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0:08 – Mondays with Mitch: now that federal relief has passed, what’s preventing Dems from achieving their goals? The filibuster, explained. Mitch Jeserich (@MitchJeserich) hosts Letters and Politics, weekdays at 10AM on KPFA. 0:34 – COVID call-ins: John Swartzberg is clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health. 1:08 – I. Can’t. … Continued
0:08 – A civil rights class action lawsuit has been filed against San Jose for police violence against protesters in demonstrations after the killing of George Floyd Tifanei Ressl-Moyer is Thurgood Marshall civil rights fellow for the Lawyer’s Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area, and one of the attorneys representing plaintiffs … Continued
0:08 – China continues the crackdown on Hong Kong autonomy Au Loong-Yu is a founder of Globalization Monitor, a Hong Kong based group which monitors labor conditions in China. He is the author of Hong Kong in Revolt: The Protest Movement and the Future of China. 0:34 – Author interview: Sarah Jaffe (@sarahljaffe) is a … Continued
0:08 – Governor Newsom’s third State of the State address paints a rosy picture, but major challenges with schools re-opening, pandemic recession, inequality, unemployment and more. Dr. Monica Gandhi (@MonicaGandhi9) is an infectious diseases doctor and professor of Medicine at UCSF. Michael Herald is the Director of Policy Advocacy with the Western Center on Law … Continued
0:08 – New UpFront series launch – I. Can’t. Breathe: The trial of Derek Chauvin Alex Vitale (@avitale) is professor of sociology and coordinator of the Policing and Social Justice Project at Brooklyn College, and the author of “The End of Policing” 0:18 – The jury selection process Mary Moriarty (@MaryMoriarty) was a public defender … Continued
0:08 – Mondays with Mitch: the new federal stimulus, the George Floyd Act, the filibuster and more. Mitch Jeserich hosts Letters and Politics, which airs weekdays at 10AM on KPFA. 0:34 – COVID call-ins: John Swartzberg is clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health. 1:08 – KPFA News: White House … Continued
0:08 – Fund Drive Special: A People’s Guide to the San Francisco Bay Area Rachel Brahinsky (@brahinsk) is a Professor at the University of San Francisco in Urban Studies. Alexander Tarr (@avatarr8) is an Assistant Professor of Geography at Worcester State University. Their latest book is A People’s Guide to the San Francisco Bay Area, an … Continued
0:08 – Fund Drive Special: Can’t Stop Won’t Stop: A Hip-Hop History Jeff Chang has written extensively on culture, politics, the arts, and music. His books include Can’t Stop Won’t Stop, Who We Be, and We Gon’ Be Alright. Davey D Cook is hip hop historian, adjunct professor at San Francisco State, host of KPFA’s Hard Knock Radio, … Continued
0:08 – Fund Drive Special: A Black Women’s History of the US Daina Ramey Berry (@DainaRameyBerry) is the Oliver H. Radkey Regents Professor of History and Associate Dean of the Graduate School at the University of Texas at Austin. Kali Nicole Gross (@KaliGrossPhD) is the Martin Luther King Jr. Professor of History at Rutgers University. They’ve … Continued
On this show: 0:08 – The Senate Rules Committee on March 3 will hold a second hearing on the January 6, 2021 Capitol riot. Adele Stan of Right Wing Watch joins us to preview the testimony and talk about what we still don’t know. 0:34 – We air excerpts of Rashid Khalidi talking with Nora Barrows-Friedman about … Continued
