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A presentation of "Bill Gates & Dean Lloyd Minor in a Fireside Chat," an event hosted by the Stanford School of Medicine on 10/21/20. Stanford Medicine Dean Lloyd Minor is joined by co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and co-founder of Microsoft Bill Gates to discuss the coronavirus pandemic and the path forward.

The full video of the conversation can be found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IUCPEDuj1A. This presentation was edited and produced by Katherine Crandell.

An opinion from Rachel D'Agui in The Stanford Daily: "There are good things about Zoom University"

The full, written opinion can be found at https://stanforddaily.com/2020/10/29/there-are-good-things-about-zoom-university/

An excerpt of live election night coverage from Palo Alto Weekly, Midpen Media, and The Almanac. More details at https://www.paloaltoonline.com/

This week, Carla has tips on staying positive (while job-seeking, and in general) despite everything else happening on around the world right now. Plus, where workers are heading and the latest job news. 

"Job-Seeking Empowerment News," (formerly "Carla and Karley Employment News") hosted by Carla Leininger of KZSU's Global Ginga, provides the latest labor market news, employment trends, technology, and job searching tips! Let's get you working again!

VTA has a new map highlighting 99 polling places in Santa Clara County with the closest bus and rail lines to each one, plus Marin Transit is offering free transit service on local routes in Marin County in an effort to get out the vote. Plus, this week's latest transit news, including Caltrain's proposals to improve off-peak and weekend service levels by mid-December.

"Back on Track," hosted by KZSU News Director Ken Der, takes a deeper look at how Bay Area transit agencies are recovering from the wide range of issues caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. 

In this full interview with Ken Der and Annika Bereny of the KZSU News Politics Team, Allison Tieking '20 dives into the background, claims, and outcomes of California's Proposition 22. Allison's full opinion from The Stanford Daily is titled: "A $180 million smokescreen: Who is California’s Prop 22 actually protecting?" and can be found at https://stanforddaily.com/2020/10/08/opinion-a-180-million-dollar-smokescreen-who-is-californias-prop-22-actually-protecting/

Plus, we dig into the archives to present an April 2019 interview with Allison on the "Relatively Round Table," where Allison discusses her harrowing, unwanted advances on Lyft along with her advocacy to make ridesharing services safer. 

Relevant links (as provided by Allison):

https://gigworkersrising.org/

https://www.nelp.org/publication/rigging-the-gig/

https://twitter.com/veenadubal?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

In this excerpt, Michael Brown Sr. discusses the importance of voting along with his thoughts on the killing of George Floyd.

The entire video of Steven's interview can be found on his YouTube channel, https://www.youtube.com/septaphon

International speaker and coach Andre Norman joins Stanford researcher Steven Crane on "How to Have Difficult Conversations About Race," a weekly conversation touching on the Black Lives Matter movement and issues of racial equity. More information on the show's hosts can be found at stevencrane.me and andrenorman.com. To join Steven's social justice mailing list, visit https://scrane.link/SJList

In this second segment on California Proposition 22 with Allison Tielking '20, Ken Der asks about the effects of a "No" vote on workers for Doordash, Uber, Lyft and similar companies.  Allison's full opinion from The Stanford Daily is titled: "A $180 million smokescreen: Who is California’s Prop 22 actually protecting?" and can be found at https://stanforddaily.com/2020/10/08/opinion-a-180-million-dollar-smokescreen-who-is-californias-prop-22-actually-protecting/

KZSU News Politics Reporter Annika Bereny discusses the background and misleading messages of California Proposition 22 with Allison Tielking '20. The conversation is rooted the Relatively Round Table episode from 5/31/2019 (which can be found in this podcast archive), and Allison's opinion from The Stanford Daily: "A $180 million smokescreen: Who is California’s Prop 22 actually protecting?"

The full, written opinion can be found at https://stanforddaily.com/2020/10/08/opinion-a-180-million-dollar-smokescreen-who-is-californias-prop-22-actually-protecting/

Today, Ken covers the Valley Transportation Authority's plans to build a bicycle superhighway between Santa Clara and North San Jose, the importance of Measure RR, and AC Transit's new mobile app that enables riders to use contactless fare payment. 

"Back on Track," hosted by KZSU News Director Ken Der, takes a deeper look at how Bay Area transit agencies are recovering from the wide range of issues caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.