with Deborah Malbec, President of the League of Women Voters of Berkeley, Albany and Emeryville. For more information on the 2016 Propositions, visit the state secretary official voter guide at this link.
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Ali Abunimah, a Palestinian-American journalist and author of “The Battle for Justice in Palestine” — which won the 2014 Palestine Book Award — and “One Country, A Bold Proposal to End the Israeli-Palestinian Impasse.” He received the 2013 Lannan Cultural Freedom Fellowship and has been an activist on these issues for over 20 years. Ali … Continued
In this episode hosts Mitch Jeserich and Cat Brooks speak with Malkia Cyril, a local activist and Executive Director Center for Media Justice about how the 13th Amendment permits the enslavement of people convicted of crimes. then, we hear a debate over San Jose’s Measure E, which would require employers to offer additional hours to their part … Continued
with Cathy O’Niel, author of Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy. About the book: We live in the age of the algorithm. Increasingly, the decisions that affect our lives—where we go to school, whether we get a car loan, how much we pay for health insurance—are being made not … Continued
In this episode, host Cat Brooks tackles America’s rape culture with Kathy Ferguson, Professor of Political Science and Women’s Studies at the University of Hawaii at Manoa and Jennifer L. Pozner, Executive Director of Women in Media and News. then, host Philip Maldari speaks with Nancy Skinner and Sandre Swanson the two candidates for the State Senate District 9 seat, … Continued
In this episode host Cat Brooks talks Trump with Jennifer Merolla, Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Riverside and co-author of the new book Framing Immigrants: News Coverage, Public Opinion, and Policy. About the book: While undocumented immigration is controversial, the general public is largely unfamiliar with the particulars of immigration policy. … Continued
With State Senator Holly Mitchell, commenting on the overuse of psychotropic medication for children in the foster care system, and legislative safety measures that lawmakers are hoping to implement. and Gordon Corera, a British journalist and author whose latest book is Cyberspies: The Secret History of Surveillance, Hacking, and Digital Espionage. Then, a debate about Measure HH in Oakland (The Soda … Continued
In this episode, host Salima Hamirani speaks with Walter Riley, co-chair of the Haiti Emergency Relief Fund, about the devastation Hurricane Matthew has brought to the country. then, she speaks with Dr. Richard Wolff, an American Marxian economist. He is Professor of Economics Emeritus, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and currently a Visiting Professor in the Graduate Program in International … Continued
In this episode host Cat Brooks talks to photographer Bryan Shih about his new book of interviews and portraiture, The Black Panthers: An Unfinished Revolution. See more of his work here. then, host Philip Maldari holds a debate over California’s Proposition 55, the Extension of Proposition 30 Income Tax Increase. We welcome Dan Reynolds, an … Continued
In this episode Salima Hamirani hosts a debate over California’s Proposition 56, the Tobacco Tax Increase, which would tax cigarettes at $2 a pack. Representing the opposition we hear from Jack Weir, the President of the Contra Costa Taxpayers Association. We also welcome Kathy Kneer President and CEO of Planned Parenthood and Affiliates of California, to speak … Continued