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Labor Day—what’s to celebrate?

A Labor Day weekend round-up of the state of work, 2015.  PLUS: his grandfather had least 20,000 books, and his grandmother fed most of the leftist intelligentsia of Europe—Sasha Abramsky’s memoir is for all of us.  AND: renters’ rights—on the agenda, on the ballot, in Richmond, San Jose, Santa Rosa.  With host Kris Welch.


This weekend marks the anniversary of the killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri.  We talk with Tia Oso,  who interrupted NetRoots Nation to remind that black lives matter.  It’s the Berkeley Barb’s 50th anniversary–we’ll talk about journalism, then and now.  PLUS:  David Casarett,  Md and professor of medicine, makes the case for the medical … Continued


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Planned Parenthood under attack PLUS alive! reunites

Women’s reproductive options are once again under election-year attack, this time a vicious effort to defund Planned Parenthood.  We’ll survey the potential damage, and its controls.  PLUS: brilliant jazz band alive!, disbanded all too soon after 10+ years of delighting audiences, is staging a 40th reunion concert series.  We talk with Carolyn Brandy and Rhiannon.  … Continued