Feb
08
2007
… on the Boy Scouts.
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Feb
08
2007
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.” — First Amendment of the Constitution …
Feb
07
2007
“The day is coming when a single carrot, freshly observed will set off a revolution.” — Paul Cezanne …
Feb
07
2007
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GUESTS: Vanessa Huang, Campaign Director of Justice Now, Rose Braz, Director with Critical Resistance
Last Friday, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger announced that the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation would be forcibly moving between 5,000 and 7,000 California prison inmates out of state due to overcrowding. Currently, California’s prison population is nearly double capacity with roughly …
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Feb
07
2007
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GUEST: Elizabeth de la Vega, former Federal Prosecutor and author of the book, “United States v. George Bush et al”
If you have ever wondered about what a criminal case against President George W. Bush would look like, a new book by former federal prosecutor Elizabeth de la Vega drafts his indictment. “United States v. …
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Feb
07
2007
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GUEST: Ann Cooper, Activist Ched and Nutrition Director of the Berkeley Unified School System
The problem with school lunches is more that one of just taste. As author and chef Ann Cooper writes in her new book Lunch Lessons: Changing the Way We Feed Our Children. School lunches, and all nutrition in school affects …
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Feb
07
2007
… on Violence Against the Chinese in Seattle.
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Feb
06
2007
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GUEST: Kamau Franklin, Attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights
Eight men, most of whom are former members of the Black Liberation Army, were arrested recently in the 1971 killing of a San Francisco policeman. Law enforcement authorities describe the murder as part of a five-year long campaign to assassinate police officers in California and …
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Feb
06
2007
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GUEST: Joe Linton, Outreach Director at Friends of the Los Angeles River
Last Friday, LA City officials released an ambitious and expensive decades-long plan to revitalize the Los Angeles River. The revitalization master plan would cost more than two billion dollars and would transform thirty-two miles of the concrete filled river channel from Canoga …
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Feb
06
2007
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GUEST: Edward Hammond, Director of The Sunshine Project
Small Pox, a disease that has killed millions over the history of the world, was eradicated in 1977 in an effort led by the World Health Organization. However, the eradication was not entirely complete as viral stocks still exist. Today, the decision to destroy …
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