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A cow sits in a meadow – photo from Wallpaperflare On this show: 0:08 – Restaurant workers laid off due to Covid-19 are organizing to win immediate economic relief and change the industry longterm. Natalia Tylim is one of them — she is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America in New York City … Continued
Christian Madrigal, in a photo shared by his family On this show: 0:13 – Home deaths have spiked in Houston, and a new ProPublica investigation tries to find out how many are attributable to Covid-19. Charles Ornstein, deputy managing editor at ProPublica, talks about the story. 0:34 – A massive trove of data leaked by … Continued
Photo: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez speaks at a press conference about the Green New Deal. 0:08 – A stunning new video investigation by the Marshall Project and the New York Times examined hundreds of flights used by ICE to transport and deport detained immigrants, exposing and infecting those detained with the coronavirus, and spreading Covid-19 around the … Continued
Art displaying solidarity between Indigenous & Black activists, from Instagram post by @99rootz On this show: 0:08 – 5.4 million people in the U.S. lost their health insurance coverage during Covid-19, and premiums are expected to skyrocket next year, including in the marketplace created under the Affordable Care Act. We speak with Stan Dorn (@standorn), director … Continued
SFPD cruiser, photographed by Ed Dunens On this show: 0:08 – Mitch Jeserich joins us to talk about news in Congress, how the Democrat-backed HEROES Act has no Republican support, and how Republicans would like to taper down the additional unemployment insurance that some workers have been receiving. Mitch is the host of Letters and … Continued
Advocates hold a press conference outside San Quentin State Prison on Thursday. Photo from Ella Baker Center On this show: 0:08 – Thursday, activists with the #StopSanQuentinOutbreak campaign held a press conference outside of the prison to call on Gov. Gavin Newsom to release incarcerated people with nonviolent convictions to slow the spread of the … Continued
Tenants have arranged flowers in the backyard of their rent-controlled fourplex in north Oakland. They’re facing eviction via the Ellis Act. By Danielle Kaye (@danielledkaye) Alameda County and the City of Oakland passed temporary moratoriums on evictions to protect tenants during the COVID-19 pandemic. But that hasn’t stopped some landlords from moving forward with … Continued
Courthouse in the Muscogee Creek Nation, whose territory was at question in McGirt v. Oklahoma On this show: 0:08 – The latest unemployment filing numbers are out, more than 1 million new claims are still being filed each week — but analyzing the number is difficult, because of the enormous backlog that exists. Dean Baker, … Continued
Nurses in Florida represented by National Nurses United raise their fists during a demonstration protesting unsafe conditions during the Covid-19 pandemic. Photo from NNU. On this show: 0:08 – Are states running low on Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) again, amid the surge in coronavirus cases? The union National Nurses United is leading calls for states … Continued
Protesters flee on foot as law enforcement fires tear gas and so-called “less lethal” weapons at the end of a Justice for George Floyd protest in Oakland on June 1. Photo by KPFA’s Ariel Boone. On this show: 0:08 – The first death from Covid-19 inside an ICE detention center took place in Otay Mesa … Continued
