Aug
18
2009
|
the entire program
Eduardo Galeano, one of the most celebrated Latin American writers, recently published his latest work, Mirrors: Stories of Almost Everyone. Characterized by poignant accounts of social discontent, Mirrors attempts to paint an alternative and lyrical history of the world. Galeano’s poetic stories “resurrect the lives of the thinkers, the curious, the rebels and lovely lunatics who were and are …
Read more
Aug
18
2009
“At times the narratives of History end badly, but she, History itself, never ends. When she says goodbye, she only says: I’ll be back.” — Eduardo Galeano …
Aug
18
2009
|
the entire program
Woodstock
Back in the day on August 18th, 1969, Jimi Hendrix brought the historic counter-culture music festival known as “Woodstock” to a close. Exactly forty years ago, ‘the biggest rock concert of its time’ extended past its schedule into the early Monday morning hours. Those who stayed until the end witnessed one of the most prolific guitarists in …
Read more
Aug
17
2009
We’ll find out how and why the Obama Administration seems intent on continuing Bush’s education policies; a report from the Remote Area Medical’s temporary free healthcare facility in Inglewood. And, Mirrors: Stories of Almost Everyone – the incomparable Eduardo Galeano. …
Aug
17
2009
|
the entire program
Voters in Afghanistan will head to the polls on Wednesday to determine who will be the next president of the war-torn, and foreign occupied country. According to a recent U.S. government funded poll, incumbent Hamid Karzai is the leading candidate although without the necessary support needed to avoid a run-off election. The survey showed the President likely to receive 36 percent …
Read more
Aug
17
2009
|
the entire program
President Obama used the Op-Ed pages of the New York Times to make his case for reforming the private insurance based healthcare system. While US Americans are fighting over a public option to our privatized healthcare, our neighbors to the North are fighting a reverse battle: the move to privatize the Canadian public health care system introduced in 1966 and …
Read more
Aug
17
2009
|
the entire program
President Obama launched his National Fatherhood Tour in early August, holding a series of Townhall meetings meant to address the importance of Fatherhood. Amidst the financial crisis, the President has been pointing to responsible fatherhood not only as a possible solution to the nation’s economic woes, but also as an indispensable variable in the healthy development of children. However, …
Read more
Aug
17
2009
|
the entire program
The Dakota Uprising
Back in the day on August 17th, 1862, four Dakota natives killed five white settlers while returning from an unsuccessful hunting expedition in Minnesota. Councils were held immediately after the incident where the Dakota people, deeply divided, decided that war with settlers and the U.S. military was inevitable. The summer of 1862 had been particularly …
Read more
Aug
17
2009
“Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe.” — Frederick Douglass …
Aug
14
2009
We’ll speak with two human rights activists about the upcoming elections in Afghanistan. And, we’ll hear about Canada’s healthcare system and their unique fight: against privatization. Plus, fatherhood in minority communities and the obstacles of institutional injustice. …
