Dr. Evelyn Farkas

Executive director, McCain Institute; former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense

Guest

Executive director of the McCain Institute. Senior fellow at the German Marshall Fund. From 2012-2015 she served as deputy assistant secretary for Russia/Ukraine/Eurasia at the US Department of Defense.

Dr. Evelyn Farkas on KCRW

The Supreme Court’s affirmative action ruling will change the face of college admissions. Plus, President Putin’s hold on power is in question after the short-lived mutiny.

SCOTUS says no to race-based college admissions. What will campuses look like?

The Supreme Court’s affirmative action ruling will change the face of college admissions. Plus, President Putin’s hold on power is in question after the short-lived mutiny.

from Left, Right & Center

Mike Pence is officially running for president as a Reagan-style conservative, but do GOP voters want retro?

Presidential hopeful Mike Pence evokes Reagan, carves anti-Trump lane

Mike Pence is officially running for president as a Reagan-style conservative, but do GOP voters want retro?

from Left, Right & Center

Panelists discuss President Biden’s visit to Ukraine and its future in NATO, the Supreme Court cases around social media content moderation, and the four-day work week.

Biden doubled-down on NATO support for Ukraine. Can he get Americans on board?

Panelists discuss President Biden’s visit to Ukraine and its future in NATO, the Supreme Court cases around social media content moderation, and the four-day work week.

from Left, Right & Center

More from KCRW

Kim Masters and Matt Belloni banter about Netflix and Jon Stewart.

from The Business

With thousands of votes yet to be counted, political observer Raphael Sonenshein zooms in on the Senate race and key congressional races in Southern California.

from KCRW Features

Since 1925, members of the Los Angeles Breakfast Club have been meeting bright and early to sing songs, solve puzzles, and eat ham and eggs.

from Greater LA

In the 1990s, a reading strategy called “balanced literacy” took over CA public schools. The problem? Kids didn’t learn to read. Now, phonics is making a comeback.

from KCRW Features

Fritzi Horstman, founder of the Compassion Prison Project, works with incarcerated individuals to heal childhood trauma and promote peace within the California prison system.

from KCRW Features

The Downtown LA gay bar Redline opened in 2015. Now it joins a long legacy of LGBTQ spaces that have closed in the city center.

from KCRW Features

Now that both the SAG and WGA strikes are over, how are below-the-line workers in Hollywood faring?

from Greater LA

On this episode of Scheer Intelligence, host Robert Scheer and Les Leopold discuss Leopold’s new book, “Wall Street's War on Workers: How Mass Layoffs and Greed Are Destroying the…

from Scheer Intelligence

Kim Masters and Matt Belloni take stock of layoffs at Amazon as a result of consolidation and reorganizing across its studios.

from The Business