Feeling the effects of NAFTA in California

Holly Kernan — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 23:59:50 +0000

It’s been almost two decades since Canada, Mexico, and the U.S. signed the North American Free Trade Agreement, or NAFTA. When then-president Bill Clinton signed it, he told Congress that the agreement was the only correct response to the world’s rapidly changing economy. As a border state and a major agricultural producer, California has a big stake in NAFTA.

U.C. Berkeley geography professor Harley Shaiken has written extensively on the agreement, and he spoke with KALW's Holly Kernan about what NAFTA has meant for this state.

A refuge for victims of domestic violence in the Bay

Holly Kernan — Fri, 11 May 2012 00:45:29 +0000

Just over 36 years ago, there was nowhere a victim of domestic violence could go for help here in the Bay Area. So a group of women banded together to start La Casa de las Madres, California’s first domestic violence shelter and the nation’s second.

Interview

Feeling the effects of NAFTA in California

A refuge for victims of domestic violence in the Bay