Associate Professor of Media Studies and Middle Eastern Studies at Rutgers University. Author of the new book "Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire."
Deepa Kumar on KCRW
More from KCRW
LA businesses: Here's what you need to know about Gov. Newsom’s budget proposal
Business & EconomyImmediate financial relief topped Governor Gavin Newsom's wishlist in an ambitious $227 billion spending plan he released Friday for the upcoming fiscal year.
Joe Biden becomes 46th US president: inauguration recap and lookahead
PoliticsIn his inaugural address today, President Joe Biden emphasized unifying this country and ending what he called an uncivil war: “We must end this uncivil war that pits red against blue,…
Making sense of an unpeaceful transition of power
PoliticsThe peaceful transition of power for the first time in US history appeared to hang in the balance this week.
Aaron Sorkin: ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’
HollywoodWriter-director Aaron Sorkin on writing up to the edge of melodrama.
SoCal Republicans’ response to impeachment reveals different paths forward for the party
EnvironmentFollowing the January 6 insurrection at the U.S.
The phone call to Georgia
PoliticsJosh Barro and Ken White talk about the recording of President Trump’s phone call to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger.
Californians going to Biden’s inauguration in DC — KCRW wants to hear from you
PoliticsPresident-elect Joe Biden will be inaugurated on January 20 in Washington, D.C.
PHOTOS: How LA countered a volatile president, from Trump's inauguration to insurrection
PoliticsThese images show LA’s struggles and victories during the Trump years, and how activists and new leaders emerged.
‘I did not think we could sink any lower’: LA doctor and other Angelenos react to US Capitol insurrection
Politics“My hospital already feels like a war zone. COVID is already ravaging our country. I did not think we could sink any lower," LA physician Anna Granata told KCRW.