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On today’s show: 0:08 – On this edition of Monday’s with Mitch Jeserich (@MitchJeserich), we discuss the Biden infrastructure bill and 71st anniversary of the Hiroshima / Nagasaki bombings. 0:34 – Dr. John Swartzberg joins us again to discuss the latest on the COVID Delta wave as schools prepare to open. 1:08 – We spend … Continued
On today’s show: 0:08 – First day of school starts for Oakland Unified School District on Monday August 9th. Sailaja Suresh, Senior Director of Strategic Projects & Initiatives at OUSD, and Chaz García, 27 year veteran OUSD elementary school teacher, and OEA’s 2nd Vice President join us to discuss how educators are preparing for re-opening … Continued
On today’s show: 0:08 – The Senate Foreign Relations Committee recently passed a measure to repeal both Authorizations for Use of Military Force Against Iraq (1991 and 2002). Phyllis Bennis (@PhyllisBennis) Middle East analyst and Director of the New Internationalism Project at the Institute for Policy Studies joins us to discuss. 0:34 – We’re seeing … Continued
Wednesday, August 4th, 2021 on Upfront: Biden administration re-news Title 42, which allows the expelling of migrants at the border. We go to the COVID-19 front-lines, reporting on the spike of delta variant cases. PG&E discloses that their equipment may be responsible for the ‘Dixie Fire’ in Northern California. Oakland’s Black Arts Movement District Festival … Continued
Tuesday, August 3rd, 2021: Special election in Ohio today, pitting progressives against Congressional Black Caucus Cat Brooks does a deep dive on the stacks and background around the fight over Critical Race Theory. Zachary Carter speaks on “Re-imagining – Capitalism” All this, plus the news! photo: Meredith Petrick via Unsplash
On today’s show: 0:08 – Mitch Jeserich (@MitchJeserich)joins us to discuss the federal eviction moratorium which expired last weekend without a vote form Congress. 0:34 – Dr. John Swartzberg joins us to discuss surge of coronavirus cases due to the hyper-infectious Delta variant and field listener questions. 1:08 – We discuss the politics of national … Continued
UpFront delivers a mix of local, state, and international coverage through challenging interviews, civil debates, breaking updates, and in-depth discussions with authors.
Photo of a portion of the Bay Bridge collapsed from the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, from CC 2.0 by Joe Lewis on Flickr On this show: 0:08 – Inflamed: Deep Medicine and the Anatomy of Injustice is the latest book by Rupa Marya and Raj Patel, tackling health and structural injustices, and taking us on … Continued
UpFront delivers a mix of local, state, and international coverage through challenging interviews, civil debates, breaking updates, and in-depth discussions with authors.
On today’s show: 0:08 – We spend the first hour with Aviva Chomsky, a scholar of Latin American history. We discuss the protests in Cuba and what history tells us about how Cuba treats the political opponents inside its borders. Fund Drive Premium – We’re offering Aviva Chomsky’s book A History of the Cuban Revolution … Continued
