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Letters and Politics

Failure to Appear: Resistance, Identity and Loss

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Guest: Emily L. Quint Freeman, author of Failure to Appear: Resistance, Identity and Loss.  In 1969 in Chicago Emily L Quint Freemen broke into a military draft board office and destroyed 40 thousand draft records–potentially saving the lives of many men who would may have otherwise been drafted to serve in Vietnam. The act forced her an underground life as a … Continued

Law & Disorder

A rare look into police shooting investigations, in Kansas; Antioch’s latest police scandal; Plus, this week’s State Terror Roundup

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Today’s packed show starts by staying on top of the latest in state violence with our weekly State Terror Roundup. We go deep into the Antioch Police Department, where 10% of the city’s police force were suspended in scandal earlier this week, with KPFA’s Frank Sterling. Then we speak with Pulitzer Prize-wining journalist Tom Jackman, … Continued

UpFront

California to phase out all new gas cars by 2035; Plus unprecedented red algal bloom in the SF Bay

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0:08 – The California Air Resources Board is expected to decide today on a new zero emissions vehicle mandate. Nadia Lopez (@n_llopez), a reporter for CalMatters who covers environmental policy issues joins us to unpack the implications. 0:33 – Tomorrow morning, a San Francisco federal judge will evaluate the temporary restraining order that stopped Caltrans … Continued