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GUEST: Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore, editor of That’s Revolting! Queer Strategies for Resisting Assimilation

The California Secretary of State announced this Monday that an initiative that would once more outlaw same-sex marriage has qualified for this November’s ballot. If passed, the measure would amend the state’s constitution to “provide that only marriage between a man and a …

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… about the Dutch West India Company

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GUEST: Katrina Vanden Heuvel, editor of the Nation Magazine

Yesterday’s primary election in Puerto Rico yielded a solid win for Senator Hillary Clinton who is still hanging on in a bid to become the Democratic Party nominee. Clinton won 68% of the vote to Senator Barack Obama’s 32%. Still, Obama leads Clinton in …

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GUEST: Larry Gross, Executive Director of the Coalition for Economic Survival

As Californians cast their ballots in tomorrow’s statewide election, a new poll predicts the failure of Proposition 98 while noting its rival, Proposition 99, may pass. Released last week, the California Field Poll surveyed 660 likely voters and found that 43% opposed Prop …

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GUESTS: Greta Berlin, one of the founders of the Free Gaza Movement, Omar Offendum, member of the Arab-American hip hop group N.O.M.A.D.S.

International criticism of the Israeli blockade of Gaza continued to mount last week as a former U.S. President and a Nobel Peace Laureate weighed in. In Wales, Jimmy Carter described the blockade, in …

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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 on Democracy in Pakistan.

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… about the Synder Act

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GUEST: Joan Jara, widow of the late Victor Jara, author of the book “An Unfinished Song,” and founder of the Victor Jara Foundation

On Monday, a judge in Chile ordered the arrest of nearly one-hundred former members of the Chilean military and police on charges of “aggravated kidnapping,” in an unprecedented move. Ninety-eight people …

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GUEST: Bill Santiago, stand-up comedian and author of “Pardon My Spanglish ¡Porque! Because! One Man’s Guide to Speaking the Habla”

Stand up comedian Bill Santiago has a new book out called Pardon My Spanglish ¡Porque! Because! One Man’s Guide to Speaking the Habla. The New York based Puerto Rican comic appeared earlier this month …

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GUESTS: Chris Bell, Writer and Director of Bigger, Stronger, Faster, Alex Buono and Tamsin Rawady, writers and producers

Much has been made in recent years about the use of steroids and other performance enhancing drugs by American athletes. Revelations of baseball stars Mark McGwire and Barry Bonds using steroids raised the profile of such drug …

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