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On today’s show: 0:08 – Rebecca Dixon (@RebeccaDNELP), Executive Director of the National Employment Law Project joins us to discuss the end of federal unemployment benefits, who it will harm, and who it has harmed already in the conservative states that ended it early. 0:34 – We discuss the downfall of Oakland’s Ceasefire program and … Continued
On today’s show: 0:08 – We discuss the Taliban’s recently installed interim government in Afghanistan with Khury Petersen-Smith (@kpYES), Michael Ratner Middle East Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies. 0:20 – The Ivy Hill-Alice Tenant Union (@1515AliceTU) representing apartments near Lake Merritt successfully negotiated a collective rent agreement after going on rent strike for … Continued
On today’s show: 0:08 – Mitch Jeserich (@MitchJeserich) joins us to tell the story of where he was on 09/11/2001 and discuss what the nation will do now that the federal unemployment benefits have expired. 0:34 – Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health joins us … Continued
Monday, September 6th, 2021: Cat Brooks speaks to Dr. Mamyrah Prosper about Haiti and its long and deep history. Dr. Paul Farmer speaks on his book, Fevers, Feuds, and Diamonds: Ebola and the Ravages of History. All this plus headline news! photo: Dimitri Karastelev via Unsplash
Friday, September 3rd, 2021: We speak with Raymond Arsenault, author of Arthur Ashe: A Life. Next we’re joined by Alice Walker, author of Taking the Arrow out of the Heart. All this plus headline news! photo: Tom Hermans via Unsplash
On today’s show: 0:08 – We discuss the impact of Hurricane Ida in Louisiana with Ashley Shelton (@AshleyKShelton) founder and Executive Director of the Power Coalition and Flozell Daniels, Jr. (@FlozellDaniels) CEO & President of Foundation for Louisiana. 0:34 – Michael Mark Cohen (@LilBillHaywood), professor of African American Studies and American Studies at UC Berkeley … Continued
On today’s show: 0:08 – Should the Oakland Police Department be released from federal oversight? We discuss that possibility with civil rights attorneys Dan Siegel, John Burris, and Jim Chanin. Both John Burris and Jim Chanin represent plaintiffs in the lawsuit that resulted in the negotiated settlement agreement leading to federal oversight of OPD. 0:34 … Continued
On today’s show: 0:08 – The United States’ longest-running war has come to an end. The last military evacuation flights left the capital of Afghanistan hours before an August 31st deadline and 20-years after the U.S. led invasion that toppled the Taliban from power. Christopher Martinez reports. Plus, Cat speaks with Phylllis Bennis (@PhyllisBennis), … Continued
David Gilbert and his son Chesa Boudin. Photo courtesy of Chesa Boudin On today’s show: 0:08 – On our weekly segment “Mondays with Mitch,” Mitch Jeserich joins us — he hosts Letters and Politics weekdays at 10AM on KPFA. Today Cat and Mitch talk about the Supreme Court striking down President Biden’s eviction moratorium and … Continued
On today’s show: 0:08 – OJ Semans (@ojsemans), Co-Executive Director of Four Directions vote, and enrolled member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe, discusses the Native American Voting Rights Act, which was introduced in Congress earlier this month. The legislation is designed to protect the right to vote and ensure equal access to the electoral … Continued
