In this episode we look at how surveillance technology is and could be used to aid and enforce anti-trans legislation around the country. We’ll be in conversation with René Kladzyk, an investigative reporter at POGO – the Project On Governmental Oversite, whose reporting has been published in TIME Magazine, Teen Vogue, the Texas Observer, the … Continued
Law Enforcement in this country kills approximately 1200 people every single year and yet the names of many are never said or known except to their families and friends. What’s more, law enforcement agencies and other state actors harm our community in a myriad of ways that also go unnoticed like profiling, sexually assaulting and … Continued
We spend this hour with Palestinian author and publisher Hannah Moushabeck. She discusses her debut autobiographical children’s book called Homeland: My Father Dreams of Palestine. Buy the book: https://www.chroniclebooks.com/products/homeland Follow Hannah Moushabeck on IG:https://www.instagram.com/hannahmoushabeck/ — Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: [email protected] Follow us on socials @LawAndDis: https://twitter.com/LawAndDis; https://www.instagram.com/lawanddis/
Filling in for Brian Edwards-Tiekert, Jesse Strauss hosts Covid Calls this week, featuring Dr. John Swartzberg, Clinical Professor Emeritus of Infectious Diseases at UC Berkeley. Discussed in this episode: Covid infectiousness correlated with particular blood types: https://fortune.com/well/2023/06/27/which-blood-type-greater-risk-getting-covid-19/ The childhood diabetes rate has risen in correlation with covid – we discuss whether there’s a causal link: … Continued
Yiyun Li discussing her first novel, “The Vagrants,” in conversation with host Richard Wolinsky, recorded in the KPFA studios, February 10, 2009.
The mission of law & disorder is to expose, agitate and build a new world where all of us can thrive. But how do we get there? How do we build a world many of us have only seen in our dreams? That’s where we believe the artists come in. So, each week we feature … Continued
June 24th marked one year since the Dobbs decision overturned Roe v Wade. What has followed has been an avalanche of bills and laws across the country making abortion access impossible for some and severely limiting access to reproductive healthcare for thousands of people with wombs. We are joined by Imani Gandy, Senior Editor of … Continued
A focus here on Vallejo, California, where a domestic violence organization has been investigated for unethically housing a non profit executive rather than provide rooms to survivors in need. We talk with Scott Morris, a journalist with the Vallejo Sun who covers policing, protest, civil rights, and far-right extremism. Read the investigation at https://www.vallejosun.com/solano-nonprofit-executive-lived-in-domestic-violence-safe-house-rented-from-city-of-fairfield/ — … Continued
A new Ella Baker Center-led survey of more than 500 people incarcerated in California state prisons warns that large numbers of people have been subjected to extreme heat, dangerous cold, flooding, and wildfires. The report is called Hidden Hazards: The Impacts of Climate Change on Incarcerated People in California State Prisons. The report was produced … Continued
There is a large and looming backlog of court cases keeping San Franciscans in jail for years without seeing a trial. We’re in conversation with SF Public Defender Mano Raju to discussing how overdue misdemeanor cases are keeping people in pre-trial detention despite the District Attorney announcing that her office will only seek cash bail … Continued
