California voters come Nov. 8 will have to sort through the longest list of statewide propositions imaginable. The confusing array of public policy choices includes, the future of the death penalty, a criminal sentence measure aimed at cutting the state prison population by giving inmates a chance for earlier parole, a collection of new tough … Continued


California voters come Nov. 8 will have to sort through the longest list of statewide propositions imaginable. The confusing array of public policy choices includes, the future of the death penalty, a criminal sentence measure aimed at cutting the state prison population by giving inmates a chance for earlier parole, a collection of new tough … Continued


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Black Voter Engagement and Mass Incarceration

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On today’s show we look at Black Voter Engagement and Mass Incarceration. TI “Tip” Harris Town Hall at Impact Hub 6pm WHAT: A Town Hall On Black Voter Engagement and Mass Incarceration and Police Terrorism, Hosted By Grammy-Award winning rapper, actor and entrepreneur Tip T.I. Harris in partnership with Color Of Change PAC. WHEN: Friday, … Continued


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Art and Activism

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We speak with Ryan Nicole about her current projects and her emergence as a political and cultural force in Oakland. And later we speak with Refa One about his exhibit at Joyce Gordan Gallery and the Black Panther 50th anniversary.


House Full of Black Women: The Meaning of Canaries, a sites-specific dance theater piece addressing issues of displacement, the well-being of Black women and girls and the continuing abuse and exploitation of sex trafficking in Oakland. We speak with director/choreographer, Amara Tabor Smith and Ellen Sebastian Chang the theater director of the “episodes” House is … Continued