2+ day, 1+ hour ago   (219+ words) Advocates rallied at the state Capitol Tuesday to urge Governor Gavin Newsom to sign two bills targeting businesses that profit from immigration detention and enforcement. Bruno Huizar with California Immigrant Policy Center says his family was permanently separated when he…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (157+ words) This interview aired in the September 10, 2026 episode of Crosscurrents. Bay Area college students have been back in school for less than a month now. At UC Berkeley, immigration is coming up as part of the back to school experience for…...

3+ day, 15+ min ago   (172+ words) KALW Bill would force ICE detention centers to share information on 911 calls A bill on Governor Gavin Newsom’s desk would force government agencies to share information about emergency calls made from immigration detention centers. Supporters say the bill would improve…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (244+ words) On this edition of Your Call’s Authoritarian Playbook Series, we discuss the Trump administration’s ongoing attacks on the Smithsonian Institution. Last month, the White House warned that federal agencies could cut ties with the institution if its leaders don’t give…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (222+ words) On this edition of Your Call’s US at 250: A Native Perspective Series, Nephi Craig discusses his new book, Our Knives Will Save Us: Dispatches from a White Mountain Apache Chef. After years of struggling with substance abuse, Nephi Craig discovered…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (156+ words) On this edition of Your Call’s Authoritarian Playbook Series, voting rights attorney David Walbert discusses his new book, Stealing Elections, American Style. By tracing the US’s long history of voter suppression and stolen elections, he argues that Trump’s attacks on…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (138+ words) Solache's bill says California’s public college campuses cannot disqualify students without legal status from campus employment. The UC, CSU, and community college systems enroll an estimated 60-thousand students without legal status. While these students can get state-backed financial aid, they’re…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (167+ words) U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy yesterday announced the shutdown of 270 commercial driver’s licensing schools for offenses including graduating illegal immigrant truck drivers who can’t speak English, a longtime requirement for obtaining a CDL. Duffy made the announcement as part of a crackdown…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (132+ words) On the next Your Call’s Authoritarian Playbook Series, journalist Gil Durán discusses his new book The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy. He writes that when Silicon Valley says it is ‘‘moving fast and breaking things,…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (156+ words) On this edition of Your Call's One Planet Series, we discuss Trump’s mass-deportation industry and how companies are fighting over lucrative ICE contracts. According to Mother Jones, Salus, CSI, and GEO are fighting over portions of the $152 billion Trump-era mass-deportation…...