Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. President Joe Biden promotes infrastructure and Build Back Better agenda at Michigan electric vehicle plant. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer promotes climate action in Build Back Better legislation. Moderna requests FDA approval of it’s COVID-19 booster … Continued
Today on the Show: Rep. Paul Gosar faces censure. A new report reveals extensive use of 13 pesticides in the Monterey Bay area is linked to childhood cancers. We’ll have a new edition of FOODFIGHT with Food Not Bombs founder Keith McHenry and we’ll feature an encore broadcast of last night’s crucial segment on California … Continued
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We speak with Lateefah Simon and Hodari B. Davis about the education inequalities and the impacts on Black students. Guests: Lateefah Simon is a nationally recognized advocate for civil rights and racial justice in Oakland and the Bay Area. She has been the President of Akonadi Foundation since 2016. That same year—driven by Oscar Grant’s death—she … Continued
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How best to understand the violence and discrimination directed against queer and trans people of color? Eric A. Stanley considers these phenomena through multiple lens. He brings up chattel slavery, commodification, biocapital, pharmaceutical industry practices, LGBT activism, and what he calls cellular labor to elucidate the nature and consequences of racialized anti-trans/queer violence. Eric Stanley, … Continued
Stan Cox, Ecosphere Studies Research Fellow at the Land Institute in Kansas, writes on the economic and political roots of our global crises. He also shares some healing ideas. Hosted by Kris Welch. Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash
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On today’s show: 0:08 – We speak with David Phillips (@David_Philipps), a Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times correspondent covering the U.S. military, about the coverup of a U.S. airstrike in Syria which resulted in civilian deaths. 0:33 – We speak with Tim Redmond (@timredmondsf), founder and editor of 48hills.org, about the upcoming retirement of House … Continued
