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On today’s show: We give you a peek into the upcoming Flor Y Canto Literary Festival in the San Francisco Mission.

The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee tells the federations overseeing swimming, athletics and other sports that it has an "obligation to comply" with an executive order issued by President Trump.

Just over a year ago, we dared ask such questions as "What is it going to take before Congress will take up fair and just immigration reform." Since that time, the situation has worsened. In the two weeks since Part I of this series aired, the paradigm has shifted, and not for better.It was foreseeable that political leaders would use immigration as the wedge issue to divide the people of this country; however, federalizing the National Guard and sending in the military perhaps less so. Tonight, we again ask: Isn't the fight for immigrant and refuge rights a forgotten part of the fight for racial justice?Tonight, YLR Host, Jeff Hayden, and tonight's co-host, David Bigeleisen, are joined by USF Professor, Lawyer and activist Bill Hing, author of Humanizing Immigration: How to Transform Our Racist and Unjust System.Questions for Jeff, David and their guest? Please call (866) 798-8255.

The Redwood City Council last night (Monday) outlawed homeless encampments.

Sanitation crews returned to their jobs over the weekend after a strike left garbage piling up across Bay Area municipalities.

Alameda County’s Board of Supervisors is in session to approve the sale of the Oakland Coliseum. KALW’s Ellie Prickett-Morgan breaks down what this vote is actually about.

U.S. State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce said the U.S. took issue with UNESCO's focus on the U.N.'s sustainable development goals and the decision to include Palestine as a member state.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump about the sentencing of Brett Hankison, the former police officer involved in the raid that killed Breonna Taylor.

One of the nation's oldest Civil Rights organization warns the Trump administration's policies have thrust the country into a "state of emergency" for antidiscrimination policies, personal freedoms and black economic advancement.

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, the latest TV iteration of the nearly 60-year-old franchise, debuts its third season on Paramount+ this week. NPR spoke with members of the cast.

As Trump supporters continue to demand answers in the Epstein case, today the DOJ requested to question jailed Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Kevin Combs of McKeany-Flavell about the U.S. sugar industry's capacity to meet demand for a new Coke drink made with U.S. cane sugar.