UpFront – September 11, 2020
UpFront delivers a mix of local, state, and international coverage through challenging interviews, civil debates, breaking updates, and in-depth discussions with authors.
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Photo of Berkeley’s orange skies on September 9, 2020 by Brian Edwards-Tiekert. On this show: 0:08 – Dean Baker, senior economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research, joins us to talk about the latest unemployment filing figures – 884,000 filed for U.S. unemployment benefits last week. “This is a really, really, really high … Continued
Satellite photo: The Creek Fire in the Sierras produces a massive smoke plume. The fire is 0% contained and has roughly doubled in size in a day. On this show: 0:08 – Several additional fires have grown over the past 24 hours, as Cal Fire continues to battle the Creek Fire, and as smoke from … Continued
UpFront – September 8, 2020
UpFront delivers a mix of local, state, and international coverage through challenging interviews, civil debates, breaking updates, and in-depth discussions with authors.
UpFront delivers a mix of local, state, and international coverage through challenging interviews, civil debates, breaking updates, and in-depth discussions with authors. Thanks to Science in HD for sharing their work on Unsplash.
Burning Man Special: Black Rock City is built on Northern Paiute land
Photo: Pyramid Lake Paiute Reservation with Pyramid Lake in the back. ThisIsLucyKang · Burning Man Special: Black Rock City is built on Northern Paiute land ______ Around this time in normal years, Burning Man would be taking place in the Black Rock Desert in Nevada. Nearly 80,000 people attended the annual arts event … Continued
On this show: 0:08 – As Joe Biden visits Kenosha, Wisconsin and speaks with police shooting survivor Jacob Blake by phone, we talk about the Trump and Biden campaigns and their Wisconsin stops with John Nichols (@NicholsUprising), national affairs correspondent for The Nation. 0:19 – Jane Kim, San Francisco supervisor and former California political director for the Bernie … Continued
Steven Taylor, who was killed by police in a San Leandro Walmart in April. On this show: 0:08 – Joe Biden brought in a record-breaking fundraising haul of $364.5 million dollars in August. Kevin Robillard (@Robillard), senior political reporter for HuffPost, joins us to talk about election fundraising this cycle and what the numbers mean. … Continued
Photo of Vietnamese refugee Tien Pham, who was released from San Quentin but immediately transferred to ICE custody on Monday, sparking outrage from family and advocates who were appealing to Governor Gavin Newsom to stop the transfer. From AAAJ/ALC on Twitter. On this show: 0:08 – As Trump visits Kenosha, we talk with Karissa Lewis, … Continued
Photo: Vote totals on the California Racial Justice Act (Kalra), AB 2542. From Ella Baker Center on Twitter On this show: 0:08 – Donald Trump is planning to visit Kenosha, Wisconsin, where unarmed father Jacob Blake was shot by police in the back seven times in August in front of his children. We talk about … Continued