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Farmworkers in Salinas harvest lettuce during the wildfires in Salinas, where the River Fire has filled the air with orange smoke and haze. Photo by Ramiro, a farmworker, from United Farm Workers on Instagram. On this show, we spend the hour talking about the 300+ fires raging across California, including the major LNU Lightning Complex … Continued
Joshua Pawlik, in a photo from his family On this show: 0:08 – Belarus is seeing massive uprisings and street protests against President Alexander Lukashenko, as the results of the presidential election are disputed. We hear more about Belarus’ history and the power of the working class there from Steve Crowley, chair of the Department … Continued
Photo: Yolanda Udell, cousin of Jessica Williams, who was killed by the San Francisco police in 2016. Interview with Yolanda Udell ThisIsLucyKang · “I have the memories. They just stay in my head”: Remembering Jessica Williams Jessica Williams was shot and killed by San Francisco Police Sergeant Justin Erb in the Bayview in 2016. … Continued
Sen. Bernie Sanders addresses the Democratic National Convention Monday night. On this show: 0:08 – How did the first day of the online Democratic National Convention go? We talk about the keynote speech by Bernie Sanders went with two guests: Briahna Joy Gray (@briebriejoy), former press secretary for Bernie Sanders’ 2020 campaign; now a contributing … Continued
Photo: Kayla Moore with her niece and grandfather. Interview with Maria Moore ThisIsLucyKang · “They didn’t give her any dignity”: Remembering Kayla Moore Kayla Moore, a Black transgender woman, was killed in her apartment by Berkeley police in 2013. Kayla had a history of schizophrenia and was in the middle of a mental health … Continued
Photo of Oakland Police Commissioners from 2017 On this show: 0:08 – Mitch Jeserich joins us for Mondays With Mitch. He is the host of Letters and Politics, weekdays at 10, and is hosting nightly DNC and RNC coverage on Pacifica. 0:34 – Dr. John Swartzberg is clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC … Continued
Imam Jamil Al-Amin and Leonard Peltier, both political prisoners in the U.S. On this show: 0:08 – Jamil Al-Amin, a political prisoner, imam, former SNCC leader and formerly known as H. Rap Brown, is still serving a life sentence. We hear the latest on his case and his defense from Amir Abdel Malik Ali of … Continued
Image from savearabamericanstudies.org. On this show: 0:08 – How is Covid-19 affecting kids of different age groups? We take your calls with Dr. Bonnie Maldonado, a professor of pediatrics and Health Research and Policy at the Stanford School of Medicine. Some of her takeaways: We still don’t know if children are less likely to be … Continued
US Senator Kamala Harris in 2019. Presidential candidate Joe Biden announced Harris as his running mate yesterday. Photo by Gage Skidmore. On this show: 0:08 – Yesterday, presidential candidate Joe Biden announced his long-awaited decision on a vice presidential running mate: U.S. Senator and former California attorney general Kamala Harris. Harris’s record as a prosecutor … Continued
Front entrance to Oakland Technical High School. Oakland Unified School District reopened on Monday without an agreement with the union OEA on how to safely reopen schools. On this show: 0:08 – Oakland Unified School District reopened, virtually, on Monday — but without a union agreement. So what does this mean for teachers and … Continued
