Month: December 2023

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Bay Curious - How Italians Were Treated As ‘Enemy Aliens’ During WWII

During World War II, 10,000 Italian citizens living in California were forced to leave their homes as part of security measures meant to protect the West Coast from enemy invasion. Others were forced to register as enemy aliens, and were subject to property seizures, curfews and travel restrictions. On this week’s show, Pauline Bartolone investigates what West Coast Italians faced during WWII, how it was different from what Italians experience elsewhere, and why many people — including Italians – don’t know this history.


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This story was reported by Pauline Bartolone. Special thanks to Historian Stephen Fox and to James King for writing in to Bay Curious with the question. 

This episode of Bay Curious was made by Olivia Allen-Price, Christopher Beale and Pauline Bartolone. Additional support from Cesar Saldana, Jen Chien, Katie Sprenger, Jasmine Garnett, Carly Severn, Jenny Pritchett, Bianca Taylor, Holly Kernan and the entire KQED family.


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The Daily Detail - The Daily Detail for 12.14.23

Alabama

  • Sen. Britt offers the Citizens Ballot Protection act, says its just common sense
  • Sen. Tuberville says no $ for Ukraine until Border crisis is addressed
  • Congressman Strong says plenty of evidence there for impeachment inquiry
  • Congressman Moore says Joe Biden has lied about his abuse of office for $
  • The SPLC in Montgomery now being investigated by US House Oversight
  • Attorneys for Jawan Dallas family dispute the contents of 911 transcript
  • Mobile announces plans for riverfront development near Convention Center

National

  • US House passes a forma impeachment inquiry resolution against Joe Biden
  • Hunter Biden refuses to take part in a subpoenaed deposition in the US House
  • SCOTUS agrees to take appeal of J6 defendants over federal law interpretation
  • Judge in Trump's DC case freezes all further proceedings due to appeal in process
  • Rasmussen Reports tracks confessions of voters who cheated in 2020
  • SCOTUS also agrees to take case over abortion drug mifepristone being mailed
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NBN Book of the Day - Hugo Wong, “America’s Lost Chinese: The Rise and Fall of a Migrant Family Dream” (Oxford UP, 2023)

Like countless other migrants from China, Hugo Wong’s great-grandfathers–Wong Foon Chuck and Leung Hing–travel across the Pacific to make a life for themselves in San Francisco. Unlike many of their peers, they don’t stay, instead traveling south, to Mexico–in part to escape growing anti-Chinese prejudice in the United States.

They thrive, at least initially, in Mexico, as Hugo explains in his book America's Lost Chinese: The Rise and Fall of a Migrant Family Dream (Hurst, 2023). They assimilate and become upstanding members of the Mexican business community–only for things to fall apart during the Mexican Revolution.

In this interview, Hugo and I talk about his great-grandfathers, why they decided to make a life in Mexico, and the lost history of Chinese migration to this Latin American country.

Hugo Wong grew up between Paris and Mexico City. From the early 1990s, he has lived almost fifteen years in Greater China, including in Beijing, where he has helped found various Sino–foreign joint ventures, such as China’s first investment bank. He has built his career in emerging markets investing at major financial institutions in Hong Kong, London and New York.

You can find more reviews, excerpts, interviews, and essays at The Asian Review of Books, including its review of America’s Lost Chinese. Follow on Twitter at @BookReviewsAsia.

Nicholas Gordon is an editor for a global magazine, and a reviewer for the Asian Review of Books. He can be found on Twitter at@nickrigordon.

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Everything Everywhere Daily - Copper

When humans first learned how to work with metal, the very first metal they used was copper. 

Copper was easy to shape, easy to find, and relatively abundant. 

Since those early humans began using copper, usage of the metal hasn’t diminished. It's just that its modern usage is for purposes that the ancient never could have imagined. 

Learn more about copper and its many uses throughout history on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.


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The NewsWorthy - Landmark Climate Deal, Pregnancy Mystery Solved & ‘Thank my Driver’- Thursday, December 14, 2023

The news to know for Thursday, December 14, 2023!

We'll tell you about a landmark agreement that could radically change how cars run, how electricity is generated, and how goods are transported around the world.

Also, we'll explain a new impeachment inquiry into President Biden.

Plus, a scientific breakthrough could help people with pregnancy sickness; you may want to think twice before you scan just any QR code, and a handful of popular movies are being cemented into American history.

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What A Day - The Difference Between Antisemitism and Anti-Zionism

The Supreme Court on Wednesday announced that it will hear a case challenging the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the commonly used abortion medication mifepristone. The justices also agreed to review the scope of an obstruction law that has been applied to hundreds of felony prosecutions of insurrectionists who stormed the Capitol on January 6th.

Last week, the House passed a resolution that equated anti-Zionism with antisemitism. And on Wednesday, the House voted to pass a resolution condemning antisemitism on college campuses. We’re joined by Beth Miller from Jewish Voice for Peace to learn more about the difference between antisemitism and anti-Zionism.

And in headlines: House Republicans voted to formally open an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, nearly 200 countries at the COP28 Summit agreed to transition away from fossil fuels, and Tesla recalled nearly all two million of its vehicles in the U.S.

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