Apr 09 2010
April 9, 2010
“A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.” — Khalil Gibran …
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Archive for April, 2010
Apr 08 2010
April 9, 2010
We’ll go live to Kyrgyzstan to speak with a journalist on why the Central Asian nation’s government has dissolved and who has taken over. And, Rich Benjamin, author of Searching for Whitopia, will comment on race and the US Census. Plus, tenured UCSD professor Ricardo Dominguez is under attack for his research and activism. We’ll find out why. And this week’s Black Agenda Report. …
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Apr 08 2010
Is Los Angeles on Verge of Bankruptcy?
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Los Angeles is on the verge of bankruptcy. A major stand off this week between mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and the LA City Council over the city’s budget, has resulted in some city agencies being shut down two days a week. Union leaders are challenging the mayor’s authority to effectively reduce city employee paychecks by two-fifths. Losses in tax …
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Apr 08 2010
Thirteen Bankers: The Wall Street Takeover and the Next Financial Meltdown
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Financial giant JP Morgan Chase’s CEO Jamie Dimon recently wrote a lengthy letter to his company’s share holders. In it he asserted that the bank’s employees “have always been deeply committed to being good corporate citizens.” However, JP Morgan was just as deeply implicated in the sub-prime mortgage scandal as other big banks. But it was quicker to …
Apr 08 2010
Gay Seniors Lose Out on Social Security
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According to a recently released report prepared by an LGBT advocacy group and endorsed by major aging groups, including AARP and the American Society on Aging, Gay senior citizens face a multitude of social and financial problems. However the group Services and Advocacy for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Elders, or SAGE, says the the greatest hurdle may be …
Apr 08 2010
Subversive Historian – 04/08/10
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Stokely Carmicheal in Nashville
Back in the day on April 8th, 1967, black power activist Stokely Carmichael delivered a speech at Vanderbilt University. As an invited guest to the Impact Symposium organized by students there, Carmichael’s arrival to Nashville, Tennessee a few days prior to the event was met with much controversy. The Tennessee State Senate, a …
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Apr 08 2010
April 8, 2010
“People are pretty much alike. It’s only that our differences are more susceptible to definition than our similarities.” -– journalist Linda Ellerbee
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Apr 07 2010
April 8, 2010
The city of Los Angeles is on the verge of bankruptcy – we’ll find out how it came to this crisis point. And, former IMF chief economist Simon Johnson is leading the call to break up the nation’s biggest banks – he’ll tell us why. Plus, a conversation with Alice Herman on how gay seniors lose out on Social Security benefits and what can be done about it. …
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Apr 07 2010
Is Net Neutrality Dead?
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On Tuesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia struck a blow to the principle of Network Neutrality. The court overturned a Federal Communications Commission’s ruling against Comcast Corporation. Comcast had been required by the FCC to offer equal treatment to all Internet traffic flowing through its network. The original sanction came in 2008 when …
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Apr 07 2010
The Origins of India’s Maoist Rebellion
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An attack by Maoist rebels in the Eastern Indian state of Chhattisgarh resulted in the deaths of 76 policemen. According to officials more than 500 Maoist guerrillas, known as Naxalites, were involved in a carefully planned trap that involved sophisticated weapons, grenades, and improvised explosive devices (IEDs). The death toll from the incident was the largest in the …
