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When the Plague Came to San Francisco

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Guest: Marilyn Chase is a journalist and teacher, and the author of The Barbary Plague: The Black Death in Victorian San Francisco. She covers medical science and health care focusing on infectious-disease outbreaks and bioterrorism. She is the author of the book The Barbary Plague: The Black Death in Victorian San Francisco.  Her latest book is Everything She … Continued

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A Look at the Massive ‘Human Infrastructure’ Package; Rent Relief and Debt in California; Psychedelics and Smoking; California to Pay Reparations for Forced Sterilizations in Prisons

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Today on Thursday, July 15th, 2021 on Upfront: A massive 3.5 trillion ‘human infrastructure’ package has gotten a thumbs up from Senate Democrats, but how does it square in terms of policy in the face of increasing inflation? A look at California’s expansion of tenant relief and a discussion how tenants can pay off their … Continued