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GUEST: Gene Robinson, first openly gay Anglican bishop, author of “In the Eye of the Storm: Swept to the Center by God”

The International Anglican Communion may be heading for a deep split over homosexuality within the church. On July 16th, bishops of the international Anglican Communion will gather for their once-a-decade Lambeth Conference …

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… about the Russell-Einstein Manifesto

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GUEST: Derrick Jensen, author of several books including “Welcome to the Machine: Science, Surveillance and the Culture of Control”

Returning from the July 4th holiday recess, members of the US Senate are expected to vote tomorrow on the new Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act or FISA. The controversial wiretapping bill passed through the House of Representatives last …

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GUEST: Andrew Imparato, President and CEO of American Association of People with Disabilities, the largest national nonprofit cross-disability member organization in the United States

The House of Representatives recently overwhelmingly passed an amendment expanding the 1990 Americans With Disabilities Act. Businesses partnered with disability rights organizations in writing the compromise bill which now heads to …

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GUEST: Jonathan Mooney, author of The Short Bus: A Journey Beyond Normal

In 2003, Jonathan Mooney set off on a 35,000 mile journey across the United States to meet more than a dozen people who have been diagnosed as disabled or different, with conditions ranging from dyslexia to Down’s Syndrome. The journey …

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… about the Olive Branch Petition

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GUEST: Mark Weisbrot, Co-Director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, and president of the group, Just Foreign Policy

In a dramatic and bloodless rescue operation last week, Colombian president Alvaro Uribe orchestrated the release of Ingrid Betancourt, after 6 years in captivity. Betancourt was kidnapped by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, …

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GUEST: Peter Morici, professor at the University of Maryland School of Business and former Chief Economist at the U.S. International Trade Commission

The Department of Labor revealed last Thursday that the U.S. economy lost jobs for the sixth straight month in a row. The newly released government data showed that 62,000 jobs were lost in …

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GUEST: Lucia Bruno, Communications Director for Pastors for Peace

The 19th Pastors for Peace US-Cuba Friendship Caravan arrived in Havana over the weekend challenging the decades-long embargo on unlicensed trade and aid to the communist island. The delegation of more than a hundred pastors are delivering a hundred tons of donated humanitarian aid …

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GUEST: Rahul Mahajan, author of Full Spectrum Dominance and The New Crusade

Empire Notes are weekly commentaries filed by Rahul Mahajan, author of Full Spectrum Dominance and The New Crusade. Today’s commentary is about Iran.

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