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Wisconsinites Stand in Solidarity with Marginalized Members of the Community on Juneteenth Weekend

Nobuko Miyamoto: A Song in Movement

Nobuko Miyamoto gives us a close and personal behind the scenes look at her lifetime of movement--on the dance floor, through stories and songs of resistance and through a lifetime of social justice activism.

Sunday Newscast March 30, 2025

Lamorinda Care Collective Brings Community Together

"Never doubt that a small group of committed citizens can change the world. Indeed it's the only thing that ever has."

 

Maya Smith, Beth Brown, Robin Fant and Carolyn Ambel weigh in about the Lamorinda Care Collective

Sunday, March 16, 2025

Priya Shah--The One Woman Show at The Flume's End in Nevada City

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the gender implications of USAID cuts

Home is a state of Mind--Women & the Epidemic of Housing Insecurity

Last Weekend Newscast of 2024

Youth in Madison, Wisconsin react to the December 17th school shooting.

East Bay Pet Groomer Melonie Jackson shares her vision for helping as many dogs as possible look good, feel good and find their forever homes.

And friends and loved ones of the late Oscar Grant III gather at the Fruitvale Bart Station for the 15th time to commemorate Grant's life that was taken at the hands of former BART police officer Johannes Mehserle 15 years ago. 

Sunday, December 15, 2024

Americans weigh in on the gaping wound in American's healthcare system

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Artisans, Activists and Entrepreneurs say it's possible to shop outside of corporate America this holiday season. 

The Gaping Wounds of American Health Care System Exposed

The UnitedHealth Group’s 2024 Investor Conference which was slated to begin at 8am on December 4th in New York City with remarks from the company’s CEO Brian Thompson was called off this year. Just before sunrise Thompson was shot and later pronounced dead. The suspect, 26-year old Luigi Mangioni, was arrested at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania 5 days later on the 9th of December after an employee tipped off police after Mangioni was spotted in the fast food restaurant. The case has pulled the bandaid off of the gaping wound that is impacting millions of Americans—-dissatisfaction with the American healthcare system. 

 

As national, state and federal resources were deployed to find the alleged killer of Thompson, the case has further illuminated the discussion over which lives are deemed valuable and who is and isn’t protected in the country as a 17 year old boy named Yeremi Colino was fatally stabbed the same week and Daniel Penny, a 26 year old former US Marine was acquitted from charges of negligent homicide after holding Jordon Neely in a chokehold for 6 minutes.

 

With this as the socio-political backdrop, today I’ll talk with LaTanya Richard, a mental health advocate who struggles with chronic illness and has become all-too-familiar with the navigation of the American healthcare system and Dr. Hank Abrans, a retired physician who is now a member of Physicians for a National Healthcare Program.  

The Inn Keeper at the Flume’s End in Nevada City

Behind every good place is a story. Inside every woman is a story. Priya Shah’s path to becoming a one-woman show as the owner, inn keeper, cleaner, groundskeeper, and hospitality manager at this charming inn, that I stumbled into by chance, is a nonlinear one paved with bravery and inspiration.