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0:08 — Arwa Mokdad, Middle East analyst and peace advocate at Yemen Relief and Reconstruction Foundation 0:33 — Imani Gandy is Senior Editor of Law and Policy at Rewire News and co-host of the podcast Boom! Lawyered
0:08 — Juan Chavez, Civil Rights Project Director at Oregon Justice Resources Center 0:33 — Dr. Josh Barocas, Associate Professor at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus and corresponding author of the JAMA study. Jennifer Friedenbach, Executive Director of the San Francisco Coalition on Homelessness.
0:08 — John Feffer is Director of Foreign Policy in Focus 0:33 — Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health
0:08 — Matthew Lasar, social historian, history professor at UC Santa Cruz, author of Pacifica Radio: The Rise of an Alternative Radio Network
0:08 — Dahlia Lithwick, is Senior Editor at Slate. She also hosts the podcast “Amicus” 0:33 — Susan Lee, Tax Preparer, Certified Financial Planner, (former) host of “You and Your Money” on WBAI in New York.
0:08 — Kel O’Hara is a staff attorney at Equal Rights Advocates, which fights for gender justice in workplaces and schools across the country. 0:33 — Zee Husain is the founder of West Oakland’s Kula Nursery, which works within and for BIPOC communities to increase food sovereignty.
0:08 — Rashid Khalidi is the Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies at Columbia University. 0:33 — Deborah Caldwell is director of the American Library Association’s Office for Intellectual Freedom and the Freedom to Read Foundation.
00:08 Classified US documents re: Russia’s war in Ukraine leaked John Feffer is Director of Foreign Policy in Focus 00:33 FDA considers authorizing a new round of COVID boosters Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health **Our Corona Calls segment with Doctor John Swartzberg is now … Continued
0:08 — Malcolm Harris, is a freelance writer and journalist. His latest book is Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World.
0:08 — Yousef Munayyer is a fellow at the Arab Center in Washington, DC 0:33 — Dean Preston is San Francisco Supervisor for District 5. 0:43 — Tamisha Torres-Walker, is Mayor Pro Tem at the city of Antioch
