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


Low-income Oakland tenants face Ellis Act eviction amid the pandemic: “COVID is a terrible time for us”

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



“Nobody got hurt that day but her”: Remembering Yuvette Henderson

Photo: Yuvette Henderson, who was shot and killed by Emeryville police in 2015.   Interview with Jamison Robinson ThisIsLucyKang · “Nobody got hurt that day but her”: Remembering Yuvette Henderson   In 2015, Emeryville police shot and killed 38-year-old Yuvette Henderson in broad daylight with an AR-15. Her alleged charge was shoplifting from Home Depot. … Continued


“My heart was shattered to pieces”: Remembering Alan Blueford

Photo: A younger Alan Blueford, a Skyline High School student who was shot in the back by then-Oakland police officer Miguel Masso Interview with Jeralynn and Adam Blueford ThisIsLucyKang · “My heart was shattered to pieces”: Remembering Alan Blueford On May 6, 2012, then-Oakland police officer Miguel Masso shot and killed 18-year old Alan Blueford, … Continued



Prodemocracy demonstrators clash with law enforcement in Hong Kong in August 2019. Photo by Studio Incendo. On this show: 0:08 – Last Tuesday, China passed a national security law that applies to Hong Kong. It criminalizes secession, subversion, terrorist activities, and collusion with foreign powers — and today, Hong Kong is seeing its first prosecution … Continued