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How to prepare to respond to immigration raids in Northern California; plus, civil rights groups sue to save birthright citizenship

0:08 – On Day 1, President Trump signed an executive order attempting to end birthright citizenship. The order would affect any children born in the U.S. for whom neither parent has permanent immigration status. Immigrants’ rights advocates say this order is blatantly unconstitutional, violating the 14th Amendment. Two major lawsuits were immediately filed in response, one … Continued


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Hajar Yazdiha on the Struggle for the People’s King

00:08 Hajar Yazdiha, Assistant Professor of Sociology and faculty affiliate of the Equity Research Institute at the University of Southern California; now author of The Struggle for the People’s King: How Politics Transforms the Memory of the Civil Rights Movement [re-broadcast] 00:34 Martin Luther King Jr., recorded December 7, 1964 (days before he received the Nobel Peace Prize … Continued


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Ceasefire in Gaza Reached and Delayed; Plus, Diving Deep into the Los Angeles Fires

00:08 — Iman Abid-Thompson is the Director of Advocacy and Organizing at the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights (USCPR). 00:20 — Joel Beinin, Professor of Middle East History, Emeritus at Stanford University. 00:33 — Nathan Solis is a breaking news reporter with the Fast Break team at the Los Angeles Times. 00:40 — Tony Marks-Block … Continued


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Los Angeles is Burning

00:08 Gabrielle Canon, climate reporter and extreme weather correspondent for Guardian US, most recently reporting from Pacific Palisades 00:12 Dani Anguiano, The Guardian‘s west coast breaking news reporter; also co-author of Fire in Paradise 00:20 Eugene Cordero, professor of Meteorology and Climate Science at San Jose State University. 00:33 Marissa Kendall covers homelessness for the nonprofit … Continued