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Law & Disorder exposes the cracks in our system, agitates for resistance and collectively builds a new world where all of us thrive. Hosted by Cat Brooks. Produced by Jesse Strauss.
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SFPD cracked down on a group of teenage skateboarders last week resulting in 113 arrests and dozens of teenagers placed in zip ties and detained until they could be released to their parents. The actions of the SFPD has resulted in outrage and outcry from SF officials and community members. We are joined to discuss … Continued
Despite survivor-affirming awareness around sexual violence, child sexual abuse, most notably when it’s a family member or friend, is still a very taboo topic. There are approximately 42 million child sexual abuse survivors in the U.S. and millions of bystanders who look the other way as the abuse occurs and cover for the harm-doers with … Continued
San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins has dropped the 3rd and final police killing case in San Francisco – this time in the murder of Sean Moore by Officer Kenneth Cha. Joining us to discuss are Lateef Gray, a former Assistant District Attorney in San Francisco, who worked there while Chesa Boudin led the DA’s … Continued
We start off today’s show with our State Terror Roundup. Then, we look at how surveillance technology is and could be used to aid and enforce anti-trans legislation around the country. We’ll be in conversation with René Kladzyk, an investigative reporter at POGO – the Project On Governmental Oversite, whose reporting has been published in … Continued
On today’s show, we spend the hour with Palestinian author and publisher Hannah Moushabeck. She discusses her debut autobiographical children’s book called Homeland: My Father Dreams of Palestine. Buy the book: https://www.chroniclebooks.com/products/homeland Follow Hannah Moushabeck on IG:https://www.instagram.com/hannahmoushabeck/ Our Resistance in Residence Artist this week is rapper and member of Oakland hip hop crew Living Legends, … Continued
On today’s show, we spend the hour with Robert Jones Jr, also known as Son of Baldwin, a well-known social media presence which he recently retired. We discuss his debut novel, The Prophets, which is about two men who are in love, enslaved on the same Mississippi plantation. We talk about how the relationship between … Continued
On today’s show, we prepare ourselves for the 4th of July holiday by spending time with archival recordings from Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick, who was a musician, civil rights activist, and minister from Haynesville, Louisiana. In late 1964 he became a co-founder of the Deacons for Defense and Justice, an armed black self-defense group, in the … Continued
On today’s show we talk with journalist Scott Morris about his recent article in the Vallejo Sun detailing how SafeQuest Solano, the largest provider of domestic violence services, rented a house to an executive for $1 per year instead of providing crucial housing to victims of domestic violence. Read the investigation at https://www.vallejosun.com/solano-nonprofit-executive-lived-in-domestic-violence-safe-house-rented-from-city-of-fairfield/ This week … Continued
On today’s show, we’re in conversation with S.F. Public Defender, Mano Raju to talk about how overdue misdemeanor cases are keeping people in pre-trial detention despite San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins announcing that her office will only seek cash bail in limited misdemeanor cases because it unfairly penalizes those with less financial means and … Continued
It is pride month, and we’re spending intentional time this month – as we do every month – tracking movement for queer liberation and the legislative processes that try to muzzle the rights of our queer families. On today’s show, our host Jesse Strauss visited the Berkeley Free Clinic to sit down with three volunteer … Continued
