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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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When juvenile courts were first created more than 100 years ago, they were imagined as a therapeutic space where specially-trained public servants and a friendly, caring judge would help children and families. Our guest today illustrates how that vision never came to pass, and how the procedures and policies of family court are based in … Continued
Fifty-two Bay Area schools are facing lawsuits from former students who say they were sexually abused by a teacher and the school administration and district did nothing to protect them. We are joined by Sophia Bollag, a reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle, who published three investigative pieces this week, uncovering the depth of sexual … Continued
A federal judge has ordered Louisiana officials to move kids out of a former death row unit at Angola, one of the nation’s most notorious prisons. The ruling found that authorities at the facility had locked children up in cells for days at a time as a form of punishment, punished detained youth with the … Continued
San Francisco Supervisor Dean Preston has introduced legislation that would push the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing to fill half of its 1,002 vacant supportive housing units and remain at a vacancy below five percent moving forward. We’re joined by Supervisor Preston, who represents District 5, which includes the Tenderloin, the Haight, the Fillmore, … Continued
We start out the show with our weekly segment, the State Terror Roundup. Then, we go to Atlanta, where 61 people have been indicted under RICO organized crime charges for alleged participation in Stop Cop City organizing and anarchist political affiliation. Our guests are Keyanna Jones, a Stop Cop City organizer for Community Movement Builders … Continued
A new report from the American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California shows that California prisons systematically profile and report suspected immigrants to ICE. The ACLU, along with community organizations, has systematically sifted through more than 2,500 public records that shed light on the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation’s discriminatory, proactive deportation program. We’re … Continued
The US Supreme court has made abortion access much harder by overturning Roe v Wade. Today, we turn to Canada, where persistent threats to reproductive justice include: sexual violence, gun violence, homophobia and transphobia, criminalization of sex work, reproductive oppression of Indigenous women and girls, privatization of fertility health services, and the racism and colonialism … Continued
Growing conservatism among religious nationalist movements is threatening people without political power across borders. On today’s episode, we look at the colonial, military and political connections between India and its conservative Hindutva movement, and Israel’s zionist movement. The lands of both these countries were British colonies, and their political development since formal colonial times have … Continued
On today’s show, we start in conversation about the tragic racist mass shooting in Florida that happened over the weekend. We’re in conversation with Jonel Edwards Mickles is a co-executive director of Dream Defenders, a Florida organization created after the racist killing of Trayvon Martin. Check out the Dream Defenders website: https://www.dreamdefenders.org/ Then, we look … Continued
On today’s show, we share Part 2 of Diamonds and Bullets, an all vocal theatrical experience produced by Oakland-based arts and consulting company Edutainment for Equity, to provoke greater understanding and empathy for the statement “Black Lives Matter”. It features music of Bay Area Hip Hop Vocal Ensemble Antique Naked Soul, headed by songwriter and … Continued
