The homeless population in the Bay Area is growing at a rapidness proportionate to the rate of evictions and gentrification. Host Cat Brooks speaks to Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan representing Oakland and Heather Freinkel Managing Attorney at Homeless Action Center. Then, Ibram X. Kendi discusses his New York Times bestseller, “Stamped from the Beginning.” Winner of multiple awards including … Continued


With recent attention on Alameda County Sheriff’s collaboration with ICE, host Mitch Jeserich interviews Aviva Chomsky, professor of History at Salem State University and author of “Undocumented: How Immigration Became Illegal” to examine national immigration policy from the Clinton presidency to the present. The second segment focuses on criminalization of immigrants at the local level with Isaac Ontiveros, member … Continued


On today’s show: May Day Protests in The Bay Area. We talk with Clarence Thomas, longtime labor unionist, activist and longshoremen and Sagnicthe Salazar, Organizer with Xicana Moratorium Coalition and Lead Organizer for Oakland Sin Fronteras Coalition. Source Image: https://www.flickr.com/photos/washington_area_spark/31930326494   Then, Fred Glass explains the History of Labor and General Strikes. He is the Communications Director for the California … Continued


On today’s show Cat brooks discusses Free Speech and Hate Speech about Ann Coulter, she was supposed to give a talk at UC berkeley today. Our guest is Frances Dinkelspiel, Editor and Co-founder of the online newspaper Berkeleyside and Natalie Orenstein, Reporter with Berkeleyside. Then, as Palestine is in hunger strike, Cat interviews David Mandel, and Charlotte Kates, international … Continued


On today’s show we talk with Christine Hong, associate professor in the Literature Department and the program in Critical Race and Ethnic Studies at UC Santa Cruz and executive member of the Korea Policy Institute. As the Trump Administration engages in force displays with North Korea, we need to address the issues which could arise. Source … Continued


On today’s show we speak of Free Speech in Berkeley with guest Harmeet Dhillon, First Amendment lawyer representing Young America’s Foundation and Berkeley College Republicans (BCR) in a lawsuit against UC Berkeley filed yesterday (Monday) because campus administrators do not permit BCR  to host Ann Coulter on April 27. We also invited Dan Siegel, civil rights attorney … Continued


On today’s show we first speak of healthcare taken as a ransom by the government to make Democrats cave to its will. Then, our guest Tony Cross, journalist at Radio France International, updates us on the French Elections results for the first round of the residential race. He is the editor of his own blog: … Continued