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rewilding LA: Matilija Dam History and Ecosystems

Creative FRONTLINE Interview with Tracker Ginamarie Rangel Quinone (Chiricahua Apache, AIM Grassroots)

(LOS ANGELES, Calif.) - Gina "Tracker" Quinone (Chiricahua Apache) knows what it feels like to lose access to traditional lands, a devastating and heartbreaking loss, stripping away connections to a homeland that exists only in memory.

Filmmaker/Journalist Robert Lundahl documents this loss of land and culture across the West.

A Story Told: Benefits or a Curse at Thacker Pass

"We can protect the Trout and the Sage Grouse, there's more protection for those than there is for Native people." –Shelley Harjo

(LOS ANGELES, Calif.) - Shelley Harjo takes us behind the scenes to reveal the pressure her community is feeling to accept the terms of agreement handed to them by the company, requiring non-disclosure (Gag Order) in exchange for community “benefits” that may be a blessing or a curse.

It is here, a story told.

Vile. The Unthinkable is Happening Before Our Eyes.

Will we halt this drift toward political violence?

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Great going, sorest of losers Trump. Some 2,000 of your MAGA devotees invaded the US Capitol in your attempt to prevent the normal transfer of power to the winner of the election.

Five officers died, some 140 Capitol police and other officers were injured.

Dorece Sam: SLAPP Suits and Dirty Deals

Continued Series on mining of Lithium and other metals needed to create and upgrade "new technology" energy systems.... but at what cost?

(LOS ANGELES, Calif.) - When you look at a gleaming new electric vehicle what do you see? We love our cars, that is not in question, and our new technologies- and lithium mining for batteries for these vehicles is where it all begins.

There are problems of policy, of the enforcement of laws, and of environmental inequality and landscape destruction.

New Series on KPFK Features Voices of Land Defenders and Environmental Justice Advocates

Creative FRONTLINE airs on KPFK, from Producers Robert Lundahl and Tracker Quinone

(LOS ANGELES, Calif.) - The new series on KPFK features "voices from the frontline," from Producers Robert Lundahl and Tracker Quinone (Apache).

The mission of this collective is determined by the issues of development and inequity becoming more prominent, more destructive, and occurring now across California and the West, with little oversight.

What Do We Mean by Environmental Justice? A Legacy of Greenaction

More sacred sites lost. All in the name of Capitalism and Greed.

(LOS ANGELES, Calif.) - For over 35 years, Bradley Angel has been a local and national leader in the environmental health and justice movement and has helped communities win some of the most significant victories in the history of that movement.

He serves as the Director of Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice.

Vlad the Conqueror Reflects on His Glory

Satire Blending Imaginary Thoughts with Historical Facts

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Striding masterfully through St. George’s Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace, Vlad the Conqueror pondered his role as a Man of Destiny.

“It’s not easy to measure up to the past leaders of Russia,” he brooded.

Thacker Pass, An Archaeological Perspective

We want to do better, but we’re doing the worst possible thing. And sometimes we confuse the two.

(LOS ANGELES, Calif.) - Austin Ringelstein joined the U.S. Navy before 911. After, he wound up on the bomb squad, defusing munitions in Iraq.

Now he's on a "bomb squad" of a different kind: helping to defuse the "bombs" of failure to consult and its resulting disharmony at Thacker Pass and beyond.

The Fight to Save Thacker Pass
Peehee Muhu: Rotten Moon

Power concedes nothing without a demand.

(LOS ANGELES, Calif.) - The times offer convulsions of opportunism, greed and power. Perhaps these signs are the remains of a Trumpian legacy, in mindset, as well as resource exploitation.

In a world of “if you want it, take it,” there is plenty of help.

Oak Flat: The Story Behind the Story
Mahlee Yellowfeather, Great Granddaughter of Geronimo

Mahlee Yellowfeather was raised in a back canyon, speaking only Apache. She was taught by the Elders.

(LOS ANGELES, Calif.) - Mahlee is the great granddaughter of Geronimo. Geronimo's raids and related combat actions were a part of the prolonged period of the Apache–United States conflict.

Here she tells of the occurrences at Oak Flat, and the meaning of the area to the Apache people.