This Monday December 14th on KPFA Radio’s “Women’s Magazine” we look at how racial Capitalism and Patriarchy have created a punitive underfunded child care system in the U.S. where the the average hourly wage of child care workers is $10.72 per hour, many of the women in need of child care are black and brown women … Continued
0:08 – Mondays with Mitch Mitch Jeserich hosts Letters and Politics, weekdays at 10AM on KPFA and joins us to discuss the electoral college vote today. 0:34 – COVID update: the first vaccinations in the US, effectiveness, side effect concerns and more John Swartzberg is clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of … Continued
Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. President-elect Joe Biden introduces five top picks for his new administration Former Iowa governor and USDA head Tom Vilsack is nominated for Secretary of Agriculture Public health officials urge Mexican Catholic residents to stay home from Guadalupe … Continued
Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. Expert advisory panel approves emergency use of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine. Republican senators stall on a bipartisan coronavirus relief package. President-elect Biden meets with civil rights leaders. 18 state’s join Texas lawsuit to nullify Joe Biden’s electoral victory … Continued
President-elect Biden Picks California AG Xavier Becerra to Head Health Human Services Agency. Trump Attorney Rudy Giuliani Latest Trump Associate to Contract Coronavirus. Most of California Goes Back Into Lockdown to Control Covid Surge. East Bay Green Energy Company Rolls Out Energy Saving Program. Indigenous Activists Face Charges for Toppling Marin County Statue of Spanish … Continued
Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. Critics say new coronavirus relief bill won’t provide enough relief to Americans U.S. House of Representatives approves measure to decriminalize marijuana at the federal level People age 21 and older soon will be able to buy marijuana … Continued
Lawmakers Continue Negotiations on New Covid-19 Relief Bill as Cases Soar. Governor Announces Most of State Could Face Stay-At-Home Order. Santa Clara County Officials Rollout Vaccine Plan.
Daniel Handler discusses his most recent novel, Bottle Grove, and Oregon Shakespeare Festival Associate Artistic Director Evren Odcikin talks about the theatre company and the Covid shutdown. Hosted by Richard Wolinsky.
President-elect Biden Congressional Dems Back Bipartisan Pandemic Relief Bill. Britain First Western Country To Approve Covid Vaccine. US Health Officials Warn of Harsh Pandemic Winter Ahead.US Health Officials Warn of Harsh Pandemic Winter Ahead. San Francisco Mayor London Breed Attends November Social Outing, Despite Covid.
Guest: John Fabian Witt is the Duffy Class of 1960 Professor of Law and History at Yale, where he serves as Head of Davenport College. He is author of the Bancroft Prize–winning Lincoln’s Code: The Laws of War in American History, his latest book is American Contagions: Epidemics and the Law from Smallpox to COVID-19.
