UpFront

How ICE is putting people at risk in the immigration detention system; Plus: what you need to know about housing, we host a tenants rights clinic

0:08 – Amid coronavirus shutdown, what’s happening in the economy?

Doug Henwood (@DougHenwood) is host of KPFA’s Behind the News, which airs Thursdays at 12pm PT; for years, he published the Left Business Observer.

0:34 – Ask the doctor: COVID-19 and best practices for staying healthy

Dr. Rupa Marya (@DrRupaMarya) works in hospital medicine at UCSF, which is currently testing and treating patients with coronavirus.

1:08 – ICE continues deportation machine, highly concerning for spreading coronavirus

Patrick Michels (@PatrickMichels) is a reporter with Reveal, covering immigration. His latest piece with Aura Bogado and Laura C Morel is ‘How federal agencies put immigrants and immigration workers at risk amid coronavirus

1:26 – KPFA’s Richard Wolinsky shares an update on how some Bay Area theater companies are responding to the shut down. 

1:34 – Tenants Rights Clinic

Meghan Gordon is Director of Housing Practice at the East Bay Community Law Center (@EBCLCNews), and takes your calls. 

 

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