East Bay Yesterday

“We were here before California was a state” Talking Latino history with Jose Rivera

When Jose Rivera started researching the Bay Area’s Chicano history, he was frustrated by how difficult it was to find information. To remedy this problem, Jose created Oakland Latinos Unidos as a platform for sharing stories that are often left out of mainstream narratives. We recently met up at a picnic table in San Antonio Park where … Continued


Law & Disorder

Get the FLOCK Out! Oakland Rejects Surveillance Technologies

On today’s show, we speak with a number of guests about the Oakland Public Safety Committee’s rejection of FLOCK surveillance technologies that threaten the privacy and safety of residents. Sarah Hamid is Director of Strategic Programming at Electronic Frontier Foundation, Reem Suleiman is the senior campaign director at the anti-surveillance nonprofit Fight for the Future … Continued


Democracy Now!

Democracy Now! – November 19, 2025

ON TODAY’S SHOW: “Bring the Truth Out of the Shadows”: Survivors Hail Congressional Vote to Release Epstein Files Susana Muhamad, Ex-Colombian Environment Minister, on COP30 Talks, Trump, Gaza & More Sudanese Researcher Lina Yassin on COP30 Climate Talks, UAE-Funded Proxy War in Sudan over Gold & More “Data Crunch”: AI Boom Threatens to Entrench Fossil Fuels … Continued