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Your CallIf Donald Trump wins the election, JD Vance is one step away from the White House. He entered politics as the Senator of Ohio just two years ago. -
CrosscurrentsMike Madrid, a co-founder of the Lincoln Project and author of “The Latino Century,” recently took part in a live discussion at KALW on what Latino voters care most about today. -
tbhIn 2023 alone, lawmakers introduced 42 bills that restrict discussions about gender and sexuality in K-12 schools. In this story, tbh producer Amaya Dorman Mackenzie shares her story growing up in a school district that supported LGBTQ+ students. She shows what can happen when educators, lawmakers, and community members listen to youth. -
Your CallScientists are warning that extreme weather events are becoming more frequent and intense as a result of climate change. -
CrosscurrentsThe 'call to action' of a campaign led by young people in Richmond makes their appeal to apathetic voters very simple and personal. -
Your CallSasha Abramsky writes about how polarization threatened to break apart two American communities and how one found a way back while the other splintered. -
Your CallNew York Times global economics correspondent Peter Goodman discusses how monopolistic industries exploited the COVID-19 crisis and what's really driving inflation. -
Your CallIn his new book, Yale professor of philosophy Jason Stanley exposes the danger of the authoritarian right’s attacks on education and efforts to erase history. -
CrosscurrentsKALW’s Executive Producer Ben Trefny speaks with Oaklandside's arts, culture and community reporter Azucena Rasilla about what’s most pressing for the people living in Oakland’s District 5. -
State of the BayState of the Bay talks to Deputy Secretary for Forest and Wildfire Resilience Lisa Lien-Mager. And we hear from both sides of Prop D which aims to eliminate half of San Francisco's city commissions. Plus, local author Caroline Paul discusses her new book "Tough Broads".
Gimme My Props
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If passed, California Proposition 36 would enforce harsher penalties for certain crimes to address concerns about shoplifting and drug possession. -
If passed, California Proposition 35 would require the state to use money from a tax on health insurance plans towards payments to doctors who serve Medi-Cal patients. -
If passed, California Proposition 34 would require some California health providers to use profits from prescription drug sales to directly fund patient care. -
If passed, California Proposition 33 would let cities remove current limits on rent control. -
If passed, California Proposition 32 would mandate a higher statewide minimum wage. -
If passed, Proposition 6 would end California’s practice of forcing incarcerated people to work. -
California Proposition 5 would lower the threshold of voter support required to pass certain local bond measures. -
California Proposition 4 would fund projects across the state to pay for climate and environmental projects. -
If passed, Proposition 3 would enshrine the right to same-sex marriage in the California constitution. -
If California Proposition 2 passes, it would pay for repairs and upgrades at thousands of K-12 schools and community colleges across California.
Bay Area Headlines
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Some residents in the Bay Area have been receiving text messages regarding their voter registration status in a possible scam to get their personal information. -
More than $5 million in donations has poured into campaigns for the San Francisco Board of Supervisors races so far, with even more money expected before this November’s elections. -
J.D. Vance, former President Donald Trump’s running mate and former venture capitalist, returns to Silicon Valley today to bolster campaign funds through his network of tech moguls and conservatives. -
The Alameda County Board of Supervisors voted four-to-one on Tuesday to approve the final agreement for Measure QQ. This would allow 16- and 17-year-olds to vote in Oakland and Berkeley school board elections. But, it’s unclear if it will make it onto the November ballot. -
California Forever pulled its ballot measure for a planned city in rural Solano County on Monday, just one day before it was up for a vote by county supervisors. -
Tom LoBianco, a longtime national political reporter, whose been covering Washington for 20 years and currently the co-founder and editor of 24sight News. KALW News Editor Sunni Khalid asked him about this historic moment with President Biden withdrawing from his re-election bid and endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris to be the Democratic nominee. -
Tech CEOs and business leaders were the main sources of funding behind a contentious Silicon Valley congressional recount earlier this year. -
Congressman Adam Schiff urges Biden to drop out of the Presidential race due to “serious concerns” about Biden’s ability to win against Trump this fall. -
The Berkeley City Council this week approved an ordinance that gives 16- and 17-year olds the ability to vote for school board members in the city this fall. We went to UC Berkeley’s campus and asked around: Why should youth be able to vote? -
A controversial ballot measure challenging restrictions on oil and gas wells in California will not be on the ballot in November.
