Oct
26
2012
Shane Bauer was one of three American backpackers imprisoned in Iran after being detained in 2009 on the Iraq-Iran border. Bauer penned a recent article for Mother Jones magazine comparing his conditions in the Iranian prison with that of prisoners in California’s Pelican Bay State Prison. Shockingly, he concluded that conditions in California prisons are worse than Iranian prisons.
California …
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Oct
26
2012
One of the more emotionally charged propositions on the ballot this November is Prop 35 which deals with human trafficking. Proposition 35 formally called ‘The Californians Against Sexual Exploitation’ or CASE Act appears on the surface to be a noble plan to crack down on trafficking, but critics have voiced some serious concerns with the measure.
Multimillionaire Chris Kelly, who …
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Oct
26
2012
Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has been sentenced to four years in prison for tax fraud.
The sentence came in a trial that focused on the purchase of rights to show US films on television.
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Oct
26
2012
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.
Read his reviews online at ReThinkReviews.net. Watch his videos at www.youtube.com/user/jsjkim, and …
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Oct
26
2012
SACRAMENTO — California’s campaign finance watchdog sued an Arizona nonprofit group Thursday, escalating the battle over a controversial $11-million political donation.
The Fair Political Practices Commission is seeking records, ranging from financial statements to text messages, as part of an effort to unmask the nonprofit’s donors, who have been accused by activists of improperly hiding their identities.
A California regulation says nonprofits cannot conceal a donor’s identity if the contribution was intended for a state campaign. The …
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Oct
25
2012
TOKYO — Japan’s crippled nuclear power plant is struggling to find space to store tens of thousands of tons of highly contaminated water used to cool the broken reactors, the manager of the water treatment team said.
About 200,000 tons of radioactive water – enough to fill more than 50 Olympic-sized swimming pools – are being stored in hundreds of gigantic tanks built around the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant. Operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. has already chopped …
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Oct
25
2012
We’ll cover proposition 35, the Human Trafficking ballot measure – an anti-human trafficking expert will explain why he’s against the measure. And, Dr. Laura Bates joins us to discuss her innovative prison education program, Shakespeare in Shackles. Plus, what this year’s election means for control of both houses of Congress – the Nation’s John Nichols will map out the political landscape to come. …
Oct
25
2012
Check out Old Man Brown, a band from Baltimore, MD!
We played their song “The Funky Grind” on today’s show.
Oct
25
2012
In Tuesday night’s Indiana Senate race debate, Republican candidate and Tea Party member Richard Mourdock made comments about pregnancy that results from rape that garnered major controversy: “I think that even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape, that it is something that God intended to happen.”
The comments came just days after Governor Romney recorded a TV ad …
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Oct
25
2012
“Democracy is not just the right to vote, it is the right to live in dignity.” — Naomi Klein …
