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0:08 – Banter – Cat and Brian discuss the recent earthquakes in Southern California, preparedness and how to plan for the next Big One here; plus: the Kaiser auditorium development is up for a vote in front of the Oakland City Council, but here’s the context you rarely hear about. 0:34 – Robert Macfarlane (@RobGMacfarlane) … Continued
0:08 – The Welcome Home Project is a new photo exhibit featuring formerly incarcerated men and women who’ve been able to turn their lives around. We speak with Welcome Home coordinator Micky Duxbury and the featured photographer Ruth Morgan about the exhibit and its inspiring stories. 0:34 – From the archives: Restorative Justice Healing We … Continued
0:08 – William “Sandy” Darity, Jr., is an Economist, Researcher, and Professor of Public Policy at Duke University. Hosted by Jeannine Etter. 0:34 – David K Randall is a senior reporter at Reuters. His latest book is “Black Death at the Golden Gate: The Race to Save America from the Bubonic Plague.” Hosted by Brian … Continued
0:08 – Susan Little (@litteEWG) is a Senior Advocate for Government Affairs with the Environmental Working Group. She joins to discuss recent reports about lead in the drinking water of 1 in 5 CA schools. 0:23 – KPFA’s Klara Ingersoll reports on migrant detention protests in San Francisco. 0:26 – KPFA’s Christopher Martinez reports on … Continued
0:08 – KPFA News: Members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus visited Border Patrol detention facilities in Clint and El Paso Texas as part of a fact-finding mission. Pro-Trump supporters interrupted a news conference following the tour. KPFA’s Casey Roepke reports. 0:11 – Congresswoman Judy Chu (@RepJudyChu) discusses her tour of a migrant detention facility. She … Continued
0:08 – The implosion of the NRA – Jane Coaston (@cjane87) is a Senior Politics Reporter at Vox with a focus on the GOP, conservatism, and the far-right. She joins to discuss the power struggles, lawsuits, and corruption that may end the National Rifle Association. 0:34 – Science and medicine writer Dean Haycock, PhD. discusses research about … Continued
0:08 – First, an update on the resistance movement in Sudan. It’s been almost a month since government forces massacred over 100 pro-democracy protesters, right after they offered support in overthrowing Sudan’s dictator Omar al-Bashir. Zachariah Mampilly (@Ras_Karya) is Marxe Chair of International Affairs at CUNY’s School of Public and International Affairs. 0:18 – Celebrating … Continued
0:08 – For reaction and analysis of the Democratic presidential debates, we speak with: Steve Phillips (@StevePtweets) is a national political leader, civil-rights lawyer, contributor to the Nation Magazine and the founder of Democracy in Color, an organization dedicated to race, politics, and the new American majority. Greg Carr (@AfricanaCarr) is Associate Professor of Africana … Continued
0:08 – Analysis of the first night of democratic presidential debates. We focus on immigration and the border crisis with Reverend Deborah Lee, Executive Director of the Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity. 00:34 – DaMaris B. Hill (@damarishill) is assistant professor of creative writing and African American and Africana Studies at the University of Kentucky. She … Continued
0:08 – We are joined by Charlie Eaton, professor of sociology at UC Merced whose research focuses on the financialization of higher education, to discuss the role of student debt as an issue in the 2020 election. 0:34 – KPFA’s Rami Almeghari reports on the US-led economic peace workshop for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in … Continued
