May 13 2010
May 14, 2010
We’ll speak with Los Angeles Councilman Ed Reyes, who voted this week to ban most official travel to Arizona in light of that state’s anti-immigrant law. And, we’ll hear from Mariam Abu Ali, who brother Ahmed is serving a life sentence at a Maximum Security facility after a conviction his family says is based on evidence obtained through torture. Plus, Senators Kerry and Lieberman revive the Climate bill, but environmental groups still prefer the bill …
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In a sudden reversal, from the last few months when the Obama administration criticized Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s government as corrupt and unreliable, Mr. Karzai and his ministers have been in Washington DC being feted by Obama and his cabinet in advance of the official start of the Kandahar Offensive. Just five weeks ago, the Obama administration cited Karzai’s lack …
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is expected to release a revised spending plan tomorrow that will include deep cuts into California’s health and social service programs. With revenues and requested federal funds both having fallen short of expectations, the state could once again be facing a budget deficit in excess of twenty billion dollars. On Friday, State Controller John Chiang reported that …
Before Democrats and Republicans can battle it out in November for Congressional seats across the nation, some incumbents are fighting fierce, and unexpected, opposition in the Primaries. Primary election season stretches from May through mid-September and in some districts, candidates have already spent millions campaigning. In Pennsylvania and North Carolina the establishment candidates of the Democratic party are polling neck-in-neck …
Once a city heralded by the promoters of the North American Free Trade Agreement, Juarez, Mexico has now become a global epicenter of the failed so-called “war on drugs.” Just across the border from El Paso, Texas, the northern Mexican metropolis home to 1.3 million people has garnered a grittier reputation in recent years as a place where cartels battle for control, murders …
