Aug 30 2013
Coming Up on September 3, 2013
We’ll speak with Greg Miller, one the Washington Post reporters who analyzed the so-called Black Budget of the US intelligence complex, leaked by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden. And, in our on-going series on the Politics of Parenting, Suzanne Barston discussed her book, Bottled Up: How the Way We Feed Babies Has Come to Define Motherhood, and Why It Shouldn’t. Plus, LGBT rights advocates claim a number of victories following the Supreme Court’s marriage ruling. …
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Uprising’s Thursday guest expert Adele Stan, longtime chronicler of the right wing, and senior Washington correspondent for RHRealityCheck.org, analyzes today’s news headlines: 
As President Obama’s administration makes the case to for a limited military air campaign against Syria, the British parliament voted yesterday against British involvement in a Syria military campaign. Despite a new poll showing overwhelming public opposition to air strikes in the US, members of Congress have been pressuring the Obama administration for months to take military action, and now …
In our on-going weekly coverage of the Women of Alexandria House, part of our Real People, Real Stories series, Uprising producer Bipasha Shom brings you the stories of women who have lived in transitional housing. They all come from different places and have experienced a variety of challenges, but what ties them together is the courage and resilience they find …
Before President Obama awarded Bayard Rustin the Presidential Medal of Honor this year, most Americans may never have heard of him. Rustin, one of the most important civil rights organizers of his time, was also the principle organizer of the 1963 March of Washington which we are commemorating each day this week on the occasion of its 50th Anniversary. 
President Obama addressed a 50th anniversary commemoration of the March on Washington yesterday, at an event entitled Let Freedom Ring. Although he had warned ahead of time that his speech would not be as good as Dr. King’s speech in 1963, he channeled a fiery spirit not seen in recent times. 
Sixty years ago last week, Iran’s new experiment with democracy was cut horribly short when Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh was overthrown in a coup. 
Fast food workers in at least 60 cities including Los Angeles are rallying for higher wages today with a one-day walkout and strike. Workers in other retail chains like Macy’s and Sears have joined today’s one-day strike in solidarity with fast food workers. 
