Our correspondent Chris Bennett will bring us an on-the-ground report of a hunger strike recently launched by janitors in LA in response to massive job cuts. And, a growing movement is calling for the removal of Alan Simpson as co-Chair of Obama’s Deficit Commission in the wake of a crude, sexist email he recently sent to one of his critics. Plus, The Emmett Till Project – a series of performance vignettes on the 55th anniversary of the murder of Emmett Till, happening at Highways Performance Space this weekend. And, the People’s Marketplace.