Podcast Episodes

What Will It Take to Win Over Latino Voters?

Latino voters are likely to play a big role in determining the outcome of races up and down the state and up and down the ballot this year. About a q…

2 years, 3 months ago

Ballot Measure Titles Are Supposed to Be Non-Partisan. But Are They?

Ballots for the March 5th primary election are arriving in mailboxes across the state this week. In California, the titles and summaries for ballot m…

2 years, 3 months ago

Why Does Taylor Swift Twist the GOP Into Knots?

New fundraising totals in the U.S. Senate race show Adam Schiff with a huge monetary advantage over fellow Democrats Katie Porter and Barbara Lee and…

2 years, 3 months ago

How Did the Crisis at the Southern Border Get So Bad?

With migrants attempting to cross the U.S. southern border in record numbers, immigration is becoming one of the top issues in this year’s presidenti…

2 years, 3 months ago

Cal’s Law School Dean Chemerinsky Thinks Trump Is Ineligible to Be President

The dean of UC Berkeley’s Law School has signed onto a legal brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to rule that Donald Trump is ineligible to be presid…

2 years, 3 months ago

“Train to Nowhere” Is Actually Going Somewhere

California’s high-speed rail project has been way over budget and way behind schedule since voters approved it in 2008. But progress is actually bein…

2 years, 3 months ago

Could Pot Policy Light Up Younger Voters’ Support for Biden?

Vice President Kamala Harris’ push to rally voters in San José around support for reproductive rights ran headlong into protests on Monday, demanding…

2 years, 3 months ago

What are California Politicians Doing in New Hampshire and South Carolina?

With the New Hampshire primary in the rearview mirror, the presidential race is heating up. Next up? South Carolina.

Plus, Vice President Kamala Harri…

2 years, 3 months ago

Here’s What You Should Know About Barbara Lee

Barbara Lee is the only woman of color and the most progressive candidate running for U.S. Senate in California. If elected, it would be the cap to a…

2 years, 3 months ago

L.A. Times Layoffs Decimate Journalists of Color

A wave of layoffs decimates the Los Angeles Times newsroom, with cuts hitting younger journalists of color especially hard and upending the billionai…

2 years, 3 months ago