Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. NAACP and Mississippi Democrat, Bennie Thompson, sue Donald Trump for inciting U.S. capitol attack. White House announces another increase in coronavirus vaccines to states. California Governor Gavin unveils mass vaccination site in Los Angeles. California teachers union … Continued
0:08 – Day 2 of Trump’s second Senate impeachment: the constitutional arguments Hadar Aviram (@aviramh) is Professor of Law at the University of California, Hastings College of the Law. 0:34 – Oakland’s COVID deaths: Black Oaklanders are disproportionately dying from the virus, we take a look at the data and social factors Darwin BondGraham (@DarwinBondGraha) … Continued
0:08 – Mondays with Mitch: the upcoming second impeachment of Donald Trump, COVID relief and more. Mitch Jeserich (@MitchJeserich) 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 study: CA’s most COVID-dangerous job … Continued
Today on the Show: Hundreds of Haitians including children and whole families continue to be deported by the planeload, without out a word from the Biden Administration. Also, delayed and denied; a new report documents farmworkers’ expanded risks and suffering in the age of Covid19: Also, our new joint column with the the San Francisco … Continued
Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. Democrats begin debate on President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 recovery plan. Canada declares right wing, misogynist group Proud Boys a terrorist group. President Biden’s nominee to lead Environmental Protection Agency pledges ‘urgent’ action on climate change. … Continued
Today on the Show: UFW President, Teresa Romero joins us for an update on how the farmworkers are doing in their fight to stay healthy in the age of 19. Also, reigning in Israel’s uncontrolled proliferation of nuclear weapons. Because of a coup in Myanmar Aung Sung Su Kyi is taken into custody. And the … Continued
Guest: Dr. Margaret Bordeaux is Research Director of the Program in Global Public Policy and Social Change at Harvard Medical School. She is Co-chair of the Berkman Klein Center, Policy Practice: Digital Pandemic Response Working Group at Harvard University, and an Associate Physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in the Division of Global Health Equity. Her … Continued
0:08 – Mondays with Mitch – Reconciliation: what is it, what can Senate Democrats use it for, how many times, and why do you have to be a god-damned parliamentarian to understand US politics? Mitch Jeserich hosts Letters and Politics, weekdays at 10AM on KPFA 0:34 – John Swartzberg is clinical professor emeritus of infectious … Continued
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We speak with longtime activists Courtney Morris and Minister King X of No Justice Under Capitalism about the current challenges faced by those who are incarcerated and the ravages of COVID-19. The group is pressuring Governor Gavin Newsom to release prisoners in California amid coronavirus outbreaks. Later we speak with Shawn Upshaw a member of … Continued
… As part of KPFA’s on-going coverage of COVID-19 outbreaks in California prisons and ICE detention centers, we bring you this series featuring the words of incarcerated and detained people and their loved ones. Click on a link below to read and hear more: What happens when you get COVID-19 inside Santa Rita Jail… … Continued
