Risking Infection To Work / Afrofuturistic Artist Paul Lewin / New Arrivals

Published: Aug. 20, 2020, 1:13 a.m.

COVID-19 rates are skyrocketing in Oakland’s Fruitvale neighborhood, as low-income immigrants risk infection to go to work. We look at Fruitvale’s infection rate and the community organizations trying to help. Then, Oakland artist Paul Lewin talks about Afrofuturistic art and what it means to him. And, we hear a local poet reading from her new collection, " Rift Zone ."