Listen to the full radio documentary below, first aired on UpFront September 15, 2021. To listen on SoundCloud, click here. This story was reported by journalist Ariel Boone (@arielboone) for KPFA and Street Spirit, with support from a USC Annenberg California Health Journalism Fellowship and the KPFA Storytelling Project. To read the accompanying print … Continued
Two federal relief bills have allocated almost $50 billion to pay rental debt, but when it comes to getting the help to the people who need it, the devil is in the details. In California, landlord non-participation, language and technology barriers, and a lack of information on tenants’ rights are delaying help for those who … Continued
This story aired on UpFront on Monday, November 2, 2020. By Ariel Boone (@arielboone), KPFA election reporter In the final days of the 2018 California legislative session, the push to eliminate cash bail went through massive revisions that lost it support from a lot of groups working to end mass incarceration. It passed — … Continued
By KPFA election reporter Ariel Boone (@arielboone) OAKLAND, CA – On a sunny Saturday morning in DeFremery Park in West Oakland, 50 people have come to knock on doors. There are ironworkers, students, democratic socialists, even Sunrise Movement climate activists — all here to support Carroll Fife, a candidate for Oakland city council in … Continued
By Ariel Boone (@arielboone), KPFA elections reporter OAKLAND, CA – California is one of only ten states that ban affirmative action by public institutions. Voters put that ban into the state’s constitution in 1996. But that could change this fall, when voters get a chance to overturn the ban with Proposition 16. Affirmative action … Continued
Listen to the full radio report here, first aired October 7, 2020: By Ariel Boone (@arielboone), KPFA elections reporter SACRAMENTO, CA – “Do not wait. If you can vote early, please vote early this year.” That was the primary message of Sam Mahood, press secretary for California Secretary of State Alex Padilla. Mahood declined to … Continued
Listen to the full radio report here, first aired September 24, 2020: By Ariel Boone (@arielboone), KPFA elections reporter OAKLAND, CA – Ride-hailing and delivery companies Uber, Lyft, Doordash, Postmates and Instacart have spent at least $182 million in support of Proposition 22, which California voters will decide in November. At issue is the … Continued
KPFA’s weekday morning program UpFront is airing a three-part series on sex and technology produced by Bee Soll (@bee_soll), a recent intern for UpFront and UC Berkeley graduate. What do advocates for survivors of digital sexual abuse and harassment say about what needs to change in society? What role does stigma have in enabling the stealing … Continued
Human rights activists with the group Never Again Action staged a protest outside Governor Gavin Newsom’s house and the state capitol on March 22, 2020 to demand Newsom empty California’s immigrant detention facilities and release detainees during the coronavirus crisis. The activists say immigrants are being imprisoned in dangerously close quarters, with little access to … Continued
