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0:08 – Mondays with Mitch Mitch Jeserich hosts Letters and Politics, weekdays at 10AM on KPFA. We discuss the Trump’s refusal to concede, Republicans splintering support, the continued campaign for the Senate and more. 0:34 – COVID updates and listener calls. John Swartzberg is clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health. … Continued
0:08 – Biden leads in battleground states, very close to winning the Presidency. If he wins, what will his first two years look like? With a Republican controlled Senate and a conservative leaning Supreme Court? John Nichols (@NicholsUprising) is National Affairs Correspondent for The Nation 0:34 – More Black voters turn out for Trump, as … Continued
0:08 – What does it mean for Trump to go the legal route? Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) covers courts and the law for Slate. 0:20 – Vote count and mobilization in Georgia Cliff Albright (@BlackVotersMtr) is co-founder of Black Voters Matter 0:34 – National election results known plus we take your calls Steve Phillips (@StevePtweets) … Continued
0:08 – Elections roundup: Wisconsin Ruth Conniff (@rconniff) is editor in chief of the Wisconsin Examiner, a nonprofit newsroom. 0:15 – Elections roundup: Florida goes for Trump on anti-socialist sentiment Mitch Perry (@MitchPerry18) Political Reporter for Spectrum Bay News 9 in Tampa. 0:22 – Elections roundup: Trumps wins in Texas, and Democrats fail to take … Continued
0:08 – Election Day: on the ground in Florida Mitch Perry (@MitchPerry18) is a political reporter for Spectrum Bay News 9 in Tampa, FL. 0:19 – Election Day: on the ground in Wisconsin John Nichols (@NicholsUprising) is a national affairs correspondent for The Nation. 0:34 – What to watch in national politics Steve Phillips (@StevePtweets) … Continued
This story aired on UpFront on Monday, November 2, 2020. By Ariel Boone (@arielboone), KPFA election reporter In the final days of the 2018 California legislative session, the push to eliminate cash bail went through massive revisions that lost it support from a lot of groups working to end mass incarceration. It passed — … Continued
0:08 – Mondays with Mitch Mitch Jeserich hosts Letters and Politics, weekdays at 10AM on KPFA. We discuss the upcoming election, anxieties around political violence and Trump refusing a peaceful transfer for power, and where swing states – Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania – are at now, one day before the election. 0:34 – COVID updates … Continued
0:08 – The 2020 election and the Black Vote Kevin Powell, writer, human rights activist, poet, journalist, and author of 14 books, including his most recent work “When We Feed the World,” a collection of essays about the present and future of America. 0:34 –November 1st, marks Day 1 of the multi-day holiday Dia De … Continued
0:08 – What can Trump, Biden, anyone do about the COVID surge? Gregg Gonsalves (@gregggonsalves) is the co-director of the Global Health Justice Partnership and an assistant professor of epidemiology at the Yale School of Public Health. 0:34 – Author interview: David Dayen (@ddayen) is executive editor of the American Prospect, an independent progressive magazine, … Continued
0:08 – One week to go: The state of vote suppression Ari Berman (@AriBerman) is a senior reporter for Mother Jones covering voting rights. He is also the author of the book Give Us the Ballot: The Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in America. 0:34 – Author interview: Ainissa Ramirez (@ainissaramirez) is a materials scientist … Continued
