author of The Killing Fields of East New York, on the damage mortgage fraud did to that neighborhood • David Backer, author of As Public as Possible, on how we finance schools and how we could do better The post Wrecking East New York, financing schools appeared first on KPFA.

David Harvey on his new book, The Story of Capital • excerpt from Mark Carney’s Davos speech • Adam Federman on Trump’s Greenland obsession The post Behind the News – February 5, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

David Austin Walsh, author of Taking America Back, on the relationship between the kooks and respectables on the right • Laura Field, author of Furious Minds, on the intellectual wing of Trumpism The post Two views of the right: the sordid side of “respectable,” and Trump’s court intellectuals appeared first on KPFA.

David Bier of the Cato Institute on what’s behind Trump’s war on immigrants • Aurélie Daher on the state of Hezbollah and why Israel is bombing Lebanon The post Trump’s war on immigrants, Israel’s war on Lebanon appeared first on KPFA.

Forrest Hylton on Venezuela, past, present, and future The post Venezuela, again appeared first on KPFA.

Alejandro Velasco on Venezuela • Eric Blanc defends Victor Berger, Milwaukee’s sewer socialist, against charges of racism The post Venezuela and setting Victor Berger’s record straight appeared first on KPFA.

Host Doug Henwood covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global. The post Behind the News – January 1, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.