Louisiana has for the first time ever filed charges against police for killing someone – in this case, that’s Ronald Greene. We are joined by Mona Hardin, the mother of Ronald Greene. She has been fighting to unearth truth and for justice in the name of her son since 2019. She just made it back … 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
SF Mayor London Breed has gone all in on funding the cops, asking for many millions for more police overtime, for significant raises, benefits and bonuses, and is now under fire for minimizing the funds that she’s asking for from the SF Board of Supervisors for policing – a situation where she vocally requested $82 … Continued
In San Francisco, London Breed flip flops again – when non-carceral response to mental health crisis was dominating the headlines she vowed the city would lead with such programming, but now while at the same time fighting for more police funding, she is refusing to support alternative responses to community crisis. Joining us to discuss … Continued
We start today’s show in Los Angeles, where the City and its police department are upset that a police watchdog group called Stop LAPD Spying Coalition has released public records of individual LAPD officers including their headshots and salaries, and are now suing even though they are the ones who initially released the photos. Joining … Continued
On Monday (April 10th), Wood Street residents in Oakland, with the help of allies, started yet another campaign to defend their home from an eviction by the city of Oakland. Joining us to discuss is Talya Husbands-Hankin, known to many as ‘Boots’, is the founder of Love and Justice in the Streets, along with Brigitte … Continued
We kick off today’s show with the Progressive political upset in Chicago. The Windy City has a new mayor, Brandon Johnson, and he’s a labor candidate. One of his primary campaign platforms was Reimagine Public Safety. Here to talk about Mayor Johnson, his campaign, and what this may mean for Chicago is Tiffany Walden, Editor-In-Chief … Continued
In today’s episode, we discuss the new state law passed in Idaho last week, which restricts travel for minors seeking abortion. The legislation creates a new crime of “abortion trafficking,” which carries a felony offense punishable by up to 5 years in prison. Our guest is Jessica Mason Pieklo, Senior Vice President and Executive Editor … Continued
Discussed in this episode: PREPRINT: Bramante, Buse, et al. “Outpatient Treatment of COVID-19 and the Development of Long COVID Over 10 Months: A Multi-Center, Quadruple-Blind, Parallel Group Randomized Phase 3 Trial” https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4375620 Xie, Choi, et al. “Association of Treatment With Nirmatrelvir and the Risk of Post–COVID-19 Condition” JAMA Intern Med. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2802878 Podcast music credit: Now Son by Podington … Continued
Justine Bateman, actress and director, author of “Fame: The Hijacking of Reality,” in conversation with host Richard Wolinsky, recorded at Green Apple Books on the Park on San Francisco on October 27, 2018. Justine Bateman’s first film as screenwriter/director, “Violet” (2021) can be found on the Kanopy library app and Paramount+/Showtime. She lived through television fame for six years as the character Mallory” on the hit TV series, Family Ties.
