Apr 05 2006
GUESTS: Jessica Blank, author of “The Exonerated,” Arthur Carmona, Southern California-based exoneree
Since 1990, 200 men and women have been wrongly convicted of serious felonies and have served time in California prisons for crimes they did not commit. Such injustices will be the focus of a conference this weekend at the UCLA School …
Apr 04 2006
GUEST: Francine Busby, Democratic candidate for Congressional election
San Diego Congressional representative, the Republican Randy “Duke†Cunningham, resigned last December after pleading guilty to charges of accepting bribes from defense contractors. On April 11th, 18 candidates will run in a special election to replace him. The election is being hailed as a test case for the …
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Apr 04 2006
GUEST: Emily Rusch, San Francisco CALPIRG
As the April 15th deadline to file taxes draws nearer, a new IRS proposal is being debated. The proposal would allow for tax preparers to share tax return information with an unaffiliated third party; provided a consumer signs a consent form. Privacy and consumer advocacy groups are critical of the proposal and believe that if …
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Apr 04 2006
GUEST: Maria Hinojosa, Senior Correspondent for NOW, PBS
A global media-monitoring project in February 2006 revealed that women are vastly underrepresented in the media, both as news makers and subjects of the news. On Friday March 31st, more than 300 women from around the country attended the 3rd annual Women, Action, and Media conference at Cambridge. …
Apr 04 2006
GUEST: Rahul Mahajan, author of Full Spectrum Dominance and The New Crusade
Empire Notes are weekly commentaries filed by Rahul Mahajan, author of Full Spectrum Dominance and The New Crusade. Today’s commentary is on the Search for Good News on the War
Empire Notes is online at www.empirenotes.org.
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Apr 03 2006
GUEST: Chris Hedges, Journalism Professor at Princeton University, author of “War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning”
Chris Hedges is a Professor of Journalism at Princeton University. His recent book is entitled “War is a Force that Gives us Meaning.†Recently on Uprising we had featured a speech by him on that topic, which …
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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