UpFront – February 15, 2022
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Ottawa truckers protest Canada’s vaccine mandate; COVID science with Dr. Swartzberg; Plus FCMAT, the entity managing OUSD’s fiscal crisis since 2003
[caption id="attachment_375793" align="alignnone" width="603"] A truck displays signs protesting Canada's COVID vaccine mandate. | Image by Ana Krachk...
FTP Movement launches campaign to house aging civil rights activists; Plus Dr. Carr on Harriett Tubman
[caption id="attachment_375574" align="alignnone" width="603"] Portrait of Harriet Tubman taken circa 1868. | Library of Congress — Photograph by Benj...
The politics of the Beijing Olympics and the future of Olympic boycotts; More on SFPD’s MOU with the SF District Attorney; Plus: Texas butterfly sanctuary shut down by far-right extremists
[caption id="attachment_375525" align="alignnone" width="603"] The National Butterfly Center, 2013. | Image by Marianna Wright is licensed under CC BY...
OUSD approves school closures; Militia members mount successful campaign to recall Shasta County Supervisor; Plus San Francisco’s fentanyl crisis
[caption id="attachment_375447" align="alignnone" width="604"] Naloxone (Narcan) is administered to reverse opioid overdoses. | Image by VCU Capital N...
French President Macron Meets with Russian President Putin; SFPD will not longer cooperate with District Attorney on use of force investigations; Worker safety concerns and a possible strike at Chevron; Plus the consequences of dismantling San Quentin’s death row
[caption id="attachment_375372" align="alignnone" width="604"] Chevron oil refinery in Richmond, CA. | Image by Scott Hess [1] is licensed under CC BY...
The latest jobs figures; More COVID science; Amir Locke killed by Minneapolis Police; Plus a movement emerges against OUSD school closures
[caption id="attachment_375330" align="alignnone" width="302"] Image courtesy of Reparations for Black Students [1][/caption] On today's show: 0:08 - ...
Jihadist leader dies in a US special forces raid in Syria; Plus the life and legacy of Mary McLeod Bethune
[caption id="attachment_375570" align="alignnone" width="604"] Portrait of Mary McLeod Bethune, 1949. | Library of Congress – Photographer: Carl Van V...
San Mateo court sued for imposing de facto tax on late traffic tickets; More on the week of action in Oakland; Plus Ellis Act reform bill dead and buried
[caption id="attachment_375072" align="alignnone" width="605"] Map of Ellis Act Evictions in San Francisco, 1994-2021 | Map created by the Anti-Evicti...
The peace movement and Ukraine; OUSD proposal to shutter schools galvanizes a week of action; Plus new report shows 40,000 vacant units in SF
[caption id="attachment_375016" align="alignnone" width="600"] Ida Louise Jackson and class in 1944. Jackson was Oakland's first African American teac...