Dec 23 2009
Uprising Crew On Vacation 12/25 – 01/04
Uprising host Sonali Kolhatkar and producer Gabriel San Roman will be on vacation between 12/15/09 and 01/04/10. Please tune in for special programming during the holidays. On Monday – Wednesday (12/28 – 12/30) South Asian Network Executive Director Hamid Khan will host a three day morning special on the important issues of 2009. And on 12/31 – 01/04, tune in for special editions of the award-winning program Alternative Radio.
Sonali and Gabriel will be back …
Comments Off on Uprising Crew On Vacation 12/25 – 01/04
The United States Senate voted 60 to 39 yesterday morning on the last of several procedural votes paving the way for a final Christmas Eve vote on the massive healthcare overhaul that has occupied much of Congress and the White House this past year. In overcoming the last hurdle to a filibuster-proof 60 votes, Democrats made sweet-heart deals …
While the issue of women’s reproductive health has become a political football in the healthcare bill being tackled in Congress, multiple attacks on the same issue have been launched by anti-abortion groups nationwide. In Kansas the on-going case against the alleged killer of Dr. George Tiller has rallied right wing groups to assert that it is …
On Monday, the international humanitarian organization “Doctors Without Borders” released its twelfth annual top ten list of the worst humanitarian crises of 2009. The plight of civilian populations victimized by conflict and the lack of adequate funding to address pressing health concerns such as HIV/AIDS permeate this year’s compilation. In particular, the organization highlighted the pattern of …
