Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. President Trump signs a nearly $500 billion dollar coronavirus relief bill San Francisco city officials respond to concerns over lack of PPE, universal testing, and hotels for the homeless.
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We are potentially entering a period of austerity in the US at a level not seen since the Great Depression. By mid-April, over 22 million people had filed for unemployment benefits. And its unclear whether jobs and businesses that people left behind will still be there once stay-at-home orders are lifted. The world as we … Continued
Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. Public health officials report the coronavirus has been circulating in the Bay Area since January Human rights organizations say governments are using the Covid-19 crisis as a pretext to curtail human rights
Today on the Show:A pandemic breakdown in the global economy. Also, a sobering look at the environment, dangerous nukes, and fracking. And the bailout of the airline industry so they can crisscross with empty planes. And an update on feeding the houseless with Keith McHenry of Food Not Bombs.
Tope Folarin, author of the novel “A Particular Kind of Black Man,” is interviewed by Richard Wolinsky. From the Probabilities Archive, the late novelist Michael Crichton while on tour for his novel “Jurassic Park,” interviewed by Richard A. Lupoff and Richard Wolinsky on December 5, 1990.
0:08 – New federal COVID-19 relief package Dean Baker (@DeanBaker13) is senior economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research. 0:34 – Local journalism in crisis Paul Cobb is the publisher and editor of the Post News Group (@PostNewsGroup), which includes eight newspapers, and one Spanish language paper, El Mundo, serving Bay Area minority … Continued
0:08 – Trump blocks new green cards, vowing an “end to immigration” Alma Maquitico is co-director of the National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (@NNIRRnetwork). 0:20 – Megadrought in the western US? Jason Smerdon is a Research Professor at Columbia’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, he co-author of a new report in Science warning a megadrought … Continued
0:08 – Who’s behind the protests against shelter-in-place? Jason Wilson (@jason_a_w) is a journalist covering right-wing groups and white nationalist violence, usually for the Guardian. His latest piece is ‘The rightwing groups behind wave of protests against Covid-19 restrictions.’ 0:34 – What’s happening with testing? Ask a scientist. Gregg Gonsalves (@gregggonsalves) is the co-director of … Continued
Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. San Francisco Supervisor calls for universal Covid-19 testing for homeless people and staff in homeless shelters.
We continue our conversation with Dr. Armen Henderson, an African-American doctor in Miami who was handcuffed outside his home while preparing for a volunteer shift to help protect homeless people from the spread of COVID-19. The encounter has sparked widespread outrage, and Miami’s police chief has now tested positive for COVID-19 and is in self-isolation. Dr Henderson … Continued
