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If you own a lot of stock, you’re probably taking a bath this week. But should the rest of us even care? We’ll talk finance, speculation, and the real economy with David Cay Johnston. Plus: a repeat of our interview with Abrahm Lustgarten about the politics of water in the West. Guests: David Cay Johnston, … Continued
We’ll talk about what the growing prison system looks like from inside — and how it shapes the people who live there. Plus: newly-released statistics show oil companies in California dumping tens of millions of gallons of polluted water into unlined pits, injecting hundreds of millions more underground, and, in the case of 104 companies, … Continued
#E12thWishlist After months of knocking on doors, organizing direct actions, shutting down a City Council meeting, and a leaked memo showing that the City Attorney advised Oakland Council members last February that the deal was illegal, EastLake United for Justice successfully stopped a sweetheart deal between the City of Oakland developer Urban Core. The deal … Continued
We take a look at the relationship between social movements and national elections, and how Black Lives Matter activists have targeted the Democratic primary. But first: Islam and the environment. We go live to Turkey where an international conference of Islamic scholars has just published a call to action on fighting climate change, and we’ll … Continued
We’ll talk drought with someone who has seen this country’s water policy from the inside – Dan Beard used to head the federal agency behind most of our massive dams and aqueducts. Now, he wants to close the agency, and start tearing down the dams. Plus: does wanting to cut down a tree from Australia … Continued
We take you back to the very first battles over media democracy in this country. We’ll ask what lessons media reformers today can draw from the fights of the 1930s and 1940s, the rise of of the first broadcast monopolies, and the birth . . . of Pacifica Radio. But first: government forecasters say that … Continued
Contra Costa County Sheriff thinks the county need a new high security prison but not everyone agrees with him. We’ll have organizer Nancy Kelly in studio to talk about why she thinks its not a priority for the county to expand their prison infrastructure. Also, former member of the San Quentin 6, Willie Tate, joins us … Continued
OPD Shooting Nathaniel Wilks. That’s the name of the 24-year-old black man who was shot and killed by Oakland Police Officers this Wednesday at the intersection of 27th and Martin Luther King Jr. Way in Oakland. The shooting took place after police chased him across town by car. Wilks crashed his car, and from there … Continued
The Chinese government recently devalued its currency. What does that mean for the Chinese economy and the global economy? In the second half, we will take a look at President Obama’s unprecedented nuclear enrichment deal with Iran. It has ruffled a lot of feathers on Capitol Hill and inside Israel but not everyone is resisting the move. We’ll take a look … Continued
SF’s “pay to play” politics is the subject of an F.B.I. criminal corruption probe. It stems from from an investigation into State Senator Leland Yee for corruption and now implicates San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee and others including an Alameda County prosecutor who was placed on leave for alleged money laundering. Jonah Owen Lamb, a journalist at The … Continued
