Law & Disorder

States with anti-abortion policies are refusing to track maternal mortality; Survivors reach settlements after widespread sexual abuse at women’s prison FCI Dublin

Today our show opens with Cassandra Jaramillo, an investigative journalist and reporter at ProPublica. Her latest story for ProPublica, co-reported with Kavitha Surana, Mariam Elba, Robin Fields and Ziva Branstetter, is titled “Are Abortion Bans Across America Causing Deaths? The States That Passed Them Are Doing Little to Find Out.” Follow Cassandra on social media … Continued


UpFront

Report Show Social Housing Possible in SF; Plus, Presidential Immunity Claim Rejected in Trump Hush Money Case; And, California Federal Waiver to Set Emission Standards Under Attack; Plus, Supreme Court Allows Oral Arguments to Challenge the US Tik Tok Ban

00:08 — Tim Redmond, is the founder of 48hills. 00:20 — Andrea Bernstein is a journalist and cohost of the WNYC/ProPublica podcast Trump, Inc. 00:33 — David Wooley is a Lecturer and Director of the Environmental Center at the Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley. 00:45 — Lauren Feiner is the senior … Continued


Dead to the World

Dead to the World – December 18, 2024

A replay of our September, 2019, interview with tabla master Zakir Hussain in the first hour. Zakir passed away Sunday December 15, 2024 in San Francisco at the age of 73. A  freeform music mix in the second hour including long tracks from Billy Strings, The Allman Betts Band, The Third Mind, and more. Hosted … Continued


The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays

The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays – December 18, 2024 Government funding agreement in Congress collapses as Trump makes new demands before shutdown.

Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. Government funding agreement in Congress collapses as Trump makes new demands before shutdown. Supreme Court will step into debate over legality of potential US ban of Tiktok. Federal Reserve announces latest quarter point interest rate cut. GOP … Continued