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The scandal of salmonella-tainted peanut butter which led to 125 product recalls, hundreds of illnesses, and 6 deaths, has also sparked action on Capitol Hill. Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro recently introduced House Resolution 875, the Food Safety Modernization Act, which would, among other things, create a new Food Safety Administration within the Department of Health and Human …
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Mar
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2009
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With the economy continuing to be in the grips of an epic recession, women have often faced underreported hardships. Nationally, the unemployment rate for women has risen to 6.7 percent. In California, when women are working, they comprise 68 percent of minimum wage jobs holders. Prior to the current recession, women suffered unequal pay for equal work …
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Mar
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Tibetans and their supporters yesterday held commemorations in various countries around the world to mark the 50th anniversary of an uprising that led to the exile of the Dalai Lama. Demonstrations and other events were held in Australia, Japan, Nepal, Taiwan, Canada and here in the US. Hundreds of protesters marched through New York City to the …
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Mar
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Hone Heke’s Rebellion
Back in the day on March 11th, 1845 indigenous Maori chief Hone Heke cut down a British flagstaff at Kororareka, New Zealand for the fourth time. Tensions had been building between the indigenous peoples and the ever increasing British colonial presence. This unease increased after the Treaty of Waitangi, which Heke had originally …
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Mar
11
2009
“Freedom has its life in the hearts, the actions, the spirit of men and so it must be daily earned and refreshed – else like a flower cut from its life-giving roots, it will wither and die.” — Dwight D. Eisenhower …
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2009
We’ll learn about new efforts in Congress on Food Safety and Modernization, and, we’ll look at the 50th anniversary commemorations of the 1959 Tibet Uprising with author Dennis Cusack. Plus, Uprising producer Gabriel San Roman catches up with famed Chicana historian Betita Martinez on women, unions, the economy, and more. …
Mar
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2009
“The forces in a capitalist society, if left unchecked, tend to make the rich richer and the poor poorer.” — Jawaharlal Nehru, first prime minister of India …
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President Obama announced yesterday that the federal government will be lifting restrictions on embryonic stem cell research. In speaking before an audience gathered in the East Room of the White House, the President said that his administration “will vigorously support scientists who pursue this research.” The signing of the Executive Order was a sharp reversal of the …
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Mar
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2009
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Yesterday we heard part 1 of my interview with William Kleinknecht about Ronald Reagan’s economic legacy and how it relates to the financial state of the country today. William Kleinknecht is a veteran reporter and crime correspondent for the Newark Star-Ledger. He is the author of “The Man Who Sold the World: Ronald Reagan and the Betrayal …
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Mar
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President Obama has come under increasing criticism from conservatives for some of his economic policies. Reminiscent of the campaign-era rhetoric from the right, Obama is accused of being a socialist from Newt Gingrich to Rush Limbaugh, and a good portion of the right-wing blogosphere. One blogger warned: “Personal freedom, individual liberties and self-determination are evaporating as fast …
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