Speaking Truth to Power: Adachi Wins Prestigious Defense of Poor National Award
The National Legal Aid & Defender Association (NLADA) has selected San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi as its 2012 Reginald Heber Smith Award winner.
Ending the U.S. Senate Filibuster Rule
There is increasing sentiment in the U.S. Senate to end or reform the filibuster. As we have seen in the last sessions of Congress, a 41-vote minority of Republican senators…
KPFA Is More Than a Radio Station
According to the mission statement of Pacifica, we would be wrong to base all of our programming decisions on who makes the most money during the morning drive time or…
What Did the President Know About the Benghazi Attack, Petraeus Affair?
(Updated, 12/2/12) Two coincidences are swirling around former CIA Director Petraeus: that the Benghazi attack had nothing to do with the anniversary of 9/11 and Al Qaeda, and that knowledge…
Why I’m Supporting SaveKPFA in KPFA’s Board Election
This month, KPFA is going through what will probably prove to be one of the most important elections of its 10-year experiment with democracy.
Race and Ranked Choice Voting in San Francisco
San Francisco’s ranked choice voting system produced surprising results in the Nov. 6 election when voters in District 5, the City’s most progressive district, elected moderate London Breed, and in…
Is Proportional Representation and Other Reforms Key to Democratizing US Electoral System?
After well over a year campaigning and an estimated $6 billion spent (including by SuperPacs), we ended up with the same president and roughly the same Democratic-controlled Senate and GOP-controlled…