California rent control limitation ordinance Costa Hawkins overturn re-surfaces in the political sphere, once again up for discussion. Executive Director of the Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives Christina Livingston speaks with UpFront about the Costa Hawkins ordinance. Mike Hutchinson was a candidate for the District 5 seat on the Oakland Unified School District school board in California. … Continued
Trump Expands Offshore Drilling in “Assault” on Biodiversity and Coastal & Indigenous Communities; As Erica Garner Is Mourned, Why Are Black Mothers in NYC Dying at 12 Times Rate of White Mothers? Christen Smith: The Fallout of Police Violence Is Killing Black Women Like Erica Garner; Breaking: Immigrant Rights Leader Ravi Ragbir Detained in New … Continued
A teacher in Louisiana stood up at a local school board meeting to question why the school superintendent was being considered for a massive pay raise while teachers’ salaries stagnated. The teacher was violently arrested in response. On our show today we’ll turn to our education correspondent Kevin Kumashiro for a discussion on teacher pay. … Continued
On today’s show, Mitch Jeserich is in conversation with lawyer Peter Afrasiabi, author of the book Burning Bridges: America’s 20-Year Crusade To Deport Labor Leader Harry Bridges. He has traced the twenty-year legal campaign waged by government lawyers to deport Harry Bridges because of his ideology. Peter Afrasiabi is an Intellectual Property and Entertainment lawyer and a Faculty … Continued
Tim Redmond, publisher of 48hills.org tells us about whats what in the upcoming San Francisco mayoral race, who is running and on what platform. In a particularly violent move, Salvadorans in America lose their Temporary Protected Status, throwing countless Salvadorian residents into uncertainty. Yanira Arias is National Campaigns Manager for Alianza Americas and is a Temporary Protected Status … Continued
As ICC Considers Probing Israel for War Crimes, U.S. Moves to Defund U.N. Palestine Refugee Agency; “Gaza: An Inquest into Its Martyrdom”: Norman Finkelstein on the Many Lies Perpetuated About Gaza; Finkelstein: Despite Racist Policies & Corruption Scandals, Netanyahu Holds on to Power in Israel; Norman Finkelstein Slams Chuck Schumer for Pushing Trump to Declare … Continued
The Trump administration has announced an end to Temporary Protected Status for hundreds of thousands of nationals from El Salvador residing in the US. The move is the latest anti-immigrant attack, coming at a time when a spending-bill related fight over the fate of Dreamers is heating up. We’ll turn to Christine Neumann-Ortiz today for … Continued
Darren Johnston, the iconoclastic Canadian-born Bay Area trumpeter has appeared on The Hear and Now in the past with The Nice Guy Trio and his Broken Shadows band. Tonight he returns with his Bye Bye Bartok quartet, which includes Matt Renzi (clarinet, English horn, tenor sax), Adam Shulman (piano), and Eric Vogler (upright bass). The … Continued
Randall Stross, innovation and Thomas Edison. Dr. Seth Lloyd and the computer of the future, the quantum computer. Hosted by Dr. Michio Kaku.
Today Mitch Jeserich is in conversation with Thomas Mann, resident scholar at the Institute of Governmental Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, and co-author of One Nation After Trump: A Guide for the Perplexed, the Disillusioned, the Desperate, and the Not-Yet Deported. He addresses Trump’s rise, the danger he represents, and how to counter it.
