Spokesperson for the California Correctional Peace Officers Association, the union representing employees of the state's prison system
Lance Corcoran on KCRW
More from KCRW
Accusations against ICE are piling up, now legal action is here
NewsSeveral civil rights groups filed a class-action lawsuit alleging that ICE agents are targeting people based on race and holding them in “deplorable” conditions.
Rent gouging enforcement ‘nonexistent’ 6 months after LA fires, says watchdog
Housing & DevelopmentThe Rent Brigade says that six months after the January wildfires in Southern California, some landlords are still engaging in rent gouging.
Are Democrats playing partisan games after deadly Texas floods?
PoliticsRepublicans accuse Democrats of playing partisan games following deadly floods in Texas. How soon is too soon to ask difficult policy questions after a tragedy?
Congress defunds public media: How to help KCRW
PoliticsOnly July 17, Congress voted to rescind federal funding for public broadcasting. The bill is now headed to the President’s desk and will be signed into law very soon.
What pushed 5 American families into homelessness
NewsPresident Trump’s Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller has pushed for hardline immigration policies.
Sen. Wiener’s ‘No Secret Police Act,’ Sally Ride documentary
NewsThe U.S. shipped a nuclear reactor to Tehran in the late 1960s.
Opposing Trump’s immigration stance is ‘personal’ for Sen. Alex Padilla
NewsSenator Alex Padilla says the vast majority of people getting caught up in Trump’s immigration raids and detentions are those without serious criminal convictions.
Eunisses Hernandez on city’s response to immigration raids, LAPD
ImmigrationLA City Councilmember Eunisses Hernandez, who represents parts of the northeast and Downtown LA, weighs in on recent immigration raids in her district.
The Reusable Revolution healthcare Needs Now
Health & WellnessThe U.S. healthcare system can protect patients, save money, and reduce environmental harm by replacing unnecessary single-use medical items with safe, reusable alternatives.