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0:08 — Abdushakur Aboud is the senior Editor for the Swahili service of Voice of America. 0:33 — Lilian Serrano is Director of the Southern Border Communities Coalition (SBCC). Paulina Reyes, is Staff Attorney at Immigrant Defenders Law Center’s Cross-Border Initiative and Chair of the San Diego Immigrant Rights Consortium (SDIRC).  The post ECOWAS Calls Summit on Niger Coup; Asylum Seeking under the Biden Administration appeared first on KPFA.

0:08 — Brian Concannon is a human rights lawyer and the Founder and Executive Director of the Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti. 0:33 — Joe Eskenazi, managing editor and columnist at Mission Local. The post UN Vote to Send Security Forces to Haiti; CPUC Vote on Self-driving Taxis appeared first on KPFA.

0:08 — Damon Tighe, works in biotechnology and moonlights as a naturalist; he’s been organizing volunteer documentation of the bloom and its effects. Eric Buescher, senior attorney at San Francisco Baykeeper. 0:33 — Brad Shaffer is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at UCLA. He is also the director of UCLA’s La Kretz Center for California Conservation Science. The post Toxic Algae Bloom in the Bay, Plus, Mojave Desert Wildfires appeared first on KPFA.

0:08 — John Feffer is Director of Foreign Policy in Focus at the 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; Corona Calls with Dr. Swartzberg appeared first on KPFA.

0:08 — Dr. Robert Okin is former chief of psychiatry at San Francisco General Hospital. He spent two years interviewing people on the street who seemed to have mental disorders; his book about that, just out in its second edition, is SILENT VOICES: People with Mental Disorders on the Street. The post Dr. Robert Okin on “SILENT VOICES: People with Mental Disorders on the Street” appeared first on KPFA.

0:08 — Yousef Munayyer is a fellow at the Arab Center in Washington, DC. 0:33 — Abdushakur Aboud is the Senior Editor for the Swahili service of Voice of America. The post Fatah and Hamas Form Reconciliation Committee; Latest Developments in Niger Coup appeared first on KPFA.

0:08 — Kenneth White, former federal prosecutor, current federal defense attorney, and the host of the podcast “Serious Trouble” about Donald Trump’s legal problems. 0:33 — Leah Simon-Weisberg is Legal Director at ACCE Institute and Adjunct Professor of UC Law, SF (UC Hastings) and Chair of the Berkeley Rent Board. The post Trump Indictment; Plus, Eviction Moratoria Expiring appeared first on KPFA.

0:08 — Felipe Torres Medina, is a writer for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, currently part of the WGA strike. 0:33 — Cheuk Kwan’s new book is Have You Eaten Yet: Stories from Chinese restaurants around the world.  The post Hollywood Actors and Writers on Strike; Plus, Stories from Chinese Restaurants Across the World appeared first on KPFA.

0:08 — John Feffer is Director of Foreign Policy in Focus at the 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 — John Perlin, visiting scholar at UC Santa Barbara’s physics department; his newest book is A Forest Journey: The Role of Trees in the Fate of Civilization. The post Fund Drive Special with John Perlin appeared first on KPFA.