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CalMatters! Run for Peace! Town Crier!

We get updates on the Newsom recall effort, California and COVID,school openings—all matters Cal.  PLUS: Kyle Gift will run 70 miles from home to the GG Bridge, for the Earth and for peace and unity.  PLUS! the Town Crier, with new poems. Hosted by Kris Welch.


It’s over a year now since we began to adjust to the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic. What questions do you have about staying healthy as things are opening up and more and more people are getting vaccinated? Join Nurse Rona and Dr. Harry McIlroy to answer your questions about how to keep your health … Continued


Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. President Joe Biden forms committee to push $2 trillion infrastructure plan, White House hits back at criticism. New report finds more than 300 bills in state houses across the U.S. to restrict voting rights.  5 dead including … Continued


0:08 – Monday’s with Mitch: stimulus funding for infrastructure and transportation, more on the filibuster, and more. Mitch Jeserich hosts Letters and Politics, weekdays at 10AM on KPFA 0:34 – COVID call-ins: John Swartzberg is clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health. 1:08 – New series: ‘I. Can’t. Breathe: the trial of Derek … Continued


0:08 – Supreme Court hears Cedar Point Nursery vs Hassid, challenging California’s farmworkers’ labor and union organizing power. Victoria Hassid is an attorney and the Chair of the California Agricultural Labor Relations Board. David Bacon (@photos4justice) is an independent journalist covering labor and immigration; he’s been writing about farmworker organizing, COVID, and guest-worker visas for … Continued


0:08 – Monday’s with Mitch: more on the filibuster, its political uses by Republicans, Senate rules and more Mitch Jeserich hosts Letters and Politics, weekdays at 10AM on KPFA 0:34 – COVID call-ins: John Swartzberg is clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health. 1:08 – ‘I. Can’t. Breathe: the trial … Continued


Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. House approves two key immigration reform measures to provide citizenship for dreamers and farm workers. Biden administration to send millions of COVID-19 vaccines to Canada and Mexico. Russia removes ambassador to U.S. after President Biden calls President … Continued