Jul 21 2008
We’ll look at the vote on the US-India nuclear deal which President Bush is counting on finalizing before the end of his tenure. And, trade representatives gather for another round of World Trade Organization talks in Geneva. Plus, an in-depth look at the annual meeting of Christians United for Israel which bringing together the likes of Joe Liberman and John Hagee. …
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Jul 21 2008
Last week a government agency released a report concluding that climate change will pose “substantial” threats to human health in the coming decades. What was striking about the report was not its conclusion, which is hardly news, rather the quiet manner in which the report was released and its recommendation to do essentially nothing. The …
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Jul 21 2008
The story of how Jesse Jackson privately lashed out at Barack Obama before a live interview on Fox News has quickly turned into a media circus. Jackson’s original comments were in response to Obama’s Father’s Day speech aimed at black fathers who fail their families and particularly children. Instead of asking the question of …
Jul 21 2008
The Media Arts Academy in the city of Hawthorne lost its charter status on July 1st due to a disputed technicality. Popularly known as Hip Hop High, the school’s administrators say that the Centinela Valley Union High School District miscalculated the previously agreed upon five-year charter. The academy was originally granted a contract …
Jul 21 2008
Mumia Abu Jamal is an award winning journalist and political prisoner. Today’s commentary is about Barack Obama.
Listen to Mumia’s audio commentaries at www.prisonradio.org. …
Jul 21 2008
“The principal goal of education is to create [humans] who are capable of doing new things, not simply of repeating what other generations have done.” — Jean Piaget …
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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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