“The Framers of the Bill of Rights did not purport to “create” rights. Rather, they designed the Bill of Rights to prohibit our Government from infringing rights and liberties presumed to be preexisting.” — Justice William J. Brennan, 1982 …

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US Soldier Hunts and Kills 16 Afghan Civilians, Among them 9 Children – Santorum Wins in Southern States Throw A Wrench Into GOP Nomination Race – Fukushima One Year Later

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Check out Vintage Trouble, a modern rhythm and blues band based in Los Angeles, California. We played their song “Nobody Told Me” today on Uprising.

More about them at www.vintagetrouble.com. Streaming at www.reverbnation.com/vintagetrouble.

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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Long lines are forming outside of sleek Apple computer stores around the nation today as gadget trend-setters wait to be the first to own an Apple iPad 3. The popular tablet is smaller than a piece of paper, thinner than a copy of Vogue magazine, and, bestows the user with a degree of class status.

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Pennsylvania became the latest state in the nation this week to enact a strict voter identification law. A bill voted on by the majority of Pennsylvania’s Republicans, and none of its Democrats, was signed into law by Governor Tom Corbett on Wednesday evening. One of the stricter laws in the nation, it mandates voters to have photo identification for elections, …

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Walmart, the world’s biggest private employer, and one of the world’s largest corporations, has set its sights on Los Angeles County, getting ready to roll out a series of so-called “Neighborhood markets.” The first such store, about one fifth the size of the traditional big box Walmart stores, is slated for LA’s Chinatown area, in an apartment building near the …

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Taking a deeper look at current and past films and how they relate to the world today.

Jonathan Kim is an independent film critic who writes and produces film reviews for Uprising and other outlets. He is a former co-producer at Brave New Films.

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“A proper community…, is a commonwealth: a place, a resource, an economy. It answers the needs, practical as well as social and spiritual, of its members – among them the need to need one another.” — Wendell Berry …

We’ll examine the growing trend of voter ID laws in states across the nation, and the growing backlash from the Justice Department, and civil rights and labor organizations. Plus, as iPad fans line up for the latest Apple gadget, we’ll look at working conditions in Apple’s Chinese factories. And, Walmart plans a new store in Chinatown – it’s first LA store in nearly a decade – we’ll speak with community activists and residents opposing …

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Prospects for an orderly withdrawal of NATO forces from Afghanistan suffered two blows on Thursday as President Hamid Karzai demanded that the United States confine troops to major bases by next year, and the Taliban announced that they were suspending peace talks with the Americans.

Getting talks started with the Taliban has been a major goal of the United States and its NATO allies for the past two years, and only in recent months was …

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