Sep 13 2006
GUESTS: Shahid Raja, taxi worker based in Southern California, Farhana Shahid, his wife, Imam Junaid, Imam of Inglewood Mosque
The Discrimination and National Security Initiative at Harvard University released a study earlier this week entitled, ‘We are Americans Too: A Comparative Study of the Effects of 9/11 on South Asian Communities.’ The report looked …
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Sep 13 2006
GUEST: Kim Alexander, founder and president of the California Voter Foundation, a non-partisan organization
On Tuesday, November 7th, California voters will head to the polls to vote on a number of propositions and office races. California’s November ballot includes 13 propositions, 7 statewide Constitutional Office races, one U.S. Senate race, 53 contests for …
Sep 13 2006
GUEST: William N. Eskridge, co-author of “Gay Marriage: For Better or for Worse? What We’ve Learned from the Evidence”
Republicans are gearing up for this year’s Congressional elections by focusing on several issues to rally ultra conservative voters around. They include the all-time favorite – abortion, as well as immigration, and same-sex marriage. Today …
Sep 13 2006
“Did you, too, O friend, suppose democracy was only for elections, for politics, and for a party name? I say democracy is only of use there that it may pass on and come to its flower and fruit in manners, in the highest forms of interaction between [people], and their beliefs — in religion, literature, colleges and schools — democracy in all public and private life” — Walt Whitman …
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Former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis Is Coming To Los Angeles!
Come and hear Varoufakis speak in person on Saturday April 23rd in Pasadena, California, at his ONLY Los Angeles-area event!
WHEN: Saturday April 23rd, Reception at 12 noon, Event at 1 pm
WHERE: Neighborhood Unitarian Universalist Church, 301 N. Orange Grove Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91103
Yanis Varoufakis of the Syriza Party took the European political establishment by storm a year ago when he was appointed Finance Minister of Greece by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. Varoufakis is an ……
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