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GUEST: Fatima Gross Graves, Senior Counsel for Education and Employment at the National Women’s Law Center

Yesterday, April 22nd, was Equal Pay Day, marking the date in the year when the average American woman has earned as much income during the past 16 months as the average American man did during the previous year. Fittingly, …

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GUEST: Antonia Darder, Puerto Rican intellectual, author, and radical educator

The Association for Raza Educators recently held its second annual “Struggle for social justice in education” conference in San Diego. The day long event, which took place at Lincoln High School, featured various speakers and workshops centered on critical education in the classroom. Among the …

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GUEST: Maria, immigrant mother facing deportation, Xiomara Corpeno (CHIRLA), Spanish-English translator

This February 7th, a woman named Maria was one of 138 immigrant workers detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement during a raid at Global Micro Solutions in Torrance. Maria was immediately put into deportation proceedings despite having lived and worked in the US …

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GUEST: Michael Fox, FSRN Correspondent in Paraguay

Former Roman Catholic bishop, Fernando Lugo, won the presidential elections in Paraguay, ending 62 years of rule by the Colorado Party. Lugo, whose party, the Patriotic Alliance for Change, is the second largest in the country, has pledged to tackle the country’s crippling poverty. He is being …

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GUESTS: Gustavo Arellano, Staff Writer with the OC Weekly, Author of “Ask a Mexican,” available in paperback today, Rusty Kennedy, Executive Director, Orange County Human Relations Commission

Last week, residents of Fullerton, Orange County spoke in defense of a series of Chicano murals targeted for removal by one of the city’s council members. Shawn …

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GUEST: Mumia Abu Jamal, political prisoner and award winning journalist

Mumia Abu Jamal is an award winning journalist and political prisoner. Today’s commentary is on the Primary Elections in Pennsylvania.

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GUEST: Robert Borosage, Co-Director of Campaign for America’s Future

A comment made by presidential candidate Barack Obama at a fundraiser in San Francisco, has apparently eroded his support among rural white voters in Pennsylvania. Obama said that small-town Americans were driven to guns and religion over frustration with the government. Voters in the populous north-eastern …

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GUESTS: Jessica Salcedo, 14 year old whose mother was picked up in a recent ICE raid, Xiomara Corpeno, Director of organizing at CHIRLA

Last week, federal agents with Immigration and Customs Enforcement conducted a series of immigration raids at workplaces in five states, including the nation’s largest poultry producer. The Texas based Pilgrim’s Pride …

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GUESTS: Canek Pena Vargas, co-editor of Speed of Dreams, which will be presented at Barrio Bookfest, Araceli Aca, student organizer at Santee High School

Coinciding with the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, the Raza Press and Media Association is presenting Barrio Bookfest 2008. The weekend’s event seeks to network authors, media workers, and artists …

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