KPFA

  • One hand clapping

    My friend waved her stump for emphasis, or testimony. She waved it when she sang. She was like your craziest aunt, the religious one, with funny eyes, who drinks.
    By Anne Lamott June 20, 2003

  • The battle for indie radio

    After seven years of bitter infighting, the dissidents have retaken control of Pacifica, the venerable left-wing radio network. Now comes the hard part.
    By Jesse Walker June 20, 2002

  • "Rebels on the Air" by Jesse Walker

    Before it became an cash machine for station owners, radio was briefly the province of madmen who made it the liveliest medium in America.
    By Douglas Cruickshank February 11, 2002

  • Blue Glow

    Salon's TV picks for Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2000
    By Joyce Millman September 19, 2000

  • Letters to the Editor

    Mary Frances Berry talks back, defending KPFA strategy; Cintra Wilson is "simplistic and condescending; differentiating between self-love and self-absorption.
    Letters to the Editor October 20, 1999

  • There's something about Mary

    Management problems and divisive racial politics have followed Mary Frances Berry from the U.S. Civil Rights Commission to the Pacifica Radio Network
    By Judith Coburn October 12, 1999

  • Letters to the Editor

    Don't sanitize America by censoring "South Park"; "Nancy Quan" glamorizes prostitution; breast is best for most (but not all) new moms.
    Letters to the Editor July 26, 1999

  • The real Henry Hyde scandal

    A new book lays out his role in a failed S&L, and it wasn't just a youthful indiscretion.
    By David Moberg June 7, 1999

  • April 3, 1998: the day punk died

    Tim Yohannon 1946-1998
    By Gavin McNett April 17, 1998

  • Not so Pacific at Pacifica

    Is the troubled progressive radio network drifting to the right -- or just cleaning up a worn-out '60s message?
    By Eyal Press June 13, 1997
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