On today’s show:
0:08 – Juan A. Lozano (@juanlozano70), a reporter for The Associated Press joins us from El Rio, Texas. Marleine Bastien, founder and Executive Director of Family Action Network Movement, a Haitian immigrant advocacy organization also joins us from Washington, DC to discuss the United States’ move to deport thousands of Haitian migrants camped beneath a bridge on the Texas border.
0:34 – We bring you some poetry from Avotcja, award-winning poet, multi-instrumentalist and host of KPFA’s Bebop Cubop and The Musical Truth, which airs on Tuesday at 8 PM Pacific. She performed this piece at the Black Women’s Blues Festival co-sponsored by KPFA on August 22.
1:08 – Bestselling author Gary Kamiya joins us to discuss his latest book – Spirits of San Francisco: Voyages Through the Unknown City
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