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A quote to ponder this Independence Day..

"None of us are free until all of us are free." Emma Lazarua

Breonna Taylor was fatally shot by police on March 13, 2020 while sleeping in her own home. 

As the world is urged to practice social distancing, many prisons are filled beyond capacity and the cases of covid-19 are spreading by the day. Learn what you can do. 

The interfaith community gathered in the streets of Walnut Creek earlier in the week to call for change. 

The world calls for change in response to the most recent police killing of George Floyd.

Since Officer Derek Chauvin squeezed the life out of George Floyd by kneeling on his neck as one officer watched and two others kneeled onto of Floyd's people, people across the nation have been in the streets demanding accountability and change. 

Chanel Rivers is in Minneapolis and has been participating both in the protests and in the clean up of her city. She spoke about the situation in her city and offered some perspective on what narratives aren't being illuminated in mainstream media. Wanda Johnson, the mother of Oscar Grant, joined our conversation and spoke about what it's like to watch history repeat itself 11 years after her son's life was taken, and why she refuses to stop fighting or give up hope for change.