Jul 07 2010
July 8, 2010
We’ll speak with Village Voice reporter Neil De Mause on mainstream media coverage of the federal deficit and why it’s skewed in the interests of the super-rich. And, Tim Wise will join us to discuss his new book Colorblind: The Rise of Post-Racial Politics and the Retreat From Racial Equity. Plus, we’ll hear from teens involved with Get Lit, LA’s leading presenter of literary performance, education and teen poetry programs. And the launch of our …
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After spending more than a year designing a complex piece of legislation to reform Wall Street, the House of Representatives last week passed a roughly 2000 page bill creating, among other things, a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. While the Senate rejected an amendment to break up the biggest banks, it does seek to push failing banks into a orderly …
In official results released last Thursday, a progressive slate of candidates swept nearly all nine-seats of the South Central Neighborhood Council. Under a banner of “We are not politicians, we are community organizers,” eight of the nine members of the slate were elected by voters who cast their ballots on June 26th at the All People’s Christian Center. Only the …
As Oakland residents and police officers braced themselves for riots, yesterday’s expected verdict on the Johannes Mehserle trial was abruptly delayed. Jury deliberations closed when one juror called in sick. Another juror left for vacation and was replaced by an alternate. As a result, deliberations are expected to begin from scratch today. A young black man named Oscar Grant …
The Right Hook, a weekly segment which covers the machinations of the right wing, from the Republican Party to the Tea Party Patriots, and beyond. By Chris Bennett
On Monday June 28th, the U.S. Supreme Court decided in McDonald v. Chicago that the city’s 28-year old handgun ban was unconstitutional. The decision comes just three weeks after Chicago Police Superintendent Jody Weis announced that Chicago’s murder rate through the first half of 2010 was higher than at the same point last year. This decision by the high …
General David Petraeus is now the official U.S. commander of Afghanistan, succeeding Stanley McChrystal who was dismissed after his criticism of the Afghan war strategy became public in June in an article in Rolling Stone. The change in command coincided with one of the deadliest periods in the war, with 11 NATO soldiers killed in the first six days of …
