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Published June 11, 2021 at 7:51 AM PDT
On this edition of Your Call’s media roundtable, we re discussing the Republican Party’s ongoing efforts to restrict abortion access. Texas Governor Greg Abbott recently signed legislation that bans abortions as early as six weeks, before some women even know they are pregnant.
The Guttmacher Institute says 2021 is on track to become the most devastating anti-abortion state legislative session in decades.
Guest:
Becca Andrews, journalist and assistant news editor at Mother Jones, where she writes about reproductive rights and gender
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The problem of ‘casting calls’ for sources
In the summer of 2020, Tara Raghuveer found herself dealing with a barrage of inquiries from national media outlets. Raghuveer is the director of a grassroots housing-justice organization, and reporters were seeking to cover a roaring eviction crisis taking place all over the nation, including Kansas City, Missouri, where Raghuveer is based. Most of the requests, Raghuveer found, were routine, asking for connections to someone going through eviction. But others were most like casting calls, seeking a specific profile of suffering.
Can you connect me to a Black single mom on food stamps who’s experiencing eviction?
. Nosh on a multi-course meal and marg from Nido s Backyard during Oakland Restaurant (and More) Week. (Courtesy of @nidosbackyard) 21 Fun Things to Do This Week (1.11.21)
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Jan 11, 2021
Looking to up your takeout game? Order from more than 50 eateries think Nido s Backyard and Daughter Thai participating in Oakland Restaurant Week. Psst: It s also Napa Valley Restaurant Week(s).
Plus, explore Martin Luther King, Jr. s question, Where do we go from here? during a four-day documentary film festival featuring 20 docs, poetry, and musical performances; groove to local bands during the online music festival Real Neato; and order a majestic galette and some bubbly from Maison Danel.
Bookwaves
Robert Macfarlane, whose latest book is “Ghostways: Two Journeys in Unquiet Places,” written in collaboration with artist Stanley Donwood and writer Dan Richards, is interviewed by host Richard Wolinsky.
This short book examines two strange areas in England, Orford Ness, a spit of sand in the southeast of England, not far from Cambridge, which was used as a weapons testing site in the Cold War, and the holloways of Dorset, strange paths beaten over centuries, and often covered over by trees, almost as caves.
In this interview, recorded December 8, 2020, he talks about the book, both places in England, how the pandemic has affected his life, and how climate change is affected by the shutdown.