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Simón Sedillo is a community rights defense organizer and film maker whose work has centered on placing skills, cameras and editing equipment in the hands of communities in resistance so that they may be able to document their own histories and human rights situation. Sedillo has spent the last 6 years documenting, producing and teaching community based video documentation in indigenous communities, in immigrant communities and with youth of color across the US and Mexico. On April 16th, S...

After a lengthy budget stalemate, state lawmakers have reached a compromise spending plan-increasing taxes and cutting education and social services. That means social services are in decline, at a time when demand is increasing-given the nations economic downturn. In the town of Ukiah, California, some rural community organizations are unable to keep up with the increased demand....

Family and friends of Anita Gay, killed by Berkeley Police one year ago, held a rally to demand the arrest of Officer Rashawn Cummings and for an end to police murders across the East Bay. Audio below is an interview with Anita Gay's sister, Patricia Johnson, mixed with sounds from the vigil....

The United States began the New Year with 11.1 million people unemployed. In December alone, contruction companies slashed 101,000 jobs, manufacturers axed 149,000, and professional and business services issued 113,000 pink slipped. A report issued by a group advocating for health care consumers says the unemployed are finding it extremely difficult to pay health insurance premiums with their paltry unemployment benefits and alternatives are inadequate or non-existent. (6:41)...

Interview - Part 2 What is the current situation, with regard to the homeless in Fresno today (continues)? How many homeless people do you think there are...

Interview - Part 4 What is the time frame for providing homeless people with vouchers that will get them into descent housing (continued)? How long will t...

Senator Leno speaks out for SB840 at a Single Payer forum in San Francisco last December. He has become the prinipal author now that Shiela Kuehl is termed out of the legislature, and plans to introduce the bill - for the fourth time - sometime this Winter. (12:21)...

This week's episode ties ideas for a Santa Cruz County Congress with examples in New Hampshire and Rwanda. It looks at unemployment and foreclosure rates from the County Assessor's report, and at the Library's nationwide search for a new director....

Pediatrician Dr. Li-hsia Wong speaks on current neglect of primary care physicians, who are paid much less than specialists thus in short supply, resulting in p...

Dr. Claudia Chaufan, teacher of Comparative Health Care Policy, speaks at length on the health care system in Taiwan. That country has transformed its system t...