Today on the Show:  An in-depth interview with California Assemblymember Rob Bonta, nominated to be the first Filipino Attorney General of California.  Also, we’ll rebroadcast our interview with Enricque Monones, founder of the Border Angels and former big league baseball executive: We talk to him about politics in sports and his extensive work on asylum … Continued


Racism is finally getting the attention it deserves, including the violence that people of color experience at the hands of the police. But can contemporary racism be understood outside of capitalism? Historian Touré Reed argues against artificially separating race from class — what he terms race reductionism. Resources: Touré F. Reed, Toward Freedom The Case … Continued


0:08 – Indirect talks begin with Iran, U.S. and world powers Jamal Abdi is president of NIAC, the National Iranian American Council (@NIACouncil).  0:34 – Judge orders Oakland Police Department release more police records, is this a new era of accountability? Darwin BondGraham (@DarwinBondGraha) is the news editor at Oaklandside, and has been covering the … Continued