Duane Bradley, general manager of 90.1 KPFT, Pacifica Radio in Houston, Texas, speaks on the station's financial challenges as it endeavors to reach a summer campaign fundraising goal.

KPFT GM Duane Bradley on Finances, Fund Drive and the Future

In many polls, dissatisfaction with Washington and partisan gridlock affecting virtually all questions of public policy is cresting. One young man says he's got a solution.

15-year-old Caleb Crowder says a school project inspired him to explore solutions to improving American democracy through a change in campaigns and elections. His opinions on everything from youth interest in politics to U.S. foreign policy are also intriguing. This program aired on Open Journal on September 15, 2014.

Fixing Corruption in America's Government

KPFT is offering during this fund drive a newly discovered speech from civil rights icon Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. It's available via the Pacifica Radio Archives (PRA number and more at the end), or via KPFT during the Winter 2015 campaign - 713-526-KPFT.

During his visit to the United Kingdom in December, 1964 (while on the way to Oslo to accept the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize), King addressed an overflow crowd at the City Temple hall in central London, and Pacifica European correspondent Saul Bernstein was there to record it.  Dr. King discussed the history of slavery, Supreme Court rulings, Greek philosophy, the concept of non-violence, the fight against segregation, the registration of Black voters, and the struggle to end hate and bigotry across the planet.  King also read a prepared text on the situation at the time in South Africa, voicing support of a unified World Nation policy that would impose sanctions on the country to force an end to apartheid.

"Time is Now" - Martin Luther King, December 7, 1964

When you forego your pledge drive gift, your donation will be matched to support the fight against human trafficking and sex trafficking in Houston. Todd J. Latiolais, staff attorney with Children At Risk, spoke with KPFT's Ernesto Aguilar about human trafficking in Houston, the Traffic Stop campaign during the station's fund drive, and the forecast in the Texas Legislature.

Human Trafficking and Sex Trafficking in Houston

Molly Stentz is news director for WORT in Madison, Wis. She's also a KPFT member, and shares why.

An Appeal For KPFT

KPFT veterans remember the late great DJ.

KPFT Tribute to Zin

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