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Sunaura Taylor on Disabled Ecologies

Sunaura Taylor, Assistant Professor of Environmental Science, Policy and Management at UC Berkeley. Her new book is Disabled Ecologies: Lessons from  a wounded desert EVENT: Sunaura’s presenting her book in an event with Yomi Young on Monday September 9 at 6:pm at Pegasus Books in Downtown Berkeley.


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What happened to California’s bid to save local journalism?

00:08 The California Local Journalism Preservation Act, which would have taxed large tech platforms to subsidize local reporting, was abruptly shelved and replaced with a deal to have Google and California contribute smaller sums of money to a journalism fund administered through UC Berkeley’s School of Journalism. Jon Schleuss is a data journalist  who currently … Continued


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Canada Rail Shutdown; Pro-Palestinian UCI Students Sue Campus for Suspension Without Due Process; Plus, High Price of Mpox Vaccine Prevents Equitable Access

0:08 — Barry Eidlin, is an Associate Professor in the department of Sociology at McGill University. His latest book is “Labor and the Class Idea in the United States and Canada.” 0:33 — Thomas Harvey is a LA area civil rights attorney who has a long history of representing protesters, organizers. 0:45 — Peter Maybarduk … Continued


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Noura Erakat on Palestine and the Presidential Election; Plus, Harris, Walz and the Rust Belt

0:08 — Noura Erakat is a human rights attorney and an Associate Professor at Rutgers University in the Department of Africana Studies, and author of Justice for Some: Law and the Question of Palestine. 0:33 — Ruth Conniff is Editor-in-chief of the Wisconsin Examiner. She formerly served as Editor-in-chief of The Progressive Magazine where she … Continued


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Chicago City Politics and Policing Policy During the DNC; Plus, Joe Biden’s Economic Record

0:08 — Shawn Mulcahy is News Editor at the Chicago Reader, Chicago-based non-profit newsroom. Sam Stecklow is an investigative journalist with Invisible Institute, a nonprofit public accountability journalism organization in Chicago. He also reports on the CPD for the Chicago Reader. 0:33 — Ryan Cooper is managing editor of The American Prospect managing editor, and … Continued