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On today’s show: 0:08 – Maya King (@mayaaking), national politics reporter for Politico joins us to break down last week’s mayoral races. 0:34 – We discuss the 3rd i San Francisco International South Asian Film Festival with one of the founders of the festival, Ivan Jaigirdar and Mahesh Pailoor, a filmmaker whose short films Turbulence, and The … Continued
On today’s show: 0:08 – The Supreme Court heard arguments on FBI v. Fazaga earlier this week. Patrick Toomey (@PatrickCToomey), Senior Staff Attorney with the National Security Project at the ACLU joins us to discuss. 0:20 – Phyllis Bennis, Middle East analyst and Director of the New Internationalism Project at the Institute for Policy Studies … Continued
California has a complicated relationship to immigration policy. In theory, this is a sanctuary state. The law blocks most collaboration between local law enforcement and immigration agents. But in the first five months of 2020, California has transferred nearly 600 people from its jails and prisons to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). This … Continued
On today’s show: 0:08 – Dan Walters (@DanCALmatters), political columnist for CalMatters joins us to discuss California’s piece of the bipartisan infrastructure bill that the US senate approved last week. 0:19 – In theory, California is a Sanctuary state. But in the first five months of 2020, California transferred nearly 600 people from its jails … Continued
On today’s show: 0:08 – Steve Phillips (@StevePtweets), founder of Democracy in Color and host of the podcast Democracy in Color with Steve Phillips joins us to discuss last week’s election results and whether black voters will be blamed if Democrats fail to deliver winning candidates in the midterm elections. 0:34 – Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical … Continued
On today’s show: 0:08 – John Nichols (@NicholsUprising), national affairs correspondent for The Nation joins us to discuss what’s in the Build Back Better bill slated for a vote today. 0:34 – Scholar-activist, public speaker, and cultural consultant Dr. Yaba Blay (@YabaBlay) joins us to discuss her latest book, One Drop: Shifting the Lens on … Continued
On today’s show: 0:08 – Erwin Chemerinsky, constitutional law scholar and dean of Berkeley Law joins us to discuss SCOTUS arguments on a case challenging a 100 year old New York gun law. 0:23 – Garekai Chaunze reports on extreme weather in Mozambique. 0:34 – Naomi Oreskes (@Naomi Oreskes), professor of the history of science at … Continued
On today’s show: 0:08 – Jonah Furman (@JonahFurman), joins us again to discuss the John Deere strike and the second contract proposal by the corporation which UAW workers just voted to reject. 0:20 – Minneapolis and Saint Paul both voted yes on some of the strongest rent control legislation in the country. Margaret Kaplan (@margaretkaplan), … Continued
On today’s show: 0:08 – Oliver Milman (@olliemilman), environment reporter for the Guardian US joins us to discuss President Biden’s climate agenda heading into COP 26. 0:34 – Imani Gandy (@AngryBlackLady), Senior Editor of Law and Policy at Rewire News a co-host of the podcast Boom! Lawyered joins us to unpack the SCOTUS hearing the … Continued
On today’s show: 0:08 – John Nichols (@NicholsUprising), national affairs correspondent for The Nation joins us to discuss what happened to the Build Back Better bill. 0:34 – Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health joins us again to discuss the latest COVID science and answer … Continued
