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Tomorrow is Cesar Chavez day. Today, we honor Cesar Chavez with a show focused on labor rights.

The Supreme Court has made a decision that impacts the future of organized labor. We speak with Tefere Gebre, Executive Vice President of the AFL-CIO.

And: California makes history with a plan to raise the statewide minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2022. Our guest is Rusty Hicks, Executive Secretary-Treasurer of the LA County Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO.

Plus: you know those lovely berries you find at Whole Foods and local supermarkets? More than likely they are from Driscoll's. But most people don t know there is an international boycott of Driscoll's berries. Our guest is Edgar Franks, Civic Engagement Coordinator at Community to Community Development in Bellingham, Wash.

Today, we discuss the Black vote and its impact on the Democratic presidential primaries. Our guests are actor and activist Danny Glover; New Jersey based Junius Williams, attorney, educator, advocate and author of "Unfinished Agenda: Urban Politics in the Era of Black Power"; Dr. Julianne Malveaux, economist, commentator and author of" Are We Better Off?: Race, Obama and Public Policy"; and historian and noted author Dr. Gerald Horne.

President Obama made an historic trip to Cuba on Sunday. He was accompanied by his family, as well as a bevy of U.S. diplomats and businessmen. Today, he arrives in Argentina. To discuss this monumental step for U.S.-Cuba relations, our guests are Mark Weisbrot, Tom Hayden, James Early and Dr. Gerald Horne.

Also: the Bern was felt in Idaho and Utah, where Bernie Sanders trounced Hillary Clinton in Tuesday's primaries. But Hillary took the key state of Arizona. And on the GOP side: Arizona went to Trump, but Cruz took Utah.

We also bring you our weekly Earth Minute. Plus: we give context to the terrorist attacks in Belgium that left 34 people dead and over 100 injured.

For our weekly roundtable, we discuss the state of the presidential race. On the GOP side: the possibility of a brokered convention, Trump's threats of riots if he is not nominated, the Stop Trump movement. On the Democratic side: what could be the way forward for Bernie. And: did Bernie suffer in Ohio due to Democrats and Independents who voted in the GOP primary to stop Trump? If so, how useful is such a strategy for the Democratic race? Plus, we delve into the key differences between Bernie and Hillary. What are the foreign policy implications for a presidency on either side of the aisle: Hillary, Bernie, Trump or Cruz?

We also dissect the flap over Obama s Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland. What would he mean for the court, and how will his nomination shape this election season?

Our panelists are Jackie Goldberg, Laura Carlsen, Tom Hayden and Dr. Gerald Horne.

Inside the Ohio Primary with Utility Union Workers of America Local 270 President Frank Meznarich by sojournertruthradio

Yesterday’s primaries resulted in Hillary and Trump locking in as the continued front-runners and ended Marco Rubio’s presidential bid. It gave John Kasich his first win, Ohio his home state. What is the mood of working class voters? Our guest is Frank Meznarich, President of UWUA Local 270 of Ohio.

Plus, Congressional hearings are taking place now on the water crisis in Flint, Michigan. How is the water crisis connected to the overall issues in the state? We speak to Claire McClinton, longtime Flint resident and former auto worker.

Then, we get an update on the Dallas 6, Pennsylvania prisoner whistleblowers who were retaliated against for participating in a peaceful protest to raise awareness of torture they witnessed there. We speak with Shandra Delaney, whose son is one of the Dallas 6.

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Today is a huge day in the presidential race for both Democrats and Republicans, with primaries in five states including Ohio and Florida. We continue our Sojourner Truth Presidential Election Watch.

And: the Supreme Court will hear a case named US v. Texas, which will determine whether President Obama’s executive actions on immigration relief can go forward. We speak with Nicholas Espiritu, a lead attorney in the case.

Also, as Hillary sounds more and more like Bernie as in this primary season and shifts from the center to the left, we take a look at her foreign policy past. Our guest is investigative journalist Robert Parry.

Plus: new guidelines on use of force are being proposed by the L.A. Police Commission. Do they go far enough? We speak with Black Lives Matter campaigner Melina Abdullah.

Also, we bring you our weekly Earth Minute.

Join us on Sojourner Truth Tuesday through Friday, 7 to 8 a.m. Exclusively on Pacifica Radio and its affiliate networks!

Today, we mark the fifth anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami that led to a nuclear disaster in Fukushima, Japan.

And - our weekly roundtable returns! We discuss the state of the Presidential election race: the fight for the Black and Latino vote continues; Bernie s win in Michigan and Hillary s sweep of the South; and the recent Democratic Party debate in Florida, where Hillary and Bernie clashed on immigration, U.S. policy in Latin America and Cuba, and - of course - on the Wall Street bailout.

Our panelists are Jackie Goldberg, Laura Carlsen, Tom Hayden and Dr. Gerald Horne.

Today, we discuss Tuesday's stunning political upset: Bernie Sanders' won the crucial Michigan primary. He and Hillary Clinton faced off in a contentious debate in Florida last night, that left Clinton on the defensive with an audience clearly feeling the Bern. We continue our daily Sojourner Truth Presidential Election Watch.

Also: what about all the free publicity the mainstream media has given to Donald Trump? He dominates the news cycles, Do these organizations have to take some credit for his primary wins? How has the mainstream media fared on the Democratic side? FAIR reports that the Washington Post, for example, ran 16 negative stories on Sanders in 16 hours. Our guest is FAIR's "Extra!" editor, Jim Naureckas.

In Los Angeles, 200 Black women are missing, and at least 100 are likely victims of serial murders. Some of those murders have been dubbed by the media "the Grim Sleeper murders," and a trial is now underway after a suspect was taken into custody over five years ago. But many more nationally remain missing and are presumed dead. Michigan State University Assistant Professor Terrion Williamson has been tracking the serial murders of Black women across the United States. Her count: 500 women. How have law enforcement and communities responded?

And for our weekly Earth Watch: we discuss the assassination of Honduran environmental and human rights activist Berta Cáceres. Our guest is Jeff Conant, ecological justice advocate and a senior campaigner for Friends of the Earth.

Today, we celebrate International Women's Day by delving into a range of topics: from women in the Civil Rights Movement; to the movement for pay equity in Ireland; to women protesting a youth detention center in Seattle, Washington. We also share our daily presidential election update.