Joshua Pawlik, in a photo from his family
On this show:
0:08 – Belarus is seeing massive uprisings and street protests against President Alexander Lukashenko, as the results of the presidential election are disputed. We hear more about Belarus’ history and the power of the working class there from Steve Crowley, chair of the Department of Politics at Oberlin College and a scholar of labor and political transformation in Eastern Europe.
0:34 – A major bill eviction moratorium bill, AB 1436, is expected to move to a vote in the state legislature. Tenants’ rights groups say it’s the last, best piece of legislation to halt a “tsunami” of evictions expected to take place because of nonpayment due to job losses during the Covid-19 pandemic. We host a debate: Shanti Singh (@uhshanti) is communications coordinator for the statewide renters’ rights organization Tenants Together, and Debra Carlton is executive vice president of state government affairs and compliance for the California Apartment Association.
1:08 – A new report by an independent monitor appointed by a federal judge has issued a scathing rebuke of Mayor Libby Schaaf and the Oakland Police Department for its response to the killing of Joshua Pawlik. It brings into question whether the police department is unable to review or investigate itself. Darwin BondGraham (@DarwinBondGraha) joins us, he is the news editor at Oaklandside.
1:20 – Ashley McBride (@ashleynmcb) reports on education equity for nonprofit newsroom The Oaklandside, and gives us an update on how the Oakland Unified School District’s reopening is going, from families without internet and technology to tune into online classes, to new ways of counting attendance, and enrollment hurdles.
1:34 – Investigative reporting has uncovered horrifying practices by U.S. immigration agents in Texas, including the separation and deportation of child asylum-seekers, and systemic sexual abuse by ICE agents. We’re joined by a journalist uncovering these stories: Lomi Kriel (@lomikriel) is a reporter with ProPublica and the Texas Tribune. Read her recent reporting:
ICE Guards “Systematically” Sexually Assault Detainees in an El Paso Detention Center, Lawyers Say