Jul 08 2008
We’ll speak with the man who has been called “the most controversial Christian in the World,” Bishop Gene Robinson. And, a look back at the late Jesse Helms – why the press has refused to call him a racist. Plus, how the G8 are tackling the global food crisis, over lavish 8-course meals. …
Jul 08 2008
GUEST: Derrick Jensen, author of several books including “Welcome to the Machine: Science, Surveillance and the Culture of Control”
Returning from the July 4th holiday recess, members of the US Senate are expected to vote tomorrow on the new Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act or FISA. The controversial wiretapping bill passed through the House of Representatives last …
Jul 08 2008
GUEST: Andrew Imparato, President and CEO of American Association of People with Disabilities, the largest national nonprofit cross-disability member organization in the United States
The House of Representatives recently overwhelmingly passed an amendment expanding the 1990 Americans With Disabilities Act. Businesses partnered with disability rights organizations in writing the compromise bill which now heads to …
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Jul 08 2008
GUEST: Jonathan Mooney, author of The Short Bus: A Journey Beyond Normal
In 2003, Jonathan Mooney set off on a 35,000 mile journey across the United States to meet more than a dozen people who have been diagnosed as disabled or different, with conditions ranging from dyslexia to Down’s Syndrome. The journey …
Jul 08 2008
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Jul 08 2008
“The only normal people are the ones you don’t know very well.” –- Joe Ancis …
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Jul 07 2008
We’ll have a conversation with Jonathan Mooney, author of “The Short Bus: A Journey Beyond Normal.” Jonathan will describe his evolution from being labeled categorized a special-ed student, to rejecting the definition of “normal” itself. And, we’ll find out how Congress is expanding the Americans With Disabilities Act. Plus, the Senate will be voting on the new FISA bill – we’ll speak with Derrick Jensen, author of “”Welcome to the Machine: Science, Surveillance and the …
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Jul 07 2008
GUEST: Mark Weisbrot, Co-Director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, and president of the group, Just Foreign Policy
In a dramatic and bloodless rescue operation last week, Colombian president Alvaro Uribe orchestrated the release of Ingrid Betancourt, after 6 years in captivity. Betancourt was kidnapped by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, …
Jul 07 2008
GUEST: Peter Morici, professor at the University of Maryland School of Business and former Chief Economist at the U.S. International Trade Commission
The Department of Labor revealed last Thursday that the U.S. economy lost jobs for the sixth straight month in a row. The newly released government data showed that 62,000 jobs were lost in …
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Jul 07 2008
GUEST: Lucia Bruno, Communications Director for Pastors for Peace
The 19th Pastors for Peace US-Cuba Friendship Caravan arrived in Havana over the weekend challenging the decades-long embargo on unlicensed trade and aid to the communist island. The delegation of more than a hundred pastors are delivering a hundred tons of donated humanitarian aid …
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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