May 30 2014
Coming Up on June 2, 2014
We’ll take a look at California’s June 3rd elections, and dissect in particular, the two state-wide ballot measures. And, we’ll get a constitutional law professor’s assessment of a new proposed state law to curb guns from people with a history of mental illness. Plus, Pakistani journalist Madiha Tahir joins us to discuss US-Pakistan politics, drone, and the recent stoning of a pregnant woman that has drawn world attention. …
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A new book by Brigid Schulte called Overwhelmed: Work, Love and Play When No One Has The Time takes a critical look at the mounting time pressures we feel in our daily lives. Part autobiographical, part sociological analysis, Schulte, a mother of two and an award winning journalist for the Washington Post, part of a team that won the Pulitzer, lays out the case for why we need to slow down as a society.
Uprising’s guest expert Arun Gupta, Independent Journalist and regular contributor to the Guardian, In These Times, The Progressive, and Truthout, and co-founder of the Occupied Wall Street Journal and the Indypendent, analyzes today’s news headlines:
The California State Senate this week failed to pass a bill calling for a moratorium on the controversial practice of “fracking” or hydraulic fracturing. It was the second year in a row that a handful of Democrats joined Republicans to defeat a fracking moratorium. The bill, which failed by 3 votes, was introduced …
A recent study from Penn State University measured levels of the stress hormone Cortisol and found that women experience much lower levels of stress at work rather than at home. While the research may not come as a surprise to many women who are often juggling the myriad demands of their jobs and …
There is little that Maya Angelou did not do in her life. The accomplished poet and writer lived through grinding poverty, sexual abuse, a difficult family life, prostitution, and several marriages. She was a streetcar conductor, a calypso dancer, a stage and film actress, a singer, a film director, a screenplay writer, a …
The Zapatistas were first launched onto the international stage in Chiapas, Mexico on January 1st 1994 and became synonymous with the anti-globalization movement against neo-liberal capitalism. Roberto Flores is a Professor of Chicano Studies at Cal State LA. He spoke with Uprising host Sonali Kolhatkar on May 29, 2014 about recent paramilitary attacks against the Zapatistas.
