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Stories from the Frontlines: Americans in Combat in Afghanistan and Iraq, Prisoner firefighters in California

0:08 – Florida embattled in a state-wide recount

Mitch Perry (@MitchEPerryTallahassee-based reporter with the Florida Phoenix, an online nonprofit news site covering state politics, spent all day Wednesday in court and explains the recount process.

0:20 – Georgia elections are also in court, advocates are demanding all votes be counted

Cliff Albright (@cliff_notesis the co-founder with Black Voters Matter

0:34 – Author Interview: CJ Chivers (@cjchiversis a Pulitzer Prize-winning correspondent for the New York Times, and a former infantryman in the US Marines. His new book is The Fighters: Americans in Combat in Afghanistan and Iraq.

1:08 – PG&E and wildfires: One Bay Area Senator is calling for the company to take responsibility

Senator Jerry Hill represents California’s 13th District, including the San Francisco Peninsula and parts of Silicon Valley. He’s a frequent critic of PG&E, ever since a pipeline explosion in San Bruno in 2010 killed 8 people, and says PG&E may need to be broken up.

8:34 – California prisoners are again on the frontlines fighting these wildfire, we re-air an interview detailing how those prisoners are denied access to good firefighting jobs when they get out of prison.

Amika Mota is the Director of Prison Reentry with the Women’s Freedom Center, based in San Francisco.

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