“We all should know that diversity makes for a rich tapestry, and we must understand that all the threads of the tapestry are equal in value no matter what their color.” — Maya Angelou …

We’ll analyze the Chilean government’s response to the recent earthquake in context of the shifting political landscape. And Rosamaria Segura joins us in studio to discuss her new book, Central Americans in Los Angeles. Plus, on the 16th anniversary of the California Three Strikes law, inmates at Soledad prison allegedly go on hunger strike in protest. …

“Economy is the method by which we prepare today to afford the improvements of tomorrow.” — Calvin Coolidge …

“No one has a right to sit down and feel hopeless. There’s too much work to do.” — Dorothy Day …

“The fastest way to change society is to mobilize the women of world.” — Charles Malik …

“I ask no favors for my sex …. All I ask of our brethren is that they will take their feet from off our necks.” — Sarah Moore Grimké …

“I don’t believe in charity. I believe in solidarity. Charity is vertical, so it’s humiliating. It goes from the top to the bottom. Solidarity is horizontal. It respects the other and learns from the other.” – Eduardo Galeano …

“A book is the only place in which you can examine a fragile thought without breaking it, or explore an explosive idea without fear it will go off in your face. It is one of the few havens remaining where a man’s mind can get both provocation and privacy.” — Edward P Morgan …

“Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future and renders the present inaccessible.” — Maya Angelou …

“Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world’s ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all.” — John W Gardner …