current affairs

As the first group of Central American migrants arrive at the southern border, KCSB reporter Nassef Mohsen Ali talks to UCSB Political Science professor Kathleen Bruhn about the backstory to the caravan.

Reporting on the recent Goleta Fires missed out an essential connection between extreme weather and climate change. UCSB political science professor Leah Stokes explains to KCSB's Harry Lawton the need to establish the link and its greater implications.

The US response to Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria has been considered inadequate by many. How has Puerto Rico's history of colonization informed this response? KCSB's Tania Colón Morales has the story.

These are hard times for American unions, and the future also presents serious hurdles. A recent example of the difficulties of the struggle for labor justice was the defeat of the Auto Workers Union's attempt to unionize the workers at the Nissan plant…