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7:08 – Tim Wise (@timjacobwise) is an American anti-racism activist, author, and lecturer. He is the host of the Speak Out With Tim Wise podcast, and author of seven books, including his latest work Under the Affluence: Shaming the Poor, Praising the Rich and Sacrificing the Future of America. 8:08 – Richard Wolinsky(@Rich_Bookwaves) is a theatre, art … Continued
7:08 Maggie Ellinger-Locke is a staff attorney and Molly Dorozenski is a Project Leader with Greenpeace USA. Maggie joins us from Washington DC and Molly from New York, they’ve both collaborated on two new reports. One highlights the Energy Transfer Partners’ (ETP) alleged unethical and inappropriate treatment of Dakota Access pipeline opponents. The other deals with the potential harm that could be … Continued
7:08 Anne Chandler (@AnneChandlerTX)is the Executive Director of the Tahirih Justice Center’s Houston Office. She’s been in McAllen,TX, to visit courtrooms and detention facilities to learn of the treatment of separated parents and children along the U.S. border. She reports back on what she say and learned on the border. Read more about her work here: https://www.texasmonthly.com/news/whats-really-happening-asylum-seeking-families-separated/ … Continued
7:08 Over the weekend, hundreds of thousands joined Families Belong Together rallies protesting the Trump Administration’s zero tolerance immigration policies. In the nation’s capitol, they marched on the White House. At Tule Lake, Japanese Americans rallied near a World War 2 – era camp where they and their family members were imprisoned. Here in the Bay … Continued
7am – Sunday July 1 will be Mexico’s biggest election in history – and its also been the deadliest on record. We’re joined by Laura Carlsen, Director of the Center for International Policy and Shannon Young, an investigative journalist and reporter with KPFA News to talk about the candidates and who is assassinating local and state … Continued
7:08 – Breaking news: Justice Anthony Kennedy announces retirement John Nichols is a national affairs correspondent with The Nation Magazine. Camille Pannu teaches law at the UC Davis School of Law where she also directs the Water Justice Clinic. 7:34 – Update on the children separated and detained at the border with Denise Bell is a researcher for … Continued
7am – Imani Gandy (@AngryBlackLady) is Senior Legal Analyst for rewire.news and co-host of the Boom! Laywyered. podcast. She joins us in-studio to discuss the latest US Supreme Court cases including NIFLA v Becerra (regulating crisis pregnancy centers) and gerrymandering decisions. 7:34am – Kassie Siegel (@KassieSiegel) is the Director and Senior Counsel of the Climate Law Institute. She joins us to discuss … Continued
7:08am – Immigration Detention in Contra Costa County. KPFA’s Carla West reports live from the ICE Protest at West County Detention Facility in Richmond 7am – 7pm. Then, Mark DeSaulnier, Democrat representing California’s 11th Congressional District–which includes both the West County Detention Facility, and the Concord Naval Weapons Base – about the Trump Administration’s proposal to detain thousands of … Continued
7am – Breaking: US Supreme Court rules on the privacy of cell phone records in Carpenter vs. United States. Joining us to discuss is Alan Butler (@AlanInDC )senior counsel with the Electronic Privacy Frontier Center (EPIC), a public interest research center based in Washington DC. Cyrus Farivar (@cfarivar )is Senior Tech Policy Reporter at Ars Technica and author and radio producer. His … Continued
7:00 – News headlines 7:08 – Lauren Markham (@LaurenMarkham_) is a Northern California-based reporter, writer, and author. Her latest book is The Far Away Brothers: Two Young Migrants and the Making of an American Life. 8:08 – Juan Prieto is with the California Immigrant Youth Justice Alliance
