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On today’s show, we talk to Lina Hernandez of SEIU Local 1021 about the over 3,000 Oakland city workers set to strike after attempts to negotiate with the city were rejected. Then, as part of our fund drive, we hear Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David Cay Johnston, one of the foremost experts on Donald Trump, speaking about his rise to power and … Continued
Undocumented immigrant Jose Ines Garcia Zarate was acquitted and found not guilty in the death of Kate Steinle two years ago. Matt Gonzalez, chief attorney for the San Francisco Public Defender joins us this morning on UpFront to discuss the acquittal and its implications. Dr. Mona El-Farra, Director of Gaza Projects for the Middle East Children’s Alliance, and … Continued
Salima Hamirani hosts Friday’s show. She speaks with Robert Grant about the HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis known as PrEP and asks some questions about how PrEP works and its efficacy. Robert Grant is the Associate Director of the UCSF Center for AIDS Research, directing a research laboratory, and clinical practice in the Division of Pulmonary and … Continued
HIV/Aids impacts black communities in specific and particular material ways. Cat Brooks interviews Dr. Cleo Manago, behavioral health, and cultural analyst, political commentator for TV1 and C-SPAN, about the distinct manner that the virus shapes sexual health for impacted black folks. Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguin joins UpFront to discuss homelessness in Berkeley, a particular legal case between Bay … Continued
First thing on this morning’s show, Pat Kelly, founder and president of a Family Affair, an HIV-AIDS ministry at Victory Tabernacle Deliverance Temple in Orangeburg, South Carolina and a founding member of the Positive Women’s Network USA examines the intricacies of HIV status and how HIV impacts the black community. Nate Cardozo, a Senior Staff Attorney … Continued
First thing on UpFront this morning, Cat Brooks interviews Minister Rob Newells, Executive Director of AIDS Project of the East Bay in Oakland and Associate Minister at Imani Community Church. The two discuss the ways in which Oakland’s black community is directly impacted by HIV/Aids, and the systemic ways marginalized bodies suffer most from the … Continued
HIV continues to disproportionately impact already marginalized communities. Venita Ray, HIV Positive activist, lawyer, and advocate joins us on UpFront to discuss how the virus affects and impacts the black community, and what isn’t being done about it. Craig Aaron, President and CEO of Free Press, speaks with us about the threat of the Federal Communications Commission’s … Continued
Carty Cordova, interviewed by Brian Edwards-Tiekert, discusses the history of latinidad in San Francisco and the ongoing gentrification of the Mission neighborhood in San Francisco. Her book The Heart of the Mission discusses the district’s history and the rich art universe that emerged out of the Mission. Paul Madonna, a comic artist for the San Francisco … Continued
James Forman, Jr. is a professor of law at Yale Law School. A former clerk for Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, he spent six years as a public defender in Washington, D.C., where he co-founded the Maya Angelou Public Charter School. He joins Cat Brooks on the air to discuss his book Locking Up Our … Continued
Ibbo Mandaza, respected author and public intellectual from Harare about the resignation of Mugabe. Nii Akuetteh, currently serving as founding Executive Director of the African Immigrant Caucus adds to the discussion, laying out what might arise out of this political shift. In domestic politics, Norm Stamper, former police chief of Seattle, now one of the nation’s most outspoken voices … Continued
