Today on the Show: We remember Carlos Escobar, who died after contracting covid19 in a private ICE prison. Also Mitch McConnell pushing right-wing judge nominations in the middle of the Pandemic, while threatening to cut-off crucial aid to the cities. And we’ll have a follow-up on the struggle of Filipino nurses to get the the … Continued
Motel rooms have become a stopgap measure in fighting the spread of COVID-19 during a housing crisis. Our reporter Lucy Kang follows one man’s story through what it’s like inside Santa Rita Jail during the pandemic – and what it’s like to get out April 30, 2020 – Darryl Geyer was in Santa Rita … Continued
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We speak with Kevin Powell and Jack Hayman about the impacts of Covid-19 on vulnerable communities.
0:08 – Leaked CDC projections for May: COVID deaths could hit 3,000 per day John Swartzberg, MD, is Clinical Professor, Emeritus of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology Division at UC Berkeley School of Public Health. 0:20 – Ahmaud Arbery, 25 of Brunswick, Georgia was jogging in his neighborhood on February 23, 2020 when three white men … Continued
0:08 – The week ahead in Washington – Mitch is taking a day off, he’ll be back next week – the next relief package, will states get bailed out, the Democratic primary and more John Nichols (@NicholsUprising) National Affairs Correspondent for The Nation. His newest book The Fight for the Soul of the Democratic Party … Continued
At least 20 workers at meat processing plants have died from COVID-19, and around 5,000 have tested positive, but President Trump invoked an executive order to bar local governments from closing meat plants. We hear from meat plant workers and organizers about conditions during the pandemic and speak with Sindy Benavides, CEO of the League of United Latin … Continued
0:08 – May Day: Workers with Amazon, Instacart, Whole Foods, and Target are joining in one big strike and asking shoppers to boycott to protest unsafe working conditions and unethical corporate business practices. Lauren Kaori Gurley (@LaurenKGurley) is a staff writer at Vice, based in Brooklyn. She covers workers and the labor movement for VICE’s … Continued
Today on the Show: Teresa Romero, President of the United Farm Workers talks about the multiple struggles the farmworkers face as the covid19 death tolls breaks 62 thousand with over a million testing positive for the killer virus. Also, immigrants and their allies caravan to Sacramento CA to pressure lawmakers for COVID 19 safety nets. … Continued
