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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.

0:08 — Noura Erakat is a human rights attorney and an Associate Professor at Rutgers University in the Department of Africana Studies, and author of Justice for Some: Law and the Question of Palestine.

0:33 — Ruth Conniff is Editor-in-chief of the Wisconsin Examiner. She formerly served as Editor-in-chief of The Progressive Magazine where she worked for many years from both Madison and Washington, DC.

The post Noura Erakat on Palestine and the Presidential Election; Plus, Harris, Walz and the Rust Belt appeared first on KPFA.

0:08 — Shawn Mulcahy is News Editor at the Chicago Reader, Chicago-based non-profit newsroom. Sam Stecklow is an investigative journalist with Invisible Institute, a nonprofit public accountability journalism organization in Chicago. He also reports on the CPD for the Chicago Reader.

0:33 — Ryan Cooper is managing editor of The American Prospect managing editor, and author of How Are You Going to Pay for That?: Smart Answers to the Dumbest Question in Politics.

The post Chicago City Politics and Policing Policy During the DNC; Plus, Joe Biden’s Economic Record appeared first on KPFA.

0:08 — Joel Beinin a Professor of Middle East History, Emeritus at Stanford University. 

0:33 — Fereshta Abbasi is a Researcher in the Asia division at Human Rights Watch, focusing on research and documentation of ongoing human rights abuses in Afghanistan.

The post Will Blinken Secure a Ceasefire in Gaza? Plus, Three Years Since the Taliban Returned to Power in Afghanistan 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.

00:08  Manisha Sinha  is the James L. and Shirley A. Draper Chair in American History at the University of Connecticut. Her new book is The Rise and Fall of the Second American Republic. Reconstruction: 1860 – 1920

The post Manisha Sinha on Reconstruction’s Promise, and Defeat appeared first on KPFA.

0:08 — Khaled Elgindy is a senior fellow at the Middle East Institute where he also directs MEI’s Program on Palestine and Israeli-Palestinian Affairs.

0:33 — Nina Lakhani is Senior climate justice reporter for the Guardian US.

0:48 — Antonio De Loera-Brust is Director of Communications at United Farm Workers.

The post Gaza Ceasefire Potential After the Assassination of Ismail Haniyeh; Plus, Workers Across the Country Fight Against Inadequate Heat Protection Laws appeared first on KPFA.