Podcast Episodes

Bay Area Dockworkers Continue Decades of Fighting Oppression on Juneteenth

You can’t separate labor from the police violence and oppression that’s being called out this Juneteenth - the day that commemorates the end of slave…

5 years, 6 months ago

What One Alternative to Policing Looks Like

In January, the Anti Police-Terror Project launched a community first responder program in Sacramento called Mental Health First. Throughout the nigh…

5 years, 6 months ago

The Mad Dash to Hire 20,000 Contact Tracers in California

Lisa Fagundes is a San Francisco librarian who also helps track and prevent the spread of COVID-19. As more Bay Area residents leave their homes, the…

5 years, 6 months ago

‘Joy, Sadness, Rage, and Passion’ in Santa Rosa’s Streets

There have been dozens of Bay Area cities protesting against police violence since the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Most of the protests h…

5 years, 6 months ago

The Yearslong Movement To Get Police Out Of Oakland's Public Schools

Oakland Unified is the only school district in Alameda County with its own police force. And for nearly a decade, activists with the Black Organizing…

5 years, 7 months ago

Reflections From Vallejo Families Seeking Justice for Police Killings

Vallejo Police killed another person of color last week. Sean Monterrosa of San Francisco was shot after police say they mistook a hammer for a gun.

D…

5 years, 7 months ago

The Layers Of Protections for Police Who Use Violence

Californian police officers are rarely disciplined, even internally, when they do something wrong. That's what KQED reporters have learned by looking…

5 years, 7 months ago

It’s Been More Than 10 Years Since Oscar Grant — And Not Enough Has Changed

On Jan. 1, 2009, Oscar Grant was shot and killed by a BART police officer. The killing was recorded and the video went viral.

There are so many other …

5 years, 7 months ago

'The Weight of Living in a Racist World': Finding Emotional Support as a Black Man

This past week has been a lot. Several Bay Area cities joined other communities across the country protesting the police shooting of George Floyd in …

5 years, 7 months ago

What Disability Justice Activist Stacey Park Milbern Taught Us

Stacey Park Milbern was an expert at organizing people. A self-identifying queer disabled woman of color, Stacey organized to help her move from Nort…

5 years, 7 months ago