KPFA - UpFront

00:08 US Special Counsel Jack Smith is back in court with a superseding indictment of Donald Trump meant to stay on the right side of the Supreme Court’s presidential immunity ruling. Jeremy Stahl, jurisprudence editor at Slate.   00:34 San Francisco’s housing authority is trying to kick out dozens of people living in the Potrero HIll Terrace Annex who thought they were paid up tenants — it turns out they were paying rent to a rogue employee of a property management company who was pocketing the payments. Sara Shortt Director of Tenants Rights Counseling Programs at Housing Rights Committee of San Francisco. Ora Prochovnick, Director of Litigation and Policy at the Eviction Defense Collaborative of San Francisco 00:46 Thousands of hotel workers in California working under expired contracts struck over Labor Day weekend — and some are still out on strike. Ted Waechter, is an organizer and communications representative for UNITE HERE Local 2 The post Trump’s Trials appeared first on KPFA.

00:08 — Sameea Kamal is a reporter for CalMatters covering the state Capitol and California politics. 00:33 — Joel Beinin a Professor of Middle East History, Emeritus at Stanford University.  The post Governor Newsom Calls CA Legislators Back After End of Legislative Session; Plus, Israel Faces Protests After Killing of Six Hostages appeared first on KPFA.

0:08 —  John Feffer is Director of Foreign Policy in Focus. 0:33 — Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health. The post Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls with Dr. Swartzberg appeared first on KPFA.

00:08 Brian Merchant, author of  Blood in the Machine: the origins of the rebellion against big tech, and purveyor of a Substack newsletter by the same name. [This is a holiday repeat of an interview originally recorded in December 2023, shortly before Merchant was unironically laid off from his tech columnist position at the LA Times.] The post Brian Merchant on Smashing the Machine [Labor Day Repeat] appeared first on KPFA.

Sunaura Taylor, Assistant Professor of Environmental Science, Policy and Management at UC Berkeley. Her new book is Disabled Ecologies: Lessons from  a wounded desert EVENT: Sunaura’s presenting her book in an event with Yomi Young on Monday September 9 at 6:pm at Pegasus Books in Downtown Berkeley. The post Sunaura Taylor on Disabled Ecologies appeared first on KPFA.

00:08 The California Local Journalism Preservation Act, which would have taxed large tech platforms to subsidize local reporting, was abruptly shelved and replaced with a deal to have Google and California contribute smaller sums of money to a journalism fund administered through UC Berkeley’s School of Journalism. Jon Schleuss is a data journalist  who currently serves as the president of the NewsGuild-CWA, which had been supporting the now-shelved legislation and opposes the new deal.  Neil Chase is the Chief Executive Officer of the nonprofit newsroom CalMatters. He was formerly Executive Editor at The Mercury News and the East Bay Times, and is supportive of the new deal.   00:33 At UC Berkeley, pro-Palestinian activists are seeking to intervene in a lawsuit brought against UC over its alleged tolerance of antisemitism. Zaid Yousef, president of the UC Berkeley’ Muslim Student Association. Ronald Cruz is the attorney representing the proposed intervenors, also an organizer for  United for Equality and Affirmative Action Legal Defense Fund (UEAALDF). 00:45 At San Francisco State University, pro-Palestinian activists are declaring a win after the university divested from four companies that profit from Israel’s war in Gaza. Rama Ali Kased is an Associate Professor in Race and Resistance Studies in the College of Ethnic Studies at San Francisco State University.       The post What happened to California’s bid to save local journalism? appeared first on KPFA.

0:08 — Heather Vogell is investigative reporter with ProPublica. 0:33 — Lisa Song is a reporter on the environment, energy and climate change for ProPublica. 0:45 — Ashley McBride is a reporter for the Oaklandside covering education equity. The post DOJ Sues RealPage for Algorithmic Price Fixing and Rent Inflation; Plus, Lead Contamination in Oakland Schools; And, the Future of “Recyclable” appeared first on KPFA.

0:08 — Barry Eidlin, is an Associate Professor in the department of Sociology at McGill University. His latest book is “Labor and the Class Idea in the United States and Canada.” 0:33 — Thomas Harvey is a LA area civil rights attorney who has a long history of representing protesters, organizers. 0:45 — Peter Maybarduk is the Access to Medicine Director at Public Citizen. The post Canada Rail Shutdown; Pro-Palestinian UCI Students Sue Campus for Suspension Without Due Process; Plus, High Price of Mpox Vaccine Prevents Equitable Access appeared first on KPFA.

0:08 — John Feffer is Director of Foreign Policy in Focus, Institute for Policy Studies. 0:33 — Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health. The post Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls with Dr. Swartzberg appeared first on KPFA.

0:08 — Steve Phillips is the founder of Democracy in Color. His latest book is How We Win the Civil War: Securing a Multiracial Democracy and Ending White Supremacy for Good. 0:33 — John Nichols is National Affairs Correspondent for the Nation. The post The Democratic Party and the Campaign Path Ahead; Plus, Wrapping Up the DNC appeared first on KPFA.