The Oakland Education Association – Oakland’s teachers union – is on strike as of Thursday, May 4th. We speak with two Oakland teachers from the picket lines about why they’re striking, what they need in their contract, and how the strike might impact families, along with a parent activist whose children are OUSD students. Joining … Continued
Twenty-five years ago, in 1998, abolitionist organizers held a conference at UC Berkeley called Critical Resistance to 25-years since the founding of Critical Resistance, an event that led to the creation of the seminal abolitionist movement organization. We’re joined by Mohamed Shehk, National Campaigns & Projects Director with Critical Resistance, to discuss the organization’s history … Continued
Last week in San Francisco, a Walgreens security guard shot and killed 24-year-old Black trans-man Banko Brown over allegations of stealing. San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins has decided against pressing charges in the killing. Brown was a long-time member of the Young Women’s Freedom Center – we’re joined by Julia Arroyo, Co-Executive Director of … Continued
A new report from the National Association of Counsel for Children (NACC) finds that kids in the child welfare system aren’t guaranteed legal representation in a dozen states. We are joined by Kim Dvorchak, Executive Director of NACC, and a former defense attorney who represented children in the foster system. Kim joins us from Denver. … Continued
In San Francisco, a city official has on numerous occasions attacked homeless people, and the story only came out after one of the people he attacked hit back in self defense. Joining us to discuss is Jennifer Friedenbach, Executive Director of the San Francisco Coalition on Homelessness. —- Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in … Continued
Sierra snowmelt is threatening significant floods in a Central Valley county that houses a prison and massive agricultural industry, which are all at risk from the flood threat. The current levee system in Corcoran is not up to par, and unease is setting in as fears of flooding could bring intense impacts to communities. Joining … Continued
Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao has released her first budget plan for the city. Joining us to discuss is Rev. Jeremy J. McCants, a Faith Rooted Organizer for East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy (EBASE), an organization committed to fighting for equitable and economic power in the Bay Area; as well as a minister at … Continued
Discussed in this episode: The CDC dashboard charting COVID hospitalizations and deaths, as well as the California dashboard showing COVID levels in sewage suggest we’re in a relatively good place right now If you’re in California, and eligible for the latest round of boosters, you can look up where they’re available via https://myturn.ca.gov/ Podcast music … Continued
On today’s show, we’re in conversation with award winning author Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah about his brand new book Chain Gang All Stars, a novel imagining a near-future where the prison industrial complex has developed a gruesome and widely popular reality show where prisoners are pitted against each other in gladiator death matches. We talk about … Continued
Norah Piehl, who is the Director of Literary Programs at the Bay Area Book Festival, in conversation with host Richard Wolinsky. The Bay Area Book Festival happens at various locations around Berkeley on Saturday May 6th and Sunday May 7th. Go to bayareabookfest.org for more details.
