Mar
27
2008
* Bittersweet victory for Mumia Abu Jamal: No Death Penalty, No New Trial
* Janitors Rally in Westwood for Higher Wages and Healthcare
* New Survey of Homeless Women in Los Angeles
* Black Agenda Report Returns to the Airwaves! …
Mar
27
2008
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GUESTS: Sinclair Roberts, political asylee from Zimbabwe, Gerald Lemelle, Executive Director of Africa Action
Zimbabweans will head to the polls this Saturday in an historic election where President Robert Mugabe will seek to extend his 28-year rule. Capping a politically contentious year coupled with an economy wracked by the world’s highest inflation rates, Zimbabwe’s upcoming elections …
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27
2008
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GUEST: Larry Adelman, Series Creator and Executive Producer of Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality Making us Sick?
Earlier this week, a new government report revealed a growing gap in life expectancy in the U.S. between wealthy and impoverished classes. Researchers found that life expectancy overall has increased, but affluent sectors of society have made greater gains …
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27
2008
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GUEST: Stephen Zunes, Middle East editor for Foreign Policy in Focus, professor of politics at the University of San Francisco and the author of “Tinderbox: U.S. Middle East Policy and the Roots of Terrorism.”
Iraq’s oil-rich southern city, Basra, has been the focus of bloody clashes this week between the Iraqi army and Shite militias affiliated …
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Mar
27
2008
… about the first National Chicano Youth Liberation Conference
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 …
Mar
27
2008
“We do not have a money problem in America. We have a values and priorities problem.” –- Marian Wright Edelman …