In 1979, James Baldwin wrote a letter to his literary agent describing his next project, Remember This House. The book was to be a revolutionary, personal account of the lives and successive assassinations of three of his close friends—Medgar Evers, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. At the the time of Baldwin’s death in … Continued


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The Normalization of White Nationalism and the Risk Associated With It (encore)

The escalating threat of white nationalist movement is upon us. Be it a singular racist remark about immigrants on social media, a pro-Trump rally in Berkeley Ca spearheaded by Nazi sympathizers, or the implementation of exclusionary policies that grossly impact America’s poorest and most disenfranchised communities.The current political ideology of nativism (lead by Donald Trump, … Continued


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The San Pablo Fire: The Aftermath, Poor News Network and James Baldwin

We speak with Jonah Strauss, the executive director of the Oakland Warehouse Coalition about the San Pablo fire, that killed four people and displacement 100 residents the early-morning of March 27th. Specifically we discussed the continued displacement, racism and the mismanagement of CERP funds. Poor News Network explores the War on The Poor, and political … Continued


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The San Pablo Fire: The Aftermath

We speak with Jonah Strauss, the executive director of the Oakland Warehouse Coalition about the San Pablo fire, that killed four people and displacement 100 residents the early-morning of March 27th. Specifically we discussed the continued displacement, racism and the mismanagement of CERP funds.