Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. CDC loosens restrictions for vaccinated people, President Biden responds and pledges help for India. F.B.I. announces investigation into fatal police shooting of black man, Andrew Brown, Jr. Progressive groups release report card ahead of President Joe Biden’s … Continued
0:08 – Democrat vs Republican infrastructure plans John Nichols (@NicholsUprising) National Affairs Correspondent for The Nation. 0:34 – We take your COVID science call-ins with Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley — today we talk about the unfolding COVID disaster in India, variants, J&J vaccine resuming, and more. 1:08 – … Continued
Chauvin Trial Goes to Jury as Attorneys Give Closing Arguments. All US Adults now Eligible for Covid-19 Vaccinations as Case Numbers Surge. President Biden to Host Virtual Climate Summit This Week. California Lawmakers Urge Newsom to Increase Budget Homeless Services Funding.
0:08 – Monday’s with Mitch: remembering Al Young, SF Poet Laureate and KPFA supporter, Jerri Lange, trailblazing broadcaster; DC statehood, the Biden Administration’s caps on refugees, and more. Mitch Jeserich hosts Letters and Politics, weekdays at 10AM on KPFA. 0:34 – We take your COVID science call-ins with Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at … Continued
Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. Derek Chauvin’s defense rests case in former cops murder trial for death of George Floyd. Former police officer faces second degree manslaughter charges in death of Duante Wright. Inspector General testifies on deadly January 6th Capitol insurrection. … Continued
In March, the Washington Post reported that at least 250 new voter restriction bills were proposed in 43 states across the country. Now in April, the ACLU reports the number of bills has increased. Today over 350 voter restriction bills are in consideration. This wave of legislative action by the GOP follows in the wake … Continued
Today on the Show: The former police chief of Richmond and Tucson police tasked to head the border patrol by Biden. What’s wrong with this picture? Also, we’ll remember former Attorney General–the people’s lawyer–Ramsey Clark who passed away this week at 93: And a Mission activist gets it right when it comes to Covid and … Continued
0:08 – Monday’s with Mitch: remembering KPFA ally and contributor, Reese Erlich; another police murder in Minnesota, the filibuster, federal infrastructure negotiations, and more. Mitch Jeserich hosts Letters and Politics, weekdays at 10AM on KPFA. 0:34 – We take your COVID science call-ins with Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley — today … Continued
Victoria Law joins It’s Going Down to discuss their new book, “Prisons Make Us Safer: And 20 Other Myths of Mass Incarceration.” We discuss the myths brought up in Law’s new book, prisoner resistance in an age of COVID-19, how the struggles of women and trans prisoners are often overlooked and under-reported, and how the … Continued
So-called “humanitarian intervention,” also known as humanitarian war, is the flagship of the Biden Administration’s foreign policy and the subject of this episode of “Covid, Race, and Democracy.” Author and University of Pittsburgh Law Professor Dan Kovalik spoke to Polina Vasiliev about international law as codified in the UN Charter. He is the author of … Continued
