Mar 10 2010
We’ll analyze the Chilean government’s response to the recent earthquake in context of the shifting political landscape. And Rosamaria Segura joins us in studio to discuss her new book, Central Americans in Los Angeles. Plus, on the 16th anniversary of the California Three Strikes law, inmates at Soledad prison allegedly go on hunger strike in protest. …
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Mar 10 2010
An estimated 500 people were massacred in Nigeria over the weekend in what is being seen as a retaliatory attack. The attacks were aimed at a mostly Christian community in a number of villages south of the town of Jos. Survivors interviewed by Human Rights Watch spoke of the perpetrators being masked men speaking the languages of Hausa and …
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Mar 10 2010
The Green Party of California held a meeting this weekend in San Jose to address various issues ahead of elections scheduled later this year. Delegates gathered as candidates hoped to capitalize on widespread voter disaffection to grow the party’s ranks. A Field Poll released in late January showed just sixteen percent of Californians approve of the job that the …
Mar 10 2010
Measure R, a sales tax measure for Los Angeles County, was approved in November 2008 by a vote of 67%. Also known as the Traffic Relief—Rail Extensions—Reduce Foreign Oil Dependence Bill, Measure R levies a half percent sales tax in L.A. County for thirty years in order to raise $40 billion for new transit construction projects. Those …
Mar 10 2010
The Death of Harriet Tubman
Back in the day on March 10th, 1913, Harriet Tubman died of pneumonia in Auburn, New York. Born into slavery in Maryland under the name Araminta Ross, Tubman dedicated much of her life to the cause of dismantling the system of slavery in the Southern United States. Fearing being sold and separated from …
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Mar 10 2010
“Economy is the method by which we prepare today to afford the improvements of tomorrow.” — Calvin Coolidge …
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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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