0:08 – Cat and Brian discuss the gun control debate, white supremacy and racist violence, and the path to abolition.
0:34 – Author Interview: Emily Bazelon (@emilybazelon) is a Staff writer with the New York Times Magazine, co-host of the podcast Slate Political Gabfest, and the Truman Capote Fellow at Yale Law School. Her latest book is CHARGED: The New Movement to Transform American Prosecution and End Mass Incarceration.
1:08 – The Oakland Police Department is caught under-reporting use of force / killing of Joshua Pawlik
Darwin Bond Graham (@DarwinBondGraha) is an independent journalist covering violence and misconduct by police departments. He join us to discuss his new reporting, now published in the Appeal “Oakland Police have been systematically under-reporting use of force”
1:34 – This week, the Trump Administration announced changes to the public charge rule, which would deny green cards to immigrants deemed likely to be heavy welfare users. KPFA’s Christopher Martinez reports the change could kick over 2 million children off healthcare coverage, amid other potentially devastating impacts for immigrant families.
1:38 – Andrea Senteno (@aesenteno) is the DC Regional Counsel with MALDEF, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, and joins to discuss the changes to public charge.
1:55 – Theater Review: KPFA’s Richard Wolinsky reviews “Cabaret” running at SF Playhouse through Saturday September 14.