Aug 27 2013
Daily News Flash with Robert Jensen on Syria, California Fire, and Same-Sex Marriage in New Mexico
Uprising’s Tuesday guest expert Robert Jensen, author and Professor of Journalism at the University of Texas at Austin, analyzes today’s news headlines:
As US officials move closer toward authorizing air strikes on Syria, the Iranian government has issued a sharp warning in defense of the Bashar Al Assad regime, saying there would be “perilous consequences for the region.” The statement …
As the 50th anniversary of the historic March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom is being commemorated around the country this week, we continue our special coverage of the march with a look at the struggles facing young people today – how are they drawing connections with the struggles of their elders? What progress do they see and how far …
Uprising host Sonali Kolhatkar recently spoke with multiple-Grammy award winning musician Daniel Ho, and Wind Music’s Patricia Greene about the Taiwu Children’s Ancient Ballads Troupe at the KPFK studios. 
Mumia Abu Jamal is an award winning journalist and political prisoner. Today’s commentary is titled “The Praise March” about the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington.
Children aged 8 through 15 from an Indigenous Tribe in Taiwan are coming to Los Angeles this week to perform ancient ballads alongside multiple Grammy winning musician and composer Daniel Ho. The Taiwu Children’s Ancient Ballads Troupe will showcase a number of songs that are part of an oral tradition that would have been lost were it not for the …
Many of you know Uprising host Sonali Kolhatkar is an immigrant to the United States. What you may not know is that she was granted citizenship in 2009, three years after finishing all the required steps, and only as a result of a lawsuit led by the ACLU and the National Immigration Law Center, which forced the US Immigration and …
Fifty years ago this Wednesday, the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom brought together hundreds of thousands Americans to the steps of the nation’s capitol to take a strong stand against racism in the US. 
