Part 1- Mass shooting and gun control policies Guest: Erica Rice, City Program Manager, Combating Crime Guns Initiative in Oakland with the Brady Campaign. Part 2 – The Current Landscape of Covid-19 Guest: Dr. Chris Beyrer MD, MPH Desmond M. Tutu Professor in Public Health and Human Rights Professor of Epidemiology, Nursing and Medicine at … Continued
Professors Fred Cohan and Bill Johnston join the show to discuss some of the broader environmental and historical lessons to be learned from the Covid-19 pandemic, as well as the implications this pandemic (and others) may have in the future.
Education journalist Jennifer Berkshire analyzes (overdone) claims that teachers’ unions are keeping kids out of school, and warns us about the ongoing war on public education at the state level. And economic and social historian Helen Yaffe looks at how Cuba has contained COVID-19, and at what’s behind their impressive treatment and vaccine work. photo: … Continued
Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. President Joe Biden defends $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan and the corporate tax hike to pay for it. Kentucky passes bipartisan voting law to expand voting rights and access. The more deadly UK COVID-19 mutated strain, B-117, most … Continued
On this show: 0:08 – It’s Monday, so we’re speaking with Mitch Jeserich about what’s going on in Washington, D.C., including President Biden’s infrastructure package and economic team. 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 … Continued
Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. The murder trial of white policeman who killed black man, George Floyd, begins with disturbing video. COVID-19 infections and deaths on the rise, President Joe Biden urges safety precautions. Police release video of officers threatening 5 year … Continued
Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. President Joe Biden holds first press conference-addresses immigration crisis and other issues. Georgia Governor signs voter suppression bill into law, President and civil rights groups blast it. Senator Bernie Sanders introduces two bills to repeal 2017 GOP … Continued
0:08 – Israel elections began yesterday, it’s fourth in two years Khury Petersen-Smith (@kpYES) is the Michael Ratner Middle East Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies. 0:34 – COVID pandemic impacts on the Black community Selena Wilson is the Vice President of Organizational Effectiveness East Oakland Youth Development Center (@eoydc). Dr Monique LeSarre (@MoniqueLeSarre) is … Continued
Journalist, political prisoner, and revolutionary, Mumia Abu-Jamal, is recovering from COVID-19 and is back in general population after completing quarantine in the prison infirmary. Mumia’s emergency-transfer to a hospital outside the prison on Sat, Feb 27, came less than 24 hours after supporters flooded the prison and Philadelphia DA’s office with emails and calls expressing … Continued
On Thursday, March 25, Black doctors and health professionals, along with California Surgeon General Dr. Nadine Burke Harris, present a free virtual event to provide the latest information on Covid-19 and the vaccine, specifically for Black communities. The event is open to the public and takes place from 5:30pm to 7pm. For more information on...
