Erica Fleishman

In the midst of election season, conversations revolving around the levers of power become more frequent, and in the case of a U.S.

Seventy-nine years ago, the Truman administration dropped atom bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, instantly killing approximately 100,000 innocent civilians.

KCRW analyzes Donald Trump’s presidential win. Did the Democrats play a losing hand? Plus, what can we expect under the leadership of a conservative government?

The CIA’s destructive role in world politics since the end of World War II as a secret rogue spy agency controlled by unelected intelligence officers has become so ubiquitous that it…

Any threat to the status quo within the American empire has led to the censorship, jailing and escape of the dissidents brave enough to stand against it.

Those seeking systemic change often aim to radically overhaul the existing structure and directly challenge the rot they see within.

Did voters learn anything new from the Trump-Harris debate? Are live fact checks useful or fair? Plus, disinformation muddies the discourse on immigration.

An audio folk story examining the tradition of Black watermelon long-haulers, who drive to farms in the South for watermelon and sell them in Black neighborhoods around the US.

Body disposition can have a major environmental impact. That’s partly why 12 states and counting have legalized human composting in the past five years.