Law & Disorder exposes the cracks in our system, agitates for resistance and collectively builds a new world where all of us thrive — all through an Oakland-based abolitionist lens that centers Black experience, movement-building and art. Hosted by Cat Brooks. Produced by Jesse Strauss.
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A transgender prisoner has sued the Trump Administration over the constitutionality of one of his earliest executive orders that the lawsuit claims will put transgender prisoners at risk. We’ll speak with Shannon Minter, Legal Director at the National Center for Lesbian Rights and part of the legal team representing the plaintiff in Maria Moe v … Continued
On today’s show, we explore electronic surveillance and privacy concerns under the new Trump presidency. We’ll be in conversation with India McKinney, the Director of Federal Affairs with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the leading nonprofit organization defending civil liberties in the digital world. Read the EFF’s memo to the federal government outlining technology and surveillance concerns: … Continued
On today’s show, we return to our weekly Monday segment The Palestine Post. We start in conversation with Khury Petersen-Smith, Michael Ratner Middle East Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies, where he researches U.S. empire, borders, and migration. Then, we’re joined by Rami, an organizer with the Bay Area chapter of the Palestinian Youth Movement, … Continued
Fifty executive orders were signed on Trump’s first day in his second presidential administration, many attacking trans folks, immigrants and diversity-and-inclusion provisions. We start today’s show walking through many of the orders and what they mean with Shawn Musgrave, a media law attorney and reporter based in New York, who also reports for The Intercept. … Continued
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
On today’s show, we discuss the newly inaugurated President Trump’s impact on immigration policy through the executive orders that have already been signed as well as his policy plans. Our first conversation from Wednesday, January 22nd is with Nana Gyamfi, Executive Director of the Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI), speaking about the implications of … Continued
Incarcerated people work for penny wages, and, in several states, for nothing at all. Many of us outside of prisons rely on their labor in areas like repairing roads, fighting wildfires, or clearing debris after hurricanes. Prisoners manufacture products like office furniture, mattresses, license plates, dentures, glasses, traffic signs, garbage cans, athletic equipment, and uniforms. … Continued
On today’s show, we explore the undercounted death toll in Gaza and how the Lancet’s research team has developed a system to evaluate a more realistic toll. We’re in conversation with Francesco Checchi, an epidemiologist at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine who supervised and worked on statistical analysis for the Lancet’s recently published study, … Continued
On today’s show we start in conversation about the ceasefire deal announced on Wednesday after political negotiations between Hamas and Israel. We’ll speak with Ziad Abbas as well as Samer Araabi. Ziad Abbas is the executive director of the Middle East Children’s Alliance, a Berkeley-based international aid organization whose work includes providing food, medicine, medical … Continued
On today’s show, we return to our weekly Monday segment The Palestine Post, focusing this conversation on a recent report studying the psychological impacts of Israel’s genocide on the children in Gaza. We’re in conversation with Kim McCall, the Executive Director for Children in Conflict, whose UK-based partner organization called War Child recently published the … Continued
