0:08 – The week ahead in Washington – Mitch is taking a day off, he’ll be back next week – the next relief package, will states get bailed out, the Democratic primary and more
John Nichols (@NicholsUprising) National Affairs Correspondent for The Nation. His newest book The Fight for the Soul of the Democratic Party comes out this Wednesday May 6,2020 from Verso Books.
0:34 – Why some people get sicker than others
Dr James Hamblin (@jameshamblin) is a Staff Writer at The Atlantic, and a lecturer at the Yale School of Public Health. He wrote “Why Some People Get Sicker Than Others”
1:08 – Oakland nurse fired for protesting lack of PPE at Highland
Saber Alaoui is a nurse, who was fired from Highland Hospital for posting a photo of himself wearing a garbage bag as PPE, and is fighting to get his job back.
1:15 – The Problems with Alameda County Health System
Darwin BondGraham (@DarwinBondGraha) is the news editor of Berkeleyside’s forthcoming Oakland newsroom.
1:34 – What might lifting shelter safely in place look like?
Stephen Engelberg (@SteveEngelberg) is editor-in-chief of ProPublica. He co-reported a recent article ‘Coronavirus Advice From Abroad: 7 Lessons America’s Governors Should Not Ignore as They Reopen Their Economies’
1:56 – Poetry flash: “Certainties” by Paul Cormon-Roberts
Paul Corman-Roberts is an author, poet, and an original co-founder of Oakland’s Beast Crawl Poetry Festival and he also co-produces the Fire Thieves reading series with San Francisco Poet Laureate Kim Shuck.
