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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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00:08 — Dean Baker is a senior economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research.

00:33 — Sean Dugar is a Berkeley native whose family has called the city home for over a century. Sean has previously served as Political Director for Congresswoman Barbara Lee’s U.S. Senate bid and mayoral campaign in Oakland.

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00:08 — Owen Dahlkamp is a Congress Tech Reporter at POLITICO, with a focus on how tech policy and politics shape Capitol Hill.

00:33 — YES: Trent Lange is President and Executive Director of the California Clean Money Action NO: David Kline is Vice President of Communications & Research at The California Taxpayers Association.

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00:08 — John Feffer is Director of Foreign Policy in Focus.

00:33 — Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health.

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00:08 — Eugene Cordero is professor of Meteorology and Climate Science at San Jose State University.

00:20 — Francisco Ortiz, is the President of the United Teachers of Richmond (UTR), the labor union representing educators and staff in the West Contra Costa Unified School District (WCCUSD).

00:33 — Connie Chan is serves as a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors for District 1 and is currently running to represent California’s 11th Congressional District, a seat held by Nancy Pelosi for nearly four decades.

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00:08 — Melissa Sanchez is a Chicago based reporter for ProPublica covering immigration and labor. Anna Clark is a reporter for ProPublica covering stories rooted in the Midwest that have national resonance.

00:33 — Wendy Fry is an investigative journalist for Calmatters, reporting on immigration.

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00:08 — Laura Wojcik is a video journalist at Mediapart, an independent French digital newspaper. She regularly covers urban issues, working-class neighborhoods, gender-based and sexual violence.

00:33 — Aisha Jumaan is president of Yemen Relief and Reconstruction Foundation. She has worked as a public health professional for thirty years with establishments such as the CDC, UNFPA and UNDP and is currently working as an Independent Consultant coordinating health-related projects in Yemen.

00:48 — Nazy Kaviani is Executive Director of Diaspora Arts Connection, a non-profit organization with the goal of helping artists in diaspora and fostering lasting connections among diverse cultural and ethnic groups within the Bay Area through arts and culture events.

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00:08 — John Nichols, Executive Editor of the Nation.

00:33 — Joel Beinin Professor of Middle East History, Emeritus at Stanford University.

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00:08 — Molly Crabapple is an artist and author of the New York Times bestseller, Here Where We Live is Our Country. Her previous book, Brothers of the Gun, an illustrated collaboration with Syrian war journalist Marwan Hisham, was longlisted for a National Book Award. Her animated films have won two Emmys and an Edward R. Murrow Award. Her art is in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art.

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00:08 — Molly Crabapple is an artist and author of the New York Times bestseller, Here Where We Live is Our Country. Her previous book, Brothers of the Gun, an illustrated collaboration with Syrian war journalist Marwan Hisham, was longlisted for a National Book Award. Her animated films have won two Emmys and an Edward R. Murrow Award. Her art is in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art.

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