Fires continue to burn on the West Coast. We get a report from Pulitzer-winning journalist Julie Cart. PLUS: Raymond Nat Turner, the Town Crier. Hosted by Kris Welch. Thanks to James Todd for sharing their work on Unsplash.
California Fires
Jenn Peoples’ childhood was frightening and traumatic. As a result she’s faced terrifying demons of self-destructive behavior. Now she’s far along in recovery, not from her mental illness, but from the self-destructive behaviors that followed. Today, she is a dual diagnosis counselor at a peer support recovery center in downtown Santa Rosa, California. The concept … Continued
Layna Berman and Jeffry Fawcett, PhD what’s in the air from wildfires and how to protect yourself. Visit Your Own Health And Fitness
Experts: If We Don’t Stop Climate Change, CA Fires “Will Seem Mild In Comparison to What’s Coming”; $1 An Hour to Fight Largest Fire in CA History: Are Prison Firefighting Programs Slave Labor?; 73 Years After U.S. Dropped Atom Bomb on Nagasaki, Survivor Warns About Threat of Nuclear Warfare.
Experts: If We Don’t Stop Climate Change, CA Fires “Will Seem Mild In Comparison to What’s Coming”; $1 An Hour to Fight Largest Fire in CA History: Are Prison Firefighting Programs Slave Labor?; 73 Years After U.S. Dropped Atom Bomb on Nagasaki, Survivor Warns About Threat of Nuclear Warfare.
Climate Scientist: California Wildfires Are Faster, Stronger, Deadlier & Will Continue to Intensify; Rob Nixon: Gov’t Inaction on Climate Change Is “Slow Violence” That Hits World’s Poor the Hardest; “Losing Earth”: How Humanity Came to Understand Climate Change & Failed to Act in Time; Extreme Weather Is Exploding Around the World. Why Isn’t the Media … Continued
Climate Scientist: California Wildfires Are Faster, Stronger, Deadlier & Will Continue to Intensify; Rob Nixon: Gov’t Inaction on Climate Change Is “Slow Violence” That Hits World’s Poor the Hardest; “Losing Earth”: How Humanity Came to Understand Climate Change & Failed to Act in Time; Extreme Weather Is Exploding Around the World. Why Isn’t the Media … Continued
Noam Chomsky: U.S. Must Improve Relations with Russia and Challenge the Expansion of NATO; Noam Chomsky: Survival of Organized Human Life is at Risk Due to Climate Change & Nuclear Weapons; Noam Chomsky Condemns Israel’s Shift to Far Right & New “Jewish Nation-State” Law; Amid Deadly Israeli Crackdown on Gaza Protests, Chomsky Says U.S. Must … Continued
Noam Chomsky: U.S. Must Improve Relations with Russia and Challenge the Expansion of NATO; Noam Chomsky: Survival of Organized Human Life is at Risk Due to Climate Change & Nuclear Weapons; Noam Chomsky Condemns Israel’s Shift to Far Right & New “Jewish Nation-State” Law; Amid Deadly Israeli Crackdown on Gaza Protests, Chomsky Says U.S. Must … Continued
The Undocumented Workers Plight to Survivor Post Santa Rosa Wildfires, Mumia and more…
Today on Flashpoints, We’ll speak to Pablo Alvarado of NDLON about the expanded battle to assure worker rights for undocumented people who will be doing the crucial work of rebuilding Northern California in the face of massive destruction left by the wildfires: also we hear about a new UNDOCUFUND to support undocumented workers who lost … Continued