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
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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
:08 John Nichols, national affairs correspondent for The Nation, on what we learned from the House Democratic Caucus’ showdown over infrastructure legislation. :33 Washington Post reporter Isaac Stanley-Becker, author of a story comparing how heavily states leaned on management-consulting firms for their pandemic response — and what happened. :51 Marcel Castanchoa, a Member of AFSCME Local … Continued
0:08 Fouzia Azizi is Director of Refugee Services at Jewish Family & Community Services; she works on settling Afghan refugees in the Bay Area. 0:33 Dr. John Balmes is a Professor of Medicine at UCSF, a Professor of Environmental Health Sciences at the UC Berkeley School of Public Health, and the physician-member of the California Air … Continued
0:08 Damon B. Akins, professor of history at Guilford College, co-author of We are the Land: A History of Native California 1:08 Ben Christopher covers California elections and politics for the nonprofit newsroom Calmatters, and recently profiled the top-polling replacement candidate on the recall ballot, conservative talk-radio host Larry Elder. 1:33 Rhonda Pagnozzi is the Lead Curator of … Continued
:08 – Mondays with Mitch Mitch Jeserich on the passing of Oakland Symphony conductor Michael Morgan, and the path ahead for Democrats’ infrastructure and budget bills as the house gavels back into session :34 COVID Call-ins UC Berkeley infectious disease specialist Dr. John Swartzberg discusses the implications of the Pfizer vaccine getting full FDA approval, and … Continued