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GUEST: Reverend Nnmio Bassey, Director of Friends of the Earth, Nigeria, Roxanne Lawson, International Policy Campaigner with Friends of the Earth USA
Property damage to oil infrastructure in Nigeria has escalated since last month’s controversial elections in which Umaru Yar’Adua was elected to the presidency. The elections have received massive criticism for reports …
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GUEST: Rebecca Mead, author of “One Perfect Day: The Selling of the American Wedding,” staff writer at The New Yorker
In an era of ever-increasing personal debt, the average American wedding costs nearly $30,000 to put on. The opulence and expense of today’s weddings has led to the term, “Bridezilla,” inspiring reality television and watercooler …
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GUEST: Yanar Mohammed, Chair of the Organization of Women’s Freedom in Iraq, Mimi Kennedy, actor and activist, advisory board chair of Progressive Democrats of America
As Americans will be buying Mother’s Day gifts and taking their mothers out to restaurants this weekend, the anti-war origins of Mothers Day will remain unbeknownst to many. …
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2007
… about the Golden Spike and the Transcontinental Rail .
Produced by Radio Rootz.
Radio Rootz works in public schools to train teens in media literacy and radio production. Rootz Youth analyze and critique the media, and learn how to create news that reflects their voices, issues, and communities. For more information, visit www.radiorootz.org. …
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“Our sons shall not be taken from us to unlearn
All that we have been able to teach them of charity, mercy and patience.
We, the women of one country,
Will be too tender of those of another country
To allow our sons to be trained to injure theirs.”
— Julia Ward Howe, excerpt from 1870 Mother’s Day Proclamation …
