0:08 – The Biden Administration and the detention and deportation machine
Jacinta Gonzalez is a senior campaign organizer with Mijente (@ConMijente) an advocacy hub for Latinx and Chicanx people seeking racial, economic, gender and climate justice.
0:34 – A crucial statewide education race in Wisconsin
John Nichols (@NicholsUprising) National Affairs Correspondent for The Nation. His latest piece is “Betsy DeVos takes her assault on public schools back to the states.”
1:08 – Tyrrell Wilson, 32, was shot and killed by Danville Police Officer Andrew Hall, responding to a report that someone was throwing rocks onto 680. Bystanders and advocates say it was unprovoked and looked like murder.
John Burris is a civil rights attorney representing the family of Tyrrell Wilson, who Danville Police Officer Andrew Hall killed on March 11.
1:20 – KPFA News: Meanwhile, the trial of former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin, charged with murdering George Floyd, continues. Yesterday was day 7 of the prosecution’s case. It included testimony from police officers and expert witnesses. Sam Anderson has this report.
1:25 – KPFA News: Governor Gavin Newsom has announced plans to largely re-open the economy. California’s test positivity rate is now among the lowest in the nation. Meanwhile, in Washington DC President Biden us announcing plans to open up vaccination eligibility to all adults by April 19th, weeks ahead of his May 1st goal. Both announcements come with caveats, among them whether vaccine supplies will remain strong, and what will happen with coronavirus variants that are continuing to emerge and spread. KPFA’s Christopher Martinez reports.
1:34 – Author interview: Brian Fagan is an archeologist and anthropologist and professor emeritus of Anthropology at the University of California, Santa Barbara. We spoke with him in 2015 about his book The Intimate Bond: How Animals Shaped Human History.