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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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A professional athlete, choosing to not participate in the fanfare of the national anthem, on a national sports stage. Is it a familiar story? Can you picture it? In 2016, Colin Kaepernick, then a quarterback with the SF 49ers, built up a now-well-known protest against police killings of Black people by taking a knee while … Continued
Diving into the modern abolitionist movement, we spend this hour with abolitionist activist and scholar Ruth Wilson Gilmore, discussing her latest collection of writing called Abolition Geography: Essays Toward Liberation. We get into some of the history of the modern abolitionist movement, and explore what it could mean to rely on community rather than the … Continued
As we approach the colonial Thanksgiving holiday, we spend the hour exploring the intersections of American Indian and Black identities. Our guest in this episode is Caleb Gayle, an award-winning journalist who writes about race and identity and a professor at Northeastern University, a senior fellow at the Burnes Center for Social Change, and a … Continued
In today’s packed show, we start by reflecting on the devastating mass shooting at Colorado Springs’ queer bar Club Q over the weekend, on the eve of the Trans Day of Remembrance. Then we move to California, where new research from non-profit newsroom CalMatters shows that the California prison system on average moves people with … Continued
On today’s show, we focus on elections both local and national. We start in Oakland, where City Councilmember and Council President Nikki Fortunado-Bas has held on to her seat representing our city’s District 2, after receiving a large majority of votes against challenger Harold Lowe. We discuss the race and what she expects the next … Continued
Starting with the weekly State Terror Roundup, we look at state violence throughout the country in the past week. Then, in the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder, and the national uprising that ensued, California’s legislature passed a bill that would create automatic oversight by the state’s department of justice when unarmed people are shot by … Continued
Warning: this show includes discussion of suicide by youth while incarcerated. If you or someone you know is struggling with suicidal thoughts, please consider calling or texting 988. 988 is the new Lifeline phone number where trained counselors are available 24 hours a day. — Today we speak with two journalists who published a deep … Continued
We’re only a few years into the Biden Administration, but federal immigration policy under his leadership is impacting communities heavily. Today we’ll focus on two stories about how the US is wielding immigration policy – First, a real plan on the table to house detained and undocumented migrants in the notorious Guantanamo Bay prison. Then … Continued
We start today’s show with our weekly State Terror Rundown. Then, we take a look at what happens to people held in prison who are violated and harmed there – what resources they can turn to, how do those resources actually work, if at all, and what does it mean for us a society that … Continued
On today’s episode we dive into the returns thus far on the Tuesday, November 8th, election, with a particular focus on the races that impact policing along with other parts of the local ballots. We’ll start in San Francisco, and then move to the East Bay. Note that the conversation was recorded on the morning … Continued
