Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. President Joe Biden announces new Indo-Pacific alliance with Australia and United Kingdom. California Governor Gavin Newsom beats back Republican recall; lawmakers to reform recall process. Gymnasts testify to the failures of the F.B.I and U.S. Gymnastics in … Continued


A person pulls a blue hand cart piled high with Narcan and harm reduction supplies. | Photo by Ariel Boone.   On today’s show: The recall election is over, what comes next in state politics? We discuss with Ben Christopher (@FromBenC), who covers state politics for CalMatters, and Flojaune Cofer (@Flojaune) an epidemiologist and senior … Continued


It’s almost impossible to image what Oakland would look like today if the Western terminus of the Transcontinental Railroad hadn’t been established here in 1869. Where there had once been marshy wetlands, industry rushed in to build factories at this nexus of steel and sea. The railroad connected a broken country still recovering from the … Continued