Feb 17 2012
February 17, 2012
“It takes two to speak the truth: one to speak , and another to hear.” — Henry David Thoreau …
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Feb 17 2012
California Families to Abolish Solitary Confinement
A jury awarded a New Mexico man $22 million dollars earlier this year as compensation for the suffering he endured during nearly 2 years of solitary confinement. Stephen Slevin was arrested for driving while intoxicated in 2005 and was locked away in solitary confinement based on the judgment of deputies, who thought he might be suicidal. Slevin’s lawyer says his …
Feb 16 2012
Venerated Physician & Activist Dr. Quentin Young Urges ‘Single-Payer Healthcare’
Single payer healthcare has been a hot topic since the great healthcare debates of 2009 and 2010, but the organization, Physicians for a National Health Program, has advocated for a single payer system since 1987. The National Coordinator for the program, Dr. Quentin Young, spoke with Uprising host Sonali Kolhatkar on February 13, 2012.
Being one of the founding members of the group is only one of many distinctions in …
Feb 16 2012
Dissecting Obama’s Budget Proposal
President Obama this week announced his budget proposal for the 2013 fiscal year, a plan that includes undoing the Bush-era tax cuts for individuals making over $250,000 a year and increasing capital gains taxes from 15% to 35%. Republicans and conservative pundits predictably rejected the President’s plan outright. A number of companies like AT&T and UPS, have banded together to …
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Feb 16 2012
Venerated Physician & Activist Dr. Quentin Young Urges ‘Single-Payer Healthcare’
This week 50 medical doctors, in a bipartisan effort, filed a brief with the United States Supreme Court to argue that the individual mandate at the heart of the 2010 healthcare reform bill is unconstitutional. The doctors and two non-profit groups are not right wing critics of Obama, but advocates of what’s called “a …
Feb 16 2012
February 16, 2012
“If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end; if you look for comfort you will not get either comfort or truth only soft soap and wishful thinking to begin, and in the end, despair.” — C. S. Lewis …
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Feb 15 2012
February 16, 2012
We’ll be joined in studio by Dr. Quentin Young, Dr. King’s one-time personal physician, friend of Barack Obama’s, and National Coordinator of Physicians for a National Health Program. Plus, we’ll feature a new documentary called Money Driven Medicine. And, Joshua Holland joins us for an analysis of Obama’s budget proposal. …
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Feb 15 2012
Bonsai People: The Vision of Muhammad Yunus
Nobel Peace Prize winner and pioneer of the concept of micro-credit, Muhammad Yunus, has strongly criticized new micro-finance banks in India, saying they are not meant to be profit-generating institutions. The world-renowned Bangladeshi Professor created the concept of small-scale loans to primarily women in Bangladesh, which is one of the world’s poorest countries. Through the Grameen bank, whose name is based on the Bengali word for village, poor women are …
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Feb 15 2012
February 15, 2012
“The hope of a secure and livable world lies with disciplined nonconformists who are dedicated to justice, peace and brotherhood.” — Martin Luther King, Jr. …
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Feb 15 2012
Immokalee Workers Sign Historic Agreement with Trader Joes
After months of campaigning against Trader Joes, the Coalition of Immokalee Workers signed an historic agreement with the Monrovia, CA-based grocery chain, ensuring fairer working conditions and higher wages for tomato farm workers. The CIW has waged a decade-long campaign called the Fair Food Program, which holds major corporate tomato buyers in the food industry accountable for the conditions of …
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