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7:08 – Huberta Jackson-Lowman is President of the Association of Black Psychologists. She is an educator, researcher, and writer and currently teaches in the Department of Psychology at Florida A&M University. 7:34 – Bre Williams is Program Director of PEERS, or Peers Envisioning and Engaging in Recovery Services, a grassroots nonprofit organization which promotes peer-based wellness strategies and offers alternative … Continued
7:08 – Dr Mona Hanna-Attisha is a pediatrician who assembled the first health data showing the children of Flint, Michigan, were being poisoned by their tap water. Her new book is What the Eyes Don’t See: a story of Crisis, Resistance, and Hope in an American City. 7:33 – Ilyse Hogue is the President of NARAL Pro-Choice … Continued
7:08 – Abbie Dillen (@AbbieDillen) is the Vice President of Litigation for Climate & Energy with Earthjustice (@Earthjustice), based in San Francisco. 7:33 – Kris Ebi is a researcher and professor with the Department of Public Health at the University of Washington in Seattle. She’s the co-author of a recent paper in Nature entitled “Extreme heat-related mortality avoided under Paris Agreement … Continued
7:08 – Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) is a reporter covering courts and law for Slate. 7:34 – Rebecca Leber (@rebleber)is a reporter in Mother Jones’ DC bureau, where she covers environmental politics and policy. She’s covered climate and energy for The New Republic, Grist, and ThinkProgress, and her writing has been published by more than a dozen outlets. Michelle Romero (@michelledreams2) is a … Continued
7:08 – News headlines and analysis with Brian and Gina 7:34 – Trump’s Trade War Barry Eichengreen is an economic historian and Professor of Economics and Political Science at UC Berkeley. His latest book is The Populist Temptation: Economic Grievance and Political Reaction in the Modern Era. Daniel Sumner is a professor of Agriculture and Resource … Continued
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
