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The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays

House Republicans vote to ban transgender students from women’s and girl’s school sports; Labor Secretary nominee Julie Su faces Republican opposition at confirmation hearing; Federal civil rights lawsuit filed against Antioch and its police department: The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays – April 20, 2023

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Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. House Republicans approve bill banning transgender athletes in most women’s or girl’s school sports Julie Su’s nomination to serve as Labor Secretary faces opposition from Republicans and big business — and maybe some Democrats Attorney John Burris … Continued

The Visionary Activist Show

The Visionary Activist Show – A Forest Journey

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We welcoming John Perlin, whose prodigious “A Forest Journey,” has just been re-published by Patagonia. “Retaining our forests can help keep resolve climate crisis protect the integrity of many of our streams and rivers, and continue to provide food and shelter for much of the world’s land animals,” says Perlin, author of four books and … Continued

Bookwaves/Artwaves

Bookwaves/Artwaves – April 20, 2023 – Gemma Whelan – Russell Banks

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Gemma Whelan discusses her novel, “Painting in the Dark,” which takes place in Ireland and Northern California in the early 1980s. Then, a 2004 interview with Russell Banks (1940-2023) discussing his novel “The Darling,” an interview not heard in nearly two decades. The weekly theatre review looks at “English” now at Berkeley Rep, and “Poor Yella Rednecks: Vietgone 2” now at ACT’s Strand Theatre. Hosted by Richard Wolinsky.

Letters and Politics

Mary Wollstonecraft, The French Revolution and the Tyranny of Men

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Guest: Susan J. Wolfson is professor of English at Princeton University. She is an expert on the British Romantic era, her books include A Greeting of the Spirit (2022), Romantic Shades and Shadows (2018), and Reading John Keats (2015), as well as annotated editions of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (2012), Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey (2014), and her latest, On Mary Wollstonecraft‘s A Vindication of the Rights of Woman.