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0:08 – New federal COVID-19 relief package Dean Baker (@DeanBaker13) is senior economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research. 0:34 – Local journalism in crisis Paul Cobb is the publisher and editor of the Post News Group (@PostNewsGroup), which includes eight newspapers, and one Spanish language paper, El Mundo, serving Bay Area minority … Continued
0:08 – Trump blocks new green cards, vowing an “end to immigration” Alma Maquitico is co-director of the National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (@NNIRRnetwork). 0:20 – Megadrought in the western US? Jason Smerdon is a Research Professor at Columbia’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, he co-author of a new report in Science warning a megadrought … Continued
0:08 – Who’s behind the protests against shelter-in-place? Jason Wilson (@jason_a_w) is a journalist covering right-wing groups and white nationalist violence, usually for the Guardian. His latest piece is ‘The rightwing groups behind wave of protests against Covid-19 restrictions.’ 0:34 – What’s happening with testing? Ask a scientist. Gregg Gonsalves (@gregggonsalves) is the co-director of … Continued
0:08 – Mondays with Mitch: police killing of Steven Demarco Taylor yesterday at a Walmart in San Leandro yesterday, plus the latest on the coronavirus relief funds, why some people have not received checks yet, and more on Congress struggling to continue operations. 0:34 – Transportation in the time of COVID-19 Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez (@FitzTheReporter) … Continued
0:08 – Snapshot from the epicenter of the pandemic: New York City Kevin Powell (@kevin_powell) is a writer, public speaker, and civil and human rights activist, is the author of 14 books, including the memoir, The Education of Kevin Powell: A Boy’s Journey into Manhood. He lives in New York City, and recently visited all … Continued
0:08 – Trump cuts WHO funding, and G20 announces debt suspension for 76 developing nations Nadia Daar (@nadiadaar) is the head of the Washington DC office of Oxfam International. 0:34 – Q&A: Healthcare and insurance available in California Peter Lee is the Executive Director of California’s health benefit exchange, “Covered California” (@CoveredCAnews) Anthony Wright (@aewright) … Continued
0:08 – The Trump administration’s management of medical supplies Cyrus Farivar (@cfarivar) reporter in the tech investigative unit at NBC, co-authored a massive investigation into how the Trump administration is steering emergency medical supply contracts at nbcnews.com 0:34 – Why are hospitals cutting healthcare workers during a crisis? Michael Sainato (@msainat1) is a labor reporter … Continued
0:08 – How COVID-19 has broken out in Bay Area nursing homes Annie Sciacca (@AnnieSciacca) is a reporter with the Bay Area News Group. 0:21 – Adante Pointer is an attorney with John Burris Law, preparing a lawsuit over the death of an 87-year-old man at Gateway Care and Rehabilitation Center in Hayward. 0:34 – Q&A: … Continued
0:08 – Mondays with Mitch: what’s happening with the coronavirus relief bill, the ongoing tug-of-war between Congress and the Department of the Treasury – Congressional Republicans obstructing relief efforts – and when the next COVID-19 bill is coming. 0:34 – Q&A: Ask a public health expert Jay Levy, MD is a professor of medicine and … Continued
0:08 – Unprecedented unemployment: 6.6 million people filed for unemployment in the US in the week ending April 4th Steven Pitts (@steven72853) is Associate Chair at the UC Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education. 0:15 – COVID-19 is taking its toll among First Nations people across the US – exposing prior health, infrastructure and … Continued
