Law & Disorder

06.29.23 - 8:00am

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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

06.28.23 - 8:00am

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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

06.27.23 - 8:00am

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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

06.26.23 - 8:00am

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Born in 1946 in Mansfield, Louisiana, our guest today came of age against the backdrop of the civil rights movement. His close-knit family watched as the country grappled with desegregation; as the Klan targeted the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama; and as systemic racism struck across the nation and in their hometown. We … Continued

06.22.23 - 8:00am

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Today, we’re in conversation with award-winning filmmaker, rapper and all around Oakland legend, Boots Riley, about his new TV show called “I’m a Virgo,” a show being released on Amazon Prime whose plot builds around a 13-foot tall Black man living in Oakland – and it gets weirder, more engaging, and fun, from there. Boots … Continued

06.21.23 - 8:00am

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Last week, the Supreme Court upheld the Indian Child Welfare Act, which is a landmark 1978 legislation aimed at preventing Native foster children and adoptees from being separated from their families and tribes. Last week’s ruling represents a victory for Native tribes, who argued that the case threatened the basic tenets of Native sovereignty. It’s … Continued

06.20.23 - 8:00am

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Mississippi is the poorest state in the US, with the highest percentage of Black people and a history of heinous racial terror. But in the heart of the state capitol, Cooperation Jackson develops Black self-determination by building solidarity economies and cooperatives, developing land into community land trusts, and an eco-socialist framework that has inspired partnership … Continued

06.19.23 - 8:00am

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On today’s show, we’re in conversation with award winning author Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah about his brand new book Chain Gang All Stars, a novel imagining a near-future where the prison industrial complex has developed a gruesome and widely popular reality show where prisoners are pitted against each other in gladiator death matches. We talk about … Continued

06.15.23 - 8:00am

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We start today’s show with our ongoing Thursday segment, the State Terror Roundup. Local non-profit news site Mission Local has published a 2-part investigative report this week on civil settlements involving San Francisco law enforcement that has cost taxpayers roughly $70 million dollars since 2010. We’re joined by Will Jarret, Mission Local’s data reporter and … Continued

06.14.23 - 8:00am

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It is pride month, and we’re spending intentional time this month – as we do every month – tracking movement for queer liberation and the processes that try to muzzle the rights of our queer families. In today’s episode we look at a homophobic legislative process going on in Uganda, a country where the law … Continued