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GUEST: Glen Ford is a writer and radio commentator and the Executive Editor of The Black Agenda Report

This week’s commentary is about the Congo. Visit www.blackagendareport.com for more information. …

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… about The Historical Significance of the ‘Dixie’ Song

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Gore Vidal was born on October 3, 1925. He is a prominent social critic, novelist, playwright, and essayist, and an outspoken critic of the American political establishment. John Keates once praised him as “[the twentieth] century’s finest essayist.” He spent many years living abroad, mostly in Italy and has now moved back to Southern California. Yesterday, over a hundred students, …

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… about TV Guide

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GUESTS: Bill Fletcher, Executive Editor of the Black Commentator, co-founder of “Progressives for Obama,” Conor Kenny, Managing Editor of the Congresspedia Wiki, which hosts the Super Delegate Transparency Project

Minnesota’s Amy Klobuchar is the latest US Senator to publicly throw her support behind Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama. Obama now leads Hillary Clinton …

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GUEST: Jonathan Kim, producer for Brave New Films

As the Democratic nomination process continues on longer than anyone expected, the mainstream media coverage, particularly cable TV news, is already tilting in particular directions. The impact of media coverage on an election is undeniable – as we have seen in past elections a sudden emphasis …

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GUESTS: Bilal Mafundi Ali, coordinator of the No On Proposition 98 campaign, Xiomara Corpeno, Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights in LA (CHIRLA)

On June 3rd, Californians will be asked to vote on two propositions, 98 and 99, on the issue of eminent domain. The ballot propositions are competing and the debate between proponents has already heated …

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… about Ponce De Leon

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GUEST: Thomas Norman DeWolf, author of “Inheriting the Trade: A Northern Family Confronts Its Legacy as the Largest Slave-Trading Dynasty in the US”

In the wake of Barack Obama’s Pennsylvania speech about race in America, we have done numerous stories about confronting white privilege on this program. Last week we spoke with …

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GUEST: Darryl Stallworth, former Deputy District Attorney for Alameda County, currently law enforcement outreach coordinator with Death Penalty Focus

Dozens of current and former officials in law enforcement signed a letter recently stating that “California’s death penalty is broken.” The signers to the letter include prosecutors, police officers and corrections officials. Additionally, 17 current and …

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