Over the past week, dozens of people seeking asylum, who reached US in the southern area of Texas, were flown to Sacramento, in what critics – including Gavin Newsom – have called a political stunt, led by Florida governor Ron DeSantis, as the latter tries to build energy into his Republican presidential campaign. Florida’s Division … Continued

***This segment is part of a special this week on the crisis of missing and murdered Black women and girls*** Minnesota has created the first of-its-kind Office of Missing and Murdered Black Women and Girls. We’ll speak with Representative Ruth Richardson, is the Minnesota State Representative who authored the initial bill to create the state’s “Office … Continued

***This segment is part of a special this week on the crisis of missing and murdered Black women and girls*** In this episode, we bring our focus on missing and murdered Black women and girls home to Oakland, in conversation with Selena Wilson, the executive director of the East Oakland Youth Development Center, whose mission … Continued

***This segment is part of a special this week on the crisis of missing and murdered Black women and girls*** Legislation is moving through the California legislature to create an “Ebony Alert”. With a similar concept to the Amber Alert, an Ebony Alert gives particular emergency focus to the disproportionate disappearances of Black women and … Continued

In Atlanta, a joint operation with the Atlanta police department and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation raided and arrested folks involved in solidarity fundraising for people arrested in the Stop Cop City protests. Our guest is Aja Arnold, an Atlanta-based journalist and founding editor of local outlet Mainline. Her reporting on Atlanta’s Cop City project … Continued