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KQED's ForumThreats, Stalking and Harassment is the New Normal for Many Public OfficialsMore than 40% of state legislators have been victims of threats or attacks since 2020, according to a recent survey. Death threats, stalking and relentless harassment of public officials working across local, state and federal government has becoming increasingly common. Experts say intimidation is feeding on political divisiveness and the abuse is pushing people out of government all together. We’ll talk with politicians who have been targeted, and with experts, about why violence against public officials is so pervasive and what can be done about it.Guests:Eric Swalwell, U.S...2024-06-0455 min
Brennan Center LIVEThe High Cost of Public ServiceA new Brennan Center report reveals that intimidation aimed at state and local officials is distressingly common: For example, 43 percent of state legislators have experienced threats within the past three years. These threats have serious repercussions for representative democracy. Officeholders report being less willing to work on contentious issues like reproductive rights and gun control and more reluctant to continue serving. Additionally, intimidation is often targeted at groups already underrepresented in government, such as women and people of color. Listen to a recording of our virtual discussion of this alarming trend, as...2024-05-2251 min
Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courtsWho Gets to Lie Online?While all eyes and brains are on what SCOTUS thinks about making Trump emperor-king, a lesser known case will be heard Monday that could have a huge impact on how social media can (or cannot) keep election workers safe this year. Murthy v. Missouri arrives at the high court as the result a lawsuit filed by the attorneys general of Missouri and Louisiana, along with a group of social media users—including some doctors and right-wing commentators—who argued that officials in the Biden administration censored their online speech about COVID-19, the 2020 election, among other issues The plaintiffs don’t clai...2024-03-1644 min
Slate NewsAmicus: Who Gets to Lie Online?While all eyes and brains are on what SCOTUS thinks about making Trump emperor-king, a lesser known case will be heard Monday that could have a huge impact on how social media can (or cannot) keep election workers safe this year. Murthy v. Missouri arrives at the high court as the result a lawsuit filed by the attorneys general of Missouri and Louisiana, along with a group of social media users—including some doctors and right-wing commentators—who argued that officials in the Biden administration censored their online speech about COVID-19, the 2020 election, among other issues The plaintiffs don’t clai...2024-03-1644 min
Slate Crime and JusticeAmicus: Who Gets to Lie Online?While all eyes and brains are on what SCOTUS thinks about making Trump emperor-king, a lesser known case will be heard Monday that could have a huge impact on how social media can (or cannot) keep election workers safe this year. Murthy v. Missouri arrives at the high court as the result a lawsuit filed by the attorneys general of Missouri and Louisiana, along with a group of social media users—including some doctors and right-wing commentators—who argued that officials in the Biden administration censored their online speech about COVID-19, the 2020 election, among other issues The plaintiffs don’t clai...2024-03-1644 min
Slate TechnologyAmicus: Who Gets to Lie Online?While all eyes and brains are on what SCOTUS thinks about making Trump emperor-king, a lesser known case will be heard Monday that could have a huge impact on how social media can (or cannot) keep election workers safe this year. Murthy v. Missouri arrives at the high court as the result a lawsuit filed by the attorneys general of Missouri and Louisiana, along with a group of social media users—including some doctors and right-wing commentators—who argued that officials in the Biden administration censored their online speech about COVID-19, the 2020 election, among other issues The plaintiffs don’t clai...2024-03-1644 min
The Alvin Galloway ShowThe Alvin Galloway Show (TAGS) -"Diverse Perspectives on Ethnic and Women's Votes, Voter Access and Redistricting." 12-04-2022The Alvin Galloway Show, (TAGS), 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., on listen2krdp.com and KRDP 90.7 FM in the East Valley.
This segment of TAGS is: "Diverse Perspectives on Ethnic and Women's Votes, Voter Access and Redistricting,” through a press briefing hosted by Ethnic Media Services.
Partial mid-term results may not be enough to draw firm conclusions about these elections, but we will have experts to analyze the voting trends among Latino, AAPI, Black voters, election security issues, and the impact of gerrymandered maps on voters of color.
Panelist include: Sergio I. García-Rios...2022-12-121h 16
Madan GowriMGR Secrets Explained in Tamil - Madan GowriThis is a Madan Gowri podcast, i will discuss about the life of MGR or Maruthur Gopala Ramachandran, also popularly known as M.G.R., was an Indian politician, actor, philanthropist, and filmmaker who served as the chief minister of Tamil Nadu from 1977 till his death in 1987. He was a member of DMK and later the founder of ADMK and mentor of J. Jayalalithaa.2022-02-0713 min
Tech Policy LeadersGowri Ramachandran: Protecting the 2020 Election from COVID19 with ‘Protecting the 2020 Election from COVID19’ with Gowri Ramachandran (Ep. 235) Protecting the 2020 Election from COVID 19 - Gowri Ramachandran, Counsel in the Election Security program at the Brennan Center joined Joe Miller. Bio Gowri Ramachandran is Counsel in the Election Security Program at the Brennan Center for Justice at the New York University School of Law. She is currently on leave from her position as professor of law at Southwestern Law School in Los Angeles. At Southwestern, she taught courses in constitutional law, employment discrimination, critical race theory, and the...2020-06-2219 min