Dec 30 2010
Weekly Digest – 12/30/10
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This week on Uprising:
* The Biggest Underreported Stories of 2010: Increase of Corporate Power and Failure of War
* Black Agenda Report on Barack Obama and Black America
* Despite Greenwashing, Schwarzenegger’s Tenure Followed Right-Wing Republican Agenda
* What GOP Gains Mean for America’s Political Future
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The Biggest Underreported Stories of 2010: The Increase of Corporate Power and the Failure of Wars
As we end the year we take a look back today at the biggest political stories of 2010. On the home front, major pieces of …
As the tenure of one of Sacramento’s most unlikely public figures draws to a close, we take a look back at the political persona and legislative reality of California’s first “Governator,” Arnold Schwarzenegger. In 2003, hoping to harness the ire against Gray Davis created in part by the recent energy crises, California Republicans triggered the state’s recall election law. Schwarzenegger, using his celebrity and wealth, emerged from what quickly spiraled into a national spectacle—with a large pool of candidates ranging from career politicians to porn stars—to become California’s first-ever governor elected by a state recall. The subsequent seven years saw Governor Schwarzenegger’s public relations oscillate between error and triumph as he toed a moderate-right, pro-business agenda while keeping an eye fixed on the temperament of California’s progressive-leaning constituency. The initial …
The new Republican-heavy Congress convenes in just a few days, on January 3rd, 2011, marking a potentially sharp right turn in politics. As the minority party, Republicans won major compromises from Democrats and the White House on every significant piece of legislation in 2010. Looking forward, the party is unified around denying President Obama a second term, and has interpreted its take-over of the House of Representatives as a reward for two years of obstructionism. The last few weeks have brought news of political tussles within the party as members vie for committee chairmanships in the House. The steering committee devoted to appointing these leaders is composed of 34 people – 19 of whom are reportedly John Boehner loyalists. Boehner, the incoming Speaker of the House, has a weighted …
Glen Ford is a writer and radio commentator and the Executive Editor of 
On Monday we heard the story of Sarah Sentilles, author of “Taught by America: A Story of Struggle and Hope in Compton.” On Tuesday, part 2 of our three-part education special was a conversation with Jonathan Kozol on his book The Shame of the Nation: The Restoration of Apartheid Schooling in America. Today, as part 3 of our holiday education special, we spend the hour with Dr. Steven Hughes, an assistant professor of Pediatrics and Neurology at the University of Minnesota Medical School and President-Elect of the American Board of Pediatric Neuropsychology. Dr. Hughes is an advocate of what’s called the Montessori method of education, created over a hundred years ago by Italian physician and educator Maria Montessori. In the early 1900s, Montessori was asked to develop a curriculum for poor and homeless children in Rome, labeled as …
