We’ll have a conversation with Jonathan Mooney, author of “The Short Bus: A Journey Beyond Normal.” Jonathan will describe his evolution from being labeled categorized a special-ed student, to rejecting the definition of “normal” itself. And, we’ll find out how Congress is expanding the Americans With Disabilities Act. Plus, the Senate will be voting on the new FISA bill – we’ll speak with Derrick Jensen, author of “”Welcome to the Machine: Science, Surveillance and the …

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GUEST: Mark Weisbrot, Co-Director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, and president of the group, Just Foreign Policy

In a dramatic and bloodless rescue operation last week, Colombian president Alvaro Uribe orchestrated the release of Ingrid Betancourt, after 6 years in captivity. Betancourt was kidnapped by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, …

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GUEST: Peter Morici, professor at the University of Maryland School of Business and former Chief Economist at the U.S. International Trade Commission

The Department of Labor revealed last Thursday that the U.S. economy lost jobs for the sixth straight month in a row. The newly released government data showed that 62,000 jobs were lost in …

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GUEST: Lucia Bruno, Communications Director for Pastors for Peace

The 19th Pastors for Peace US-Cuba Friendship Caravan arrived in Havana over the weekend challenging the decades-long embargo on unlicensed trade and aid to the communist island. The delegation of more than a hundred pastors are delivering a hundred tons of donated humanitarian aid …

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GUEST: Rahul Mahajan, author of Full Spectrum Dominance and The New Crusade

Empire Notes are weekly commentaries filed by Rahul Mahajan, author of Full Spectrum Dominance and The New Crusade. Today’s commentary is about Iran.

Empire Notes is online at www.empirenotes.org. …

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“We who in engage in nonviolent direct action are not the creators of tension. We merely bring to the surface the hidden tension that is already alive.” –- Martin Luther King Jr. …

There will be a memorial for Don White on Sunday August 10th at 6 pm at the Immanuel Presbyterian Church in Los Angeles. More details coming. …