0:08 – Mondays with Mitch Mitch Jeserich hosts Letters and Politics, weekdays at 10AM on KPFA. We discuss Amy Coney Barrett’s final vote in the Senate is today; Mike Pence plans to attend, even though 5 of his staff have COVID and more.  0:34 – COVID updates and listener calls. John Swartzberg is clinical professor … Continued


0:08 – Court orders 50% transferred or released from San Quentin Brad O’Connell is Assistant Director of the First District Appellate Project. 0:15 – What’s happening inside James King is a state campaigner with the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, and was formerly incarcerated in San Quentin. 0:34 – Local explainer: Berkeley Mayor’s race … Continued


0:08 – Mondays with Mitch Mitch Jeserich hosts Letters and Politics, weekdays at 10AM on KPFA. We discuss Congressional relief negotiations, the expedited confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett 0:34 – COVID update John Swartzberg is clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health. We discuss why the sharp rise in case … Continued


Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. Pelosi unveils legislation to establish bipartisan commission on presidential capacity UK workers set to be paid 2/3 of wages by government if workplace shuts due to corona virus Moscow hospitals receiving influx of covid patients, reopens two … Continued


0:08 – The Vice Presidential Debate Steve Phillips (@StevePtweets) is the founder of Democracy in Color, host of the podcast by the same name, and author of the book Brown Is the New White. 0:34 – Debate reaction and negotiations on the next COVID relief bill Mitch Jeserich hosts Letters and Politics, weekdays at 10AM … Continued


0:08 – The White House COVID outbreak – what we know and don’t know John Swartzberg is clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health. 0:34 – New report: When Police Violence is a Dog Bite Abbie VanSickle is a staff writer for The Marshall Project covering criminal justice in … Continued


The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays

President Donald Trump downplays coronavirus after hospital treatment for COVID-19; Glass fire survivors in Napa and Sonoma Counties evacuate to shelters amidst pandemic

Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. President Donald Trump downplays coronavirus after hospital treatment for COVID-19. Former first lady, Michelle Obama, blasts Trump in video praises rival Joe Biden. Democrats and voting experts blast Republican efforts to limit mail in voting. Joe Biden … Continued