UpFront – September 9, 2024
UpFront delivers a mix of local, state, and international coverage through challenging interviews, civil debates, breaking updates, and in-depth discussions with authors.
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Sasha Abramsky on Chaos Comes Calling
00:08 Sasha Abramsky, Western Correspondent for The Nation, just out with Chaos Comes Calling: the battle against the far-right takeover of small-town America EVENT: Sasha Abramsky will be doing a book event at the Book Passage in Corte Madera tomorrow (Saturday, 9/7/24) at 1:PM
Trump’s Trials
00:08 US Special Counsel Jack Smith is back in court with a superseding indictment of Donald Trump meant to stay on the right side of the Supreme Court’s presidential immunity ruling. Jeremy Stahl, jurisprudence editor at Slate. 00:34 San Francisco’s housing authority is trying to kick out dozens of people living in the Potrero HIll … Continued
Governor Newsom Calls CA Legislators Back After End of Legislative Session; Plus, Israel Faces Protests After Killing of Six Hostages
00:08 — Sameea Kamal is a reporter for CalMatters covering the state Capitol and California politics. 00:33 — Joel Beinin a Professor of Middle East History, Emeritus at Stanford University.
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls with Dr. Swartzberg
0:08 — John Feffer is Director of Foreign Policy in Focus. 0:33 — Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health.
Brian Merchant on Smashing the Machine [Labor Day Repeat]
00:08 Brian Merchant, author of Blood in the Machine: the origins of the rebellion against big tech, and purveyor of a Substack newsletter by the same name. [This is a holiday repeat of an interview originally recorded in December 2023, shortly before Merchant was unironically laid off from his tech columnist position at the LA … Continued
Sunaura Taylor on Disabled Ecologies
Sunaura Taylor, Assistant Professor of Environmental Science, Policy and Management at UC Berkeley. Her new book is Disabled Ecologies: Lessons from a wounded desert EVENT: Sunaura’s presenting her book in an event with Yomi Young on Monday September 9 at 6:pm at Pegasus Books in Downtown Berkeley.
What happened to California’s bid to save local journalism?
00:08 The California Local Journalism Preservation Act, which would have taxed large tech platforms to subsidize local reporting, was abruptly shelved and replaced with a deal to have Google and California contribute smaller sums of money to a journalism fund administered through UC Berkeley’s School of Journalism. Jon Schleuss is a data journalist who currently … Continued
DOJ Sues RealPage for Algorithmic Price Fixing and Rent Inflation; Plus, Lead Contamination in Oakland Schools; And, the Future of “Recyclable”
0:08 — Heather Vogell is investigative reporter with ProPublica. 0:33 — Lisa Song is a reporter on the environment, energy and climate change for ProPublica. 0:45 — Ashley McBride is a reporter for the Oaklandside covering education equity.
Canada Rail Shutdown; Pro-Palestinian UCI Students Sue Campus for Suspension Without Due Process; Plus, High Price of Mpox Vaccine Prevents Equitable Access
0:08 — Barry Eidlin, is an Associate Professor in the department of Sociology at McGill University. His latest book is “Labor and the Class Idea in the United States and Canada.” 0:33 — Thomas Harvey is a LA area civil rights attorney who has a long history of representing protesters, organizers. 0:45 — Peter Maybarduk … Continued
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls with Dr. Swartzberg
0:08 — John Feffer is Director of Foreign Policy in Focus, Institute for Policy Studies. 0:33 — Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health.