Highlands Bunker

Some of the parents who organized around bringing back Marbrook's Spanish immersion program join Rob in the virtual bunker to talk about the path from the Hockessin Gossip Girls page to reviving the program through public pressure.Show Notes:December Red Clay School Board meetingNews Journal coverageImmersion program overview

Did you know that Delaware is sometimes relevant to national news stories? Delaware Online certainly does, so today we talk about two articles that cover the silly, the bad, and the ugly of how Delaware interacts with the national news. We establish our anti-helicopter stance.Show Notes:Opening article from +972 MagazineFirst U.S. weapons to Israel left from Dover Air Force Base. More have been sent sinceHow do Biden's Wilmington-based campaign staffers blow off steam? Karaoke at Trolley Tap HouseHi. I’m in … Delaware.

Rep. Madinah Wilson-Anton joins to talk about her ongoing hunger strike in DC. DelPHR Founder Mike Abel and DE DSA communications chair Syjil Athar talk about how they came into the Palestinian freedom movement and where things stand now.Show Notes:Delawareans for Palestinian Human RightsDelaware DSACall Me, BetaChuck Modi interviewReagan Demands End To AttacksBDS MovementPlaygrounds for Palestine, PCRF, MECA, Islamic Relief USA, Doctors Without Borders

It's amazing how much trouble you can get it for just hiring your daughter. After over a year, the boys are back to cover the Supreme Court oral arguments about the appeal of Kathy McGuiness's sentencing last year.Show Notes:News Journal coverage

Former Rep. John Kowalko joins the bunker to give updates on RISE Delaware/Medicare Advantage lawsuit, then tells some stories from his time at legislative hall. Patrons will get to hear the full conversation.Show Notes:RISE DelawareRebel John KowalkoCeasefire protest

Local activist Kirsten Walther joins Rob in the bunker to talk about her piece on misogyny in the Delaware left and some of her ideas on potential solutions, as well as some of the backlash it has received. Then, we try to close out our discourse around the genocide in Gaza and discuss what can and can't be done.Show Notes:Misogyny and the Delaware LeftIt’s Not Complicated – Ceasefire Now

Racial justice organizer Hasini Perkins joins Rob in the bunker to talk about the state of mental and physical health care in Delaware's prison system, including first-hand testimony from himself and others who are still behind bars.Show Notes:ACLU prison health care lawsuitJohn Oliver prison health care segment

Professor and homelessness researcher Steve Metraux and housing activist Shyanne Miller join Rob in the bunker to talk about why Delaware's official homelessness rate suddenly spiked and plummeted in the last four years, the successes and failures of existing systems, and what we might need to do to fix them.Show Notes:Homelessness in Delaware: An AssessmentAccused of begging inside Market Street restaurants, she was jailed for a yearCarney budget presentation2023 Delaware Housing Needs Assessment

In celebration of Indegenous Peoples' Day, historian Syl Woolford joins Rob in the bunker to talk about the Choptank Indian reservation, one of the few on the Delmarva peninsula.Show Notes:Branden's websiteDonate to Branden

The crew is in the bunker today to talk about the Bethany Hall-Long campaign drama, some thoughts around local independent journalism, and catching up with your Philadelphia Phillies.Show Notes:Delaware Call fundraiser ticketsBHL DramaDelaware State Police Investigating Golf Cart Thefts in Sussex County