‘Tsunami of Evictions’ Predicted as Tenant Protections Lapse | Guest: Ken Rogers, VP of the National Union of Healthcare Workers
Release Date: 06/15/2020
COVID Roulette: Frontline Workers Forced to Choose Income Over Health
Pandemic Nation
As pandemic-striken businesses return to life, employees face medical risks and uncertainty. Mark Kreidler speaks to Elvia Martinez, who works at LAX’s Panda Express.
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Health Care Workers Battle in COVID’s Dangerous Trenches
Pandemic Nation
What happens when pandemic fighters are at risk themselves with preexisting medical conditions?
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Closing a Hospital During a Pandemic
Pandemic Nation
Mark Kreidler speaks to Shenita Anderson, a nurse at Olympia Medical Center, a soon to be shuttered hospital in Los Angeles.
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One Patient at a Time
Pandemic Nation
Mark Kreidler speaks with Dr. Coley King, director of homeless health care at Venice Family Clinic.
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Chasing The Vaccine: Episode 5
Pandemic Nation
She has heard no plan for a federal relief package that might somehow lessen her burden. And, hotel worker Liliana Hernandez says, the whole notion of a vaccine getting the country back on track might be way too late for her and her colleagues. In a state of inequity, relief remains elusive.
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Chasing the Vaccine: Episode 4
Pandemic Nation
While 57% of Californians in a recent Public Policy Institute poll said they would either definitely or probably take the vaccine, the figure plummets to 29% among Black respondents. Systemic and pervasive racism lies at the root of that deep distrust of the system, says our guest, Michelle Burton of the Los Angeles-based Community Health Councils.
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Chasing the Vaccine: Episode 3
Pandemic Nation
Mark Kreidler speaks with Erin McIntosh, a rapid-response nurse in Riverside, about the burnout plaguing health care workers in the final stretch of the pandemic.
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Chasing the Vaccine: Episode 2
Pandemic Nation
CommuniCare's CEO explains how community clinics will receive and administer the vaccine to patients who don't often see doctors.
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Chasing The Vaccine: Episode 1
Pandemic Nation
Who gets the coronavirus vaccine first -- and who decides this? Mark Kreidler talks with California health care advocate Anthony Wright.
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No Reinforcements
Pandemic Nation
Mark Kreidler speaks to Jenny Wong-Swanson, a Kaiser Permanente nurse in Woodland Hills, about the pandemic’s explosion.
info_outlineAs eviction bans lift and temporary housing provisions end, what happens to those who can’t afford rent?
Mark Kreidler speaks to Ken Rogers, Vice President of the National Union of Healthcare Workers.