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The Department of Labor last Friday released a dismal jobs report for the month of June that offered little hope for a quick recovery from the Great Recession. The nation’s unemployment rate continues to hover around 9 percent. But the numbers mask an even more painful picture for women, youth, and minorities. Of the 378,000 government jobs lost since …

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Republicans will meet with the Obama Administration again today as the President continues to push hard for a compromise budget deal to secure GOP approval on the debt ceiling. On Sunday, House GOP members refused a so-called “grand deal” from the White House, a package that would cut projected deficits by $4 trillion over the next 10 years. Republicans …

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“Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth.” — Albert Einstein …

We’ll go live to Iraq, as newly confirmed Defense Secretary Leon Panetta ups the pressure on the Iraqi government to invite U.S. troops to remain past their Dec 31st deadline. And, what last week’s jobs report didn’t reveal about unemployment – how women, youth, and people of color are disproportionately affected by the recession. Plus, the latest in the political stalemate on the debt ceiling and Obama’s capitulation to Republicans over social security and other …

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Freedom Flotilla II, whose goal was to challenge the Israeli blockade of Gaza, has run into barrier after barrier. Expectedly from Israel, but also from Greece where the flotilla was planning to launch from. Even though Captain John Klusmire, the captain of the U.S. boat, dubbed Audacity of Hope, was released after being arrested, the boat still remains in Greek …

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Today is World Population Day, designated an annual event every July 11th by the United Nations. The U.N. calls it a day to “celebrate our common humanity and diversity…[and] a reminder…to care for each other and our planet.” This is a milestone year because total world population is about to hit 7 billion people, so today the UN kicks-off …

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Mumia Abu Jamal is an award winning journalist and political prisoner. Today’s commentary is called ‘The Media and the Medea Complex.”

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“Women are not inherently passive or peaceful. We’re not inherently anything but human.” — Robin Morgan …

We’ll speak with Just Foreign Policy’s Robert Naiman who was on board the Audacity of Hope, part of the Gaza Freedom Flotilla. He’ll update us on the Flotilla, as well as Egypt, and Libya. Plus, on World Population Day, we’ll look at the current debate over population growth and the environment with Hampshire College’s Betsy Hartmann. …

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This week on Uprising:

* Obama’s Budget Capitulation to GOP Reaches New Depths
* Exxon’s Yellowstone Disaster: Yet Another Oil Spill Hits U.S.
* Black Agenda Report on the Pelican Bay Prison Hunger Strike
* How Women in Sports Face Sexism, Homophobia