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On this show: 0:08 – As Joe Biden visits Kenosha, Wisconsin and speaks with police shooting survivor Jacob Blake by phone, we talk about the Trump and Biden campaigns and their Wisconsin stops with John Nichols (@NicholsUprising), national affairs correspondent for The Nation. 0:19 – Jane Kim, San Francisco supervisor and former California political director for the Bernie … Continued
Steven Taylor, who was killed by police in a San Leandro Walmart in April. On this show: 0:08 – Joe Biden brought in a record-breaking fundraising haul of $364.5 million dollars in August. Kevin Robillard (@Robillard), senior political reporter for HuffPost, joins us to talk about election fundraising this cycle and what the numbers mean. … Continued
Photo of Vietnamese refugee Tien Pham, who was released from San Quentin but immediately transferred to ICE custody on Monday, sparking outrage from family and advocates who were appealing to Governor Gavin Newsom to stop the transfer. From AAAJ/ALC on Twitter. On this show: 0:08 – As Trump visits Kenosha, we talk with Karissa Lewis, … Continued
Photo: Vote totals on the California Racial Justice Act (Kalra), AB 2542. From Ella Baker Center on Twitter On this show: 0:08 – Donald Trump is planning to visit Kenosha, Wisconsin, where unarmed father Jacob Blake was shot by police in the back seven times in August in front of his children. We talk about … Continued
WNBA players link arms in protest for justice for Breonna Taylor. Photo by Seattle Storm on Twitter On this show: 0:08 – On “Mondays with Mitch,” we talk about the Trump and Biden campaigns coming out of the conventions, as well as chances of new Covid-19 economic relief from Congress. California is set to begin … Continued
Federal prisoner Mutulu Shakur On this show: 0:08 – John Nichols (@NicholsUprising), national affairs correspondent for The Nation, joins host Jeannine Etter to talk about the DNC and RNC. 0:34 – For the entire month of what is known as Black August we’ve been highlighting different political prisoners. This week we shine the spotlight on Dr. … Continued
Art from September-October 2020 cover of Sierra Magazine, with cover story by Antonia Juhasz On this show: 0:08 – We go to an update from Southeast Texas, where Hurricane Laura was expected to hit hardest, with Kaitlin Bain (@KaitlinBain). Bain reports on local government for the Beaumont Enterprise. 0:13 – Antonia Juhasz (@antoniajuhasz) is a … Continued
Photo of chemical manufacturing plant and the Houston Ship Channel by Roy Luck On this show: 0:08 – To talk about the context of the poisoning of Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny we speak with Andrei Soldatov (@AndreiSoldatov) a Russian investigative journalist and security services expert. He is based in Moscow. 0:20 – Pearl Matibe (@PearlMatibe) … Continued
Photo: Wanda Johnson, with photos of her son Oscar Grant, who was murdered by BART police in 2009. Interview with Wanda Johnson ThisIsLucyKang · “Eleven years later, and I’m still fighting”: Remembering Oscar Grant On New Year’s Day 2009, then-BART police officer Johannes Mehserle shot and killed 22-year-old Oscar Grant III at Fruitvale … Continued
Hundreds protested the police shooting of Jacob Blake, an unarmed Black man, in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Photo by Kynala Phillips. On this show: 0:08 – Monday was the first day of the Republican National Convention. Adele Stan (@AddieStan), editor of Right Wing Watch — a project of People For the American Way — and a columnist … Continued
