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Professor Barbara Walter says the thing that scares her the most is the "police state being built around us, in real time, disguised as something meant to protect us."

More than a million federal workers have lost their collective bargaining and union protections. Trump has also cut wages and made working conditions worse.

After 10 days of negotiations in Geneva to develop a strategy to end plastic pollution, countries failed to reach a consensus on a treaty.

An Inside Climate News analysis found sections addressing alleged abuses against Indigenous peoples were removed from the US State Department's report on human rights.

Donald Trump has nominated a Heritage Foundation economist and Project 2025 contributor E.J. Antoni to head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

According to the UN, civilian casualties in Ukraine reached a three-year high in July, with 286 killed and 1,388 injured — the highest monthly toll since May 2022.

We're marking California Public Radio Day by opening the lines to find out what you want to hear on Your Call. What's on your mind during these challenging times?

Every week, we'll summarize the latest news, from ICE arrests to the National Guard in DC, put it in historical context, and find out how people are responding.

In his new book, "Here Comes the Sun," the acclaimed environmental activist Bill McKibben details how harnessing solar energy is the key to building a sustainable future.

California Governor Gavin Newsom has announced plans to move forward with a redistricting initiative aimed at countering GOP-led gerrymandering efforts in Texas.

Last Sunday, Al Jazeera's prominent journalist Anas al-Sharif, along with five of his colleagues, was killed in a deliberate Israeli attack on a media tent in Gaza city.

Two educators with more than four decades of experience between them discuss the state of public education, challenges in the classroom, and changes they'd like to see.

Students face challenges inside and outside the classroom as cash strapped schools struggle with funding cuts. How can we support our students and protect our schools?

Local queer communities are already embracing the bay area's new women's basketball team.

As the climate warms, new data shows huge swaths of land across the globe are quickly drying, threatening humanity's supply of fresh water.

KALW's seven-part series examines the growing threat of sea level rise along California's coast.

ICE agents are increasingly breaking people's car windows to make arrests. Student loan assistance is one incentive being used to recruit 10,000 new agents.

We continue our discussion about public media cuts and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting's announcement that it will shut down. What's next for public media?

Last week, the EPA released a proposal to repeal the 2009 endangerment finding, which says greenhouse gases are a threat to public health.

The documentary, Gaza: Journalists Under Fire, tells the story of three of the journalists killed by the Israeli army while covering the assault on Gaza.

An investigation by the ICIJ reveals that World Bank investments in private hospitals in East Africa have pushed patients deeper into poverty.

A new IPC report has issued a dire warning that a famine is unfolding in Gaza, as roughly a third of its 2.1 million people have gone multiple days without food.

Before this bill passed, Morning Consult found more Americans are going hungry. This bill will make this crisis worse. How are food banks and organizations preparing?

Tim Richardson, disinformation program manager at PEN America, told HuffPost that Trump's attacks set a dangerous precedent and it's hard to say where this ends.

Stanford Professor Mark Jacobson says the world needs to quickly transition to clean energy solutions including wind, water, and solar to save our planet.

A ProPublica and Texas Tribune investigation reveals that the Texas Legislature has repeatedly failed to enact measures that would help communities prepare for flooding.

In a statement on Thursday, the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees warned that families in Gaza are breaking down amid the hunger crisis.

Dave Daley reports that Texas Republicans justify their redistricting plan with the dubious claim that the current map is an unconstitutional racial gerrymander.

Award-winning reporters Josh Dawsey, Tyler Pager, and Isaac Arnsdorf ask: How did the first US president to become a convicted felon regain control of the White House?

The GOP's public media cuts will cause KALW to lose $400K a year for the next two years. The cuts will hit community and tribal stations the hardest. What are solutions?

ICE agents are testing legal boundaries and tearing communities apart to try and arrest 7,000 people every day. What does the future hold under Trump's extreme policies?

The Trump administration is laying off scientists and taking down websites with crucial environmental tools and information.

The cryptocurrency industry spent more than $250 million in the last election to help crypto-friendly candidates run for Congress and the White House.

All but four House and Senate Republicans voted to cut $1.1B from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Once the law goes into effect, KALW will lose $400,000 a year.

All but two Senate Republicans voted to cut $1.1 billion from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which funds NPR and PBS. KALW will immediately lose $400,000.

At our recent live broadcast at the San Francisco Public Library, we discussed universal healthcare in California and resources at the state and local levels.

The GOP's budget will strip 17 million people of their health insurance and push the healthcare system to a breaking point. How are medical professionals preparing?

The floods in Texas have killed at least 120 people. The tragedy has raised serious questions about the catastrophic impacts of Trump's budget cuts to NOAA and FEMA.

Antonia Juhasz reports that the new law compounds the already $17 billion in direct federal subsidies US taxpayers pay to oil, gas, and coal companies every year.

Last week, Paramount Global, the parent company of CBS, agreed to pay $16 million to settle a Trump lawsuit over a 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris.

The documentary film Democracy Noir tells the story of three brave women who confront the policies and corruption of Hungary's autocratic Prime Minister Viktor Orban.

USAID programs have saved over 90 million lives over the past two decades. If the current cuts continue through 2030, 14 million people could lose their lives.