Progressive Voices

On the #RADIO show this week we cover hope and organizing in the time of Trump and the importance of access to birth control and reproductive health services; Black Breastfeeding Week #BBW17; Maternal mortality and the alarmingly higher rate of deaths due to pregnancy related causes amongst Black women; and the fight to raise the minimum wage to $15 per hour.

*Special guests include: U.S. Representative Suzan Delbene, @RepDelBene; Anayah Sangodele-Ayoka, CNM, MSN, MSEd is a nurse-midwife and innovative culture worker leveraging digital media to impact health and parenting, as well as an award winning author and organizer, @BlkBfingWeek, @anayahrose; Monifa Bandele, MomsRising, @monifabandele, @MomsRising; Bridget Hughes, advocate in the fight to raise the minimum wage to $15 per hour, @SEIU.

Background Briefing 09-22-2017 by Progressive Voices

The BradCast 09-21-2017 by Progressive Voices

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Repeal and Replace is dead, again. Thanks to John McCain, plus my review of Kingsman The Golden Circle . And should pharmacies be our doctors? Tune in daily at 1200 PST at reallykarel.com

Ed Chung guest hosts today's show. He is the Vice President for Criminal Justice Reform at American Progress.

Below are the topics he discussed, along with the guests he was joined by.

1. DACA/Dreamers

Guest 1: Phil Wolgin, Managing Director of Immigration Policy at the Center for American Progress.

Tweets: @PhilWolgin

Guest 2: Laura Munoz Lopez, Special Assistant for Immigration Policy at the Center for American Progress.

Tweets: @l_munozlopez

2. Police Accountability and Reform

Guest 1: Madhuri Grewal, Senior Counsel at the Constitution Project

Tweets: @madhurigrewal

Guest 2: Kanya Bennett, Legislative Counsel at the ACLU

Tweets: @kanyacrimjust

Ed's Twitter handle is @EdChungTweets. Before working at the Center for American Progress, he served as senior adviser on criminal justice, policing, and civil rights issues for the Assistant Attorney General of the Office of Justice Programs at the U.S. Department of Justice.

In that capacity, Chung coordinated a national initiative for building trust between the justice system and the communities it serves, as well as the Obama administration’s violence reduction and second-chance efforts under the My Brother’s Keeper initiative.

Chung also held positions in the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division, including special counsel to the assistant attorney general and federal prosecutor with the Criminal Section, where he received the John Marshall Award for successfully prosecuting the first case under the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009.

The website for "The Center for American Progress" is www.AmericanProgress.org and their Twitter Handle is @amprog.

Hurricane Maria devastates Puerto Rico; Hundreds dead in Mexico's second catastrophic earthquake in two weeks; California cities sue fossil fuel industry for climate change damages; US states' Climate Alliance on track to meet emissions targets; PLUS: French President Emmanuel Macron takes the lead, rallying the United Nations on climate action... All that and more in today's Green News Report!

Nicole Sandler -What's News - The End Of The World Edition - 09 - 20 - 2017 by Progressive Voices

Randi Rhodes PV Promo 9 - 20 - 17 by Progressive Voices