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GUEST: Eileen Applebaum, labor economist at Rutgers University

More news of the weakening U.S. economy surfaced yesterday as reports indicated slumping factory production and rising unemployment claims. According to new data, factory activity in the Mid-Atlantic region of the U.S. economy has continued to shrink for the fourth consecutive month. This has been the worst …

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GUEST: Ladd Everitt, Director of Communications at the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence

This week, the US Supreme Court heard arguments in a case involving gun control. The highest court in the nation, which has stayed out of the controversial issue for decades, will be ruling on the Second Amendment for the first time since …

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… about the death of Pocahantas

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GUEST: Phyllis Bennis, Middle East analyst for Foreign Policy In Focus, a senior analyst at the Institute for Policy Studies

Speaking on the fifth anniversary of the Iraq war, President Bush yesterday defended US policy saying it had made the US and the world a safer place. He also acknowledged the high cost and …

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GUESTS: Zahir Janmohamed, Advocacy Director for the Middle East and North Africa with Amnesty International; Hicham Hassan spokesperson for the International Committee of the Red Cross, Iraq

As the invasion and occupation of Iraq enters its sixth year, the humanitarian situation remains disastrous. This week the International Committee of the Red Cross and Amnesty International released …

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GUESTS: Linda Krausen (South Pasadena), Ross Plesset (Eagle Rock, Highland), Anime Nelson (Burbank), local activists involved in peace vigils in Southern California

Yesterday hundreds of demonstrations, vigils, and acts of civil disobedience took place across the country to protest the Iraq war. In San Francisco 150 people were arrested for blocking traffic and various other …

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… about the Dutch East India Company

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GUEST: Sudhir Venkatesh, sociology professor, author of “Gang Leader for a Day: A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets”

Cities across the US like Austin, Texas; Seattle, Washington; San Bernadino, California, and Baltimore, Maryland, are grappling with the problems of gang violence. The problem is no longer new. But neither are most solutions being …

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GUEST: Dortell Williams, inmate at Lancaster State Prison

Dortell Williams, an inmate at Lancaster State Prison, filed this commentary called ‘A Generational Memory.’ …

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GUEST: Kevin Gray, civil rights organizer in South Carolina and former president of the ACLU of South Carolina, author of the forthcoming book, “The Decline of Black Politics: From Malcolm X to Barack Obama”

Newly revealed videos of Reverend Jeremiah Wright, Barack Obama’s spiritual mentor, are fodder for a firestorm over racial issues …

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