On today’s show, we discuss how reproductive rights are faring under the Trump administration. We speak with Imani Gandy, Senior Legal Analyst at Rewire, reproductive justice activist, and host of Rewire’s podcast Boom Lawyered and Regina Campuzano of the Bay Area Reproductive Justice coalition, which is organizing the Rally for Reproductive Justice this Saturday in San … Continued
Fantasy Novelist Ursula Le Guin, Who Explored Resistance & Change, Dies at Age 88; “Strong Island”: Trans Filmmaker Yance Ford Searches for Justice After His Brother’s Racist Murder; Alabama’s Hale County is Subject of Poetic Documentary on Blackness and Everyday Life in the Black Belt.
A 3-day federal government shutdown ends with Donald Trump signing a temporary spending bill through early February while an impasse over a DREAM Act remains in place. On today’s show we’ll speak with a young activist, a DACA Recipient named Barbara Hernandez, who, along with several others Dreamers blocked the entrance to Disneyland on Monday … Continued
Simon Singh, on the origin of universe; and Spencer Wells, on the origin of humanity. Hosted by Dr. Michio Kaku.
If what Eric Holt-Giménez calls our current corporate food regime is neither equitable nor resilient, then how do we go about changing or replacing it? Our starting point, says Holt-Giménez, must be to understand capitalism as a system and capitalism’s history as an evolving set of agendas and practices. He examines the role of agriculture … Continued
In the book The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump, 27 psychiatrists and mental health experts have come together to speak out about their concern over Trump’s ability to lead the country as President. On today’s show, Mitch Jeserich speaks with two of them, Bandy Lee and Dee Mosbacher.
Dr. Erica Pan, Director of the Division of Communicable Disease Control and Prevention and Deputy Health Officer at Alameda County Public Health Department speaks with UpFront this morning about the epidemic levels of flu during this year’s flu season. We discuss what you need to know, what epidemic status means, and how to best take … Continued
DuPont vs. the World: Chemical Giant Covered Up Health Risks of Teflon Contamination Across Globe; A Warning from the Center of the World: Pacific Nation Kiribati Is Disappearing as Sea Level Rises.
On today’s show we’ll wrap up our coverage of the Los Angeles Into Action pop-up art exhibit and conference covering social justice issues and activism. We’ll begin with Paola Mendoza the artistic director of the Women’s March National, who will reflect on this year’s marches nationwide as well as address some of the controversy surrounding … Continued
we speak with two undocumented siblings Santi Salazar and Layidusa Salazar about the impending ICE raids in the Bay Area. image credit @ Joe Brusky on Flickr
