Jan
24
2012
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The Obama administration on Friday upheld a requirement for health insurers to cover contraception. The announcement was made in response to a request by the Roman Catholic Church seeking an exemption to the requirement, for insured employees of Catholic schools, hospitals, churches and more. The government has given the church an extra year to comply but Archbishop Timothy …
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Jan
24
2012
We’ll examine President Obama’s State of the Union address with our election analyst and co-founder of Presente.org Roberto Lovato. And, part 3 of our 3-part interview with Glenn Carle, former CIA agent. Plus, on the first anniversary of the start of Egypt’s revolution, we’ll speak with two Egyptian activists. And this week’s Activist Beat with Rose Aguilar. …
Jan
24
2012
“The act of abortion positions women at their most powerful, and that is why it is so strongly opposed by many in society. Historically viewed as and conditioned to be passive, dependent creatures, victims of biological circumstance, women often find it difficult to embrace this power over life and death. They fall prey to the assumption, the myth, that they cannot be trusted with it.” — Merle Hoffman …
Jan
24
2012
Civic Circus with Ankur Patel breaks down local politics, with a weekly report on city, county, and state bureaucracies.
An error occurred today and this week’s Civic Circus was not heard. It will be broadcast on Thursday January 26th during Uprising.
This week on Uprising I’ll take a close look at Joe Buscaino the newest City Councilmember for the city of Los Angeles.
Council District 15, which includes San Pedro and …
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Jan
23
2012
We’ll hear part 2 of our interview with former CIA agent Glenn Carle, about his book The Interrogator, chronicling his experiences in the “war on terror.” And, on the 39th anniversary of the Roe V. Wade decision, we’ll speak with Merle Hoffman about her new memoir: Intimate Wars: The Life and Times of the Woman Who Brought Abortion from the Back Alley to the Boardroom. Plus this week’s Civic Circus. …
Jan
23
2012
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Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney are sharpening their attacks against one another ahead of Florida’s January 31st primary. Gingrich won South Carolina with 40.4% of the vote, trailed by Romney who captured just 27.8%. Based on exit polls the Washington Post found that Gingrich’s surge was credited to voters who chose their candidate in the final days, and …
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Jan
23
2012
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Hundreds of UC students gathered last Thursday on the campus of UC Riverside to confront the state university system’s governing body, the Board of Regents, over on-going tuition hikes. During a limited public comment section at the beginning of the UC Regents’ finance meeting, students strongly shared their harsh criticism. Eighteen students then shut down the meeting with …
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Jan
23
2012
Glenn L. Carle, spent 23 years in the Clandestine Service of the Central Intelligence Agency, where he worked in a number of overseas posts on four continents and in Washington DC. He worked on terrorism at various times since the mid-1980s and he worked extensively on Balkan, Afghan, Central American, and European political, security, and economic issues. His last position was as an Acting and then Deputy National Intelligence …
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Jan
23
2012
Check out The Dreaming Society, an alternative rock band based in LA, California. We played their song “The Genesis Game” today on Uprising.
Watch them perform “The Alchemist”
More information and streaming music at www.thedreamingsociety.com
If you know of an independent musical act you’d like to see featured on Uprising, send an email to mail@uprisingradio.org.
Uprising’s Music Curator is Chris Bennett
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Jan
23
2012
“Knowledge of the truth strengthens its laws, more than punishment. An evil known can be avoided in the future. Yet, it is difficult for a society to protect itself against actions taken in secret.” — Glenn L. Carle …
