Mar
04
2009
We’ll find out why conservatives and radio shock jocks are fighting the Fairness Doctrine. We’ll examine the details of Obama’s foreclosure prevention plan – is it too little too late?
And, we’ll hear new developments in the case of Argentine torture survivor Patricia Isasa.
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Mar
04
2009
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On Monday, President Obama named Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius as Secretary of Health and Human Services. Sebelius’ experience includes eight years in the Kansas House of Representatives and one year as state insurance commissioner. She awaits confirmation from the Senate but is facing some opposition for her pro-choice views from several Republican senators and anti-abortion organizations. President …
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Mar
04
2009
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An FBI agent recently revealed in a court testimony that an informant had been paid to look for evidence of terrorist activity at the Islamic Center of Irvine. Craig Monteilh posed as a man named Frederick Jordan and converted to Islam to gather information on an Afghan-born US citizen named Ahmed Niazi. Niazi is the brother-in-law …
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Mar
04
2009
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With the significant rise in global food prices over the past three years, biotechnology industries are promoting genetic engineering in regions like Africa as a means to alleviate chronic hunger and poverty. In states such as Kenya, genetically modified crops have already been introduced with the promise of solving malnutrition problems while preserving the integrity of the environment. …
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Mar
04
2009
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Victor Berger: The First Socialist Congressman
Back in the day on March 4th, 1910, Victor Berger became the first socialist ever elected to the House of Representatives. Coming from the socialist stronghold Milwaukee, Wisconsin– must have been the something in the cheese – Berger’s first term in office was characterized most notably by his calls to …
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Mar
04
2009
“The way to fight poverty in Africa is to embrace the proposal of food sovereignty that comes from the movement of peasants, indigenous peoples, migrants, women, and rural communities.” — Diamantino Nhampossa, Executive Coordinator of the National Peasants Union in Mozambique …