Apr 02 2008
April 2, 2008
“The law is the last result of human wisdom acting upon human experience for the benefit of the public” — British essayist Samuel Johnson …
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Archive for April, 2008
Apr 01 2008
April 2, 2008
* An election update on the latest count of superdelegate pledges
* Why progressives are lining up to support Obama, and how Fox News is spreading its virulent attacks to the rest of the mainstream media.
* A look at Proposition 98 on this June’s California ballot – is it a Trojan horse for demolishing rent control?
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Apr 01 2008
Inheriting the Trade
GUEST: Thomas Norman DeWolf, author of “Inheriting the Trade: A Northern Family Confronts Its Legacy as the Largest Slave-Trading Dynasty in the US”
In the wake of Barack Obama’s Pennsylvania speech about race in America, we have done numerous stories about confronting white privilege on this program. Last week we spoke with …
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Apr 01 2008
California Inches Closer to a Moratorium on the Death Penalty
GUEST: Darryl Stallworth, former Deputy District Attorney for Alameda County, currently law enforcement outreach coordinator with Death Penalty Focus
Dozens of current and former officials in law enforcement signed a letter recently stating that “California’s death penalty is broken.” The signers to the letter include prosecutors, police officers and corrections officials. Additionally, 17 current and …
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Apr 01 2008
Alphonso Jackson Resigns from HUD
GUEST: Satyam Khanna, Research Associate with the Center for American Progress
Yesterday morning, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Alphonso Jackson resigned his post effective April 18th. In a prepared statement President Bush expressed regret for the decision made by his administration’s top housing official. Jackson, a longtime friend of the President, cited family as the reason …
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Apr 01 2008
Radical Day in History – 04/01/08
… about the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act
Produced by Radio Rootz.
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Apr 01 2008
April 1, 2008
“An evil deed is not redeemed by an evil deed of retaliation. Justice is never advanced in the taking of a human life. Morality is never upheld by a legalized murder.” –Corretta Scott King …
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