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First, a debate over California’s Proposition 60, which would require condoms to be used in pornographic films. with Dr. Gary Richwald, Former Director and Chief Physician, LA County STD Program; and contributing author of the proposition, and the official support argument and Siouxsie Q James, an adult performer, journalist, sex-worker rights activist and core member of … Continued
First, a debate over California Proposition 61, which would set new standards for drug pricing in California. We welcome Dan Johnston, Assistant Director Research Institute for Health and Socio-Economic Policy, National Nurses United, to represent the support for the proposition, and Kathy Fairbanks, Spokeswoman, No on Prop. 61 Coalition, to represent the opposition. then, Wazi Marét, Development & Administrative Coordinator … Continued
In the first half of the program host Mitch Jeserich holds a debate over the merits of rent control as an affordable housing strategy, with Joseph Tobener, the managing attorney at Tobener Law Center in San Francisco and a supporter of rent control and Wayne Rowland, President of the East Bay Rental Housing Association, and an opponent … Continued
A discussion about Proposition Q in San Francisco, which would outlaw people sleeping in tents on sidewalks, with Jennifer Friedenbach, Executive Director for the Coalition on Homelessness. and a discussion of the new book All The Indians Died Off: And 20 Other Myths About Native Americans with co-authors Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz and Dina Gilio-Whitaker.
with Tracey Corder, Field Director for Oakland Rising, an organization that seeks to educate and mobilize the diverse voters of Oakland, Davey D, a nationally recognized journalist, adjunct professor, Hip Hop historian, media and community activist whose daily radio show Hard Knock Radio is nationally broadcast from KPFA. and Zahra Billoo, the Executive Director of CAIR California, … Continued
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.
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
