CalMatters! The Town Crier!
Fires, COVID, Newsom—all things California, with CalMatters newsletter editor Emily Hoeven. Hang on! PLUS: poet Raymond Nat Turner. Hosted by Kris Welch.
Wildfires
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Has Governor Newsom survived the recall unscathed? Or is there more to come? And what about COVID in Cali? Wildfires? We hear about the whole ball-o’-wax from the Nation’s Sasha Abramsky. Hosted by Kris Welch.
This program is about disasters and power shut offs. And, it’s about NEW OPTIONS to help you — options that came about after an uproar from of the disability community. We talk with Sydney Pickern about who is responsible for the safety of people with disabilities during disaster events. And, what you can do personally … Continued
Two historic global economic contractions almost within a decade of each other would have been hard to fathom, if we weren’t living through them. Marxist geographer Richard Walker examines the shape of the United States and world economies during the coronavirus. He also discusses the effects of the crisis on the fossil fuel industry and … Continued
Talkies – June 26, 2019
ON THIS EPISODE OF THE TALKIES: RUNAWAY HOUSING COSTS IN THE BAY AREA AND BEYOND HAVE MANY PEOPLE LOOKING FOR AFFORDABLE ALTERNATIVES. THE GROWING TINY HOUSE MOVEMENT IS QUICKLY EMERGING AS AN ALTERNATIVE FOR SOME. JOINING GUEST HOST MAX PRINGLE TO TALK ABOUT THE MOVEMENT IS TRACEY HARRIS. SHE’S AN ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF SOCIOLOGY AT … Continued
Rev. Barber: MS Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith Jokes About Hangings, But Her Policies Will Strangle the Poor; Rev. William Barber: Tear Gassing Central American Migrants is Inhumane, Unconstitutional, Immoral; Trump Admin Tries to Bury 1,656-Page Climate Report Warning of Devastating Health Impacts of Warming; Bill McKibben: New Report Reconfirms Climate Change is Shrinking Inhabitable Parts of … Continued
Rev. Barber: MS Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith Jokes About Hangings, But Her Policies Will Strangle the Poor; Rev. William Barber: Tear Gassing Central American Migrants is Inhumane, Unconstitutional, Immoral; Trump Admin Tries to Bury 1,656-Page Climate Report Warning of Devastating Health Impacts of Warming; Bill McKibben: New Report Reconfirms Climate Change is Shrinking Inhabitable Parts of … 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
Northern California Wildfires: Devastation and Native Lands
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We speak with Native American activists about the massive Northern California wildfires and the long-term impacts.