I'm old enough to remember when polio ripped through the globe and put my six-year-old friends into iron lungs.
We dutifully lined up at school to get polio shots (without the howling of governors or anti-vaxxers). And we eradicated polio.
Why has saving lives become political?
@KPFK Why would anyone follow a racist radio station that allows racist board members to reach past management to target and fire staff of color? Malcolm X would turn in his grave if he knew. We need radical radio, not tired white supremacy.
Civil liberties and civil rights were on the ballot across the country. With so much at stake, especially for marginalized communities, voters responded—in a big way.
We can't stop now. Let's get to work. https://t.co/ZTskoOhgt5
Aretha helped define the American experience. In her voice, we could feel our history, all of it and in every shade—our power and our pain, our darkness and our light, our quest for redemption and our hard-won respect. May the Queen of Soul rest in eternal peace.
Special programming today from 11am-12 Noon. Join Maggie LePique as she welcomes back author, educator, music journalist Ashley Khan with tickets available to the #61stAnnualMontereyJazzFestival AND weekend passes to the amazing #OhanaMusicFestival!#ashleykhan
See how a little kindness makes a world of difference. Won't You Be My Neighbor? is an intimate look at America’s favorite neighbor: Mister Fred Rogers.
Watch the trailer and see it in select theaters June 8th. #MrRogersMovie