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On Making Friends With Raina Telgemeier

Our kids' books columnist Juanita Giles says the cartoonist Raina Telgemeier is almost like a personal friend to her own children, who fight over tattered copies of Telgemeier's graphic novels.

A picture of a cell at the state prison in Florence, Ariz., where attorneys for the Prison Law Office and ACLU found what they called "squalid" and "filthy" conditions on a recent tour.

Prisons And Jails Change Policies To Address Coronavirus Threat Behind Bars

Some prisons are waiving fees for hygiene supplies and county jails are releasing certain inmates early to combat the potential threat posed by the Covid-19 virus.

In this Nov. 5, 2009 file photo, Reginald Dwayne Betts, writing workshop program director, speaks during a school forum on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. Betts, a convicted felon who graduated from Yale Law School and won acclaim as a poet, was admitted to the state bar Friday, Sept. 29, 2017, by the Connecticut Bar Examining Committee.

In 'Felon,' Poet Reginald Dwayne Betts Returns To His Time In Prison

Betts wrote his latest collections of poems 15 years after serving more than eight years in prison. That dark, isolating period marked the beginnings of his poetry career.

Tierra Whack and J Melodic make the leap from 'Whack World' to something otherworldly

The try-anything rapper and her soft-spoken but dedicated producer, who have developed a bond to match their intense work routine, share a preview of a new song that takes them into uncharted terrain.

Alabama holding special session to redraw congressional maps

The Alabama Legislature is holding a special session this week to change the state's congressional map. The move comes after the U.S. Supreme Court weakened a central part of the Voting Rights Act.

Corona Radio Theater: SBMT & ‘Dracula’ - ‘Lysistrata’ @ Pear - Letters to a Daughter from Prison

This week on Open Air, KALW’s radio magazine for the Bay Area Performing Arts in Times of Corona, host David Latulippe welcomes to the Virtual Stage of…

Fire officials walk past the Ghost Ship warehouse following the deadly 2016 fire in Oakland.

Ghost Ship Fire Victims To Receive $32.7 Million Settlement From City Of Oakland

The deadly fire at the warehouse-turned-arts space killed 36 people.

PG&E, California Wildfire Victims Rework $13.5B settlement

Pacific Gas and Electric has reworked a $13.5 billion settlement with victims of deadly wildfires blamed on the utility to try to prevent it from…

Media Roundtable: The Impacts Of Repealing The ACA & CA Prison Labor Continues During The Pandemic

On this edition of Your Call’s Media Roundtable, we're discussing the impacts of repealing the Affordable Care Act on tens of millions of Americans,…

After COVID Outbreaks In California's Prisons, Advocates Call For Emergency Release Of Inmates

On this edition of Your Call, we're discussing the alarming number of coronavirus cases in California’s prisons. According to the California Department of…

Mortgage rates on 30-year, fixed-rate loans rose above 5% this week. That's pushing the cost of buying a home higher and making homeownership unaffordable for more people.

Mortgage rates just hit 5%. Here's how much more expensive that makes home ownership

Higher mortgage rates and home prices have pushed the monthly payment to buy the median-priced home in the U.S. up more than 50% since the start of last year. Many first-time buyers can't afford it.

On the day of the Lion Air crash, Verian Utama (left) was traveling on the flight with a former pro rider named Andrea Manfredi (right), a friend who also perished.

For Family Of A Lion Air Crash Victim, 'The Happiness Is Gone'

When a 737 Max crashed off the coast of Java last October, all 189 people on board were killed. Dozens of suits have been filed against Boeing, the plane's manufacturer, by relatives of the victims.

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