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0:08 – Decisions pending before the US Supreme Court this fall Erwin Chemerinsky is the Dean of Berkeley Law. His books include The Case Against the Supreme Court and We the People: A Progressive Reading of the Constitution for the Twenty-First Century. 0:34 – History of the Supreme Court vs. Democracy Samuel Moyn (@samuelmoyn) is … Continued
0:08 – On “Mondays with Mitch,” Cat and Brian talk with Letters and Politics host Mitch Jeserich about the passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg and the political pressure by the Trump Administration to confirm her replacement 0:34 – John Swartzberg is clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health. He takes your COVID questions. … Continued
0:08 – In a year of a global pandemic, unprecedented wildfires, and historic protests against police violence and more, on top of all of that, in roughly a month and a half, US citizens face the most decisive presidential election of their lifetimes. In addition to the two primary parties, Green Party candidate Howie Hawkins … Continued
Interview with Michelle and Ashley Monterrosa ThisIsLucyKang · “Sean died for a bigger cause”: Remembering Sean Monterrosa Twenty-two year-old San Francisco resident Sean Monterrosa was unarmed and kneeling with his hands raised when Vallejo Police Officer Jarrett Tonn fatally shot him through the windshield of a moving police vehicle in a Walgreens parking lot … Continued
0:08 – Behind the new unemployment numbers Michele Evermore (@EvermoreMichele) is a senior policy analyst at the National Employment Law Project in Washington, D.C. focusing on social insurance. 0:25 – KPFA News: The Census Bureau recently released statistics on poverty, income, and health insurance coverage for last year. It shows median household income in 2019 … Continued
0:08 – On Saturday, two deputies were shot and expected to survive. But the aftermath has provided the platform for some LA county officials to scapegoat the BLM movement. Melina Abdullah (@DocMellyMel) is a professor and chair of Pan-African Studies at Cal State-LA. She is also co-founder of the LA chapter of Black Lives Matter. … Continued
Photo of Minneapolis police aiming weapon at camera from Physicians for Human Rights, from their report “Shot in the Head” On this show: 0:08 – Peace talks with the Taliban in Afghanistan are kicking off this week in Qatar. But at stake in the peace talks is the presence of U.S. ground troops, and not … Continued
On this show: 0:08 – On “Mondays with Mitch,” host Brian Edwards-Tiekert talks with Letters and Politics host Mitch Jeserich about Trump saying on tape that he wanted to minimize awareness of the Covid-19 emergency and “play it down.” 0:34 – John Swartzberg is clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public … 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 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
