Covid-19 Response Team says Cases Ticking Up Despite Vaccination Numbers Increasing. Minneapolis Police Chief Condemns Use of Force in Derek Chauvin Trial. UK To Reopen Some Businesses as Lockdown Restrictions Ease. Treasury Secretary Yellen Calls for Global Corporate Tax Increase.
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
Award winning international journalist, activist and freedom fighter Mumia Abu-Jamal, has been imprisoned for nearly 40 years. He was convicted and sentenced to death in a trial that Amnesty International has denounced as failing to meet the minimum standards of judicial fairness. Mumia has maintained his innocence since 1981. Supporters say Mumia’s innocence can be … 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
A weekly magazine-style radio show featuring the voices and stories of Asians and Pacific Islanders from all corners of our community. The show is produced by a collective of media makers, deejays, and activists. Tonight on Apex Express Speak Up! Speak Out! Stop AAPI HATE, hosts Miko Lee and Preeti Mangala Shakar as we discuss … 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
Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. President Joe Biden embarks on cross country tour to tout the American Rescue Plan. Civil rights advocates warn hundreds of Republican backed measures to limit voting rights. 2nd ranking Senate Democrat calls for ending filibuster to push … Continued
