Apr 02 2009
We’ll analyze the conclusion of this week’s G 20 summit in London with radical economist Robin Hahnel. And, we’ll take a look at the new Israeli cabinet as Benjamin Netanyahu is sworn in as Prime Minister. Plus, is the alarm over online child predators justified? We’ll speak with a media analyst and a researcher with the Crimes Against Children Research Center. …
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Apr 02 2009
“Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find resources of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.” — Rachel Carson …
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Apr 02 2009
Even as President Obama shifts troops and resources away from Iraq into Afghanistan, fresh fighting has erupted in Baghdad that threatens to unravel any nascent stability. The fighting broke out over the weekend in response to the arrest of Adel Mashadani, a key figure in the Sunni “Awakening” movement, whose fighters were paid by the US to lay down their …
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Apr 02 2009
According to data released this Tuesday, American home prices plunged in January at a record pace. The S&P/ Case Shiller index recorded that nationwide home prices declined 2.8 percent in value in January compared to 2.6 percent in December. Overall, home prices nationwide have declined nearly thirty percent from their peak in 2006. Locally in Los …
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Apr 02 2009
Earlier this week, Blair Mountain in West Virginia made it onto the list of the National Register of Historic Places. In an often overlooked historical moment, the site was home to what many historians consider as the largest armed insurrection in the post-Civil War period. In 1921, thousands of union coal miners took up …
Apr 02 2009
Jeannette Rankin Takes Her Seat
Back in the day on April 2nd, 1917 Jeannette Rankin was sworn in as the first Congresswoman in the history of the United States. It didn’t take long for this pacifist woman from the state of Montana to make trouble in the halls of Congress. Just four days into her term, …
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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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