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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 called “The MLK Test.” Visit www.blackagendareport.com for more information. …

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… about The Murder of Mangas Coloradas

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GUEST: Jane Rhodes, Dean for the Study of Race and Ethnicity and the Chair of the American Studies Department at Macalester College

When the Black Panther Party first emerged in 1966 in Oakland, California, few people, including its founders, imagined the impact the party would have nationally and internationally. Boldly demanding freedom and …

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GUEST: Dean Baker, Co-Director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research

According to the latest figures from the Department of Labor, the U.S. economy is experiencing the highest rates of inflation in seventeen years. Consumers have acutely felt the effects at the gas pump and the check-out line. The costs of energy and food …

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GUEST: Kim Alexander, Founder and President of California Voter Foundation

This February, aside from picking their favorite Presidential nominee, California voters will get to vote on seven state-wide ballot measures. This election’s set of measures is significantly simpler than recent ones, and features propositions on motor vehicle fuel sales and taxes, state funding for school …

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… about the purchase of the Virgin Islands

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GUEST: Mariam Rawi, member of the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA)

A suicide bomber blew himself up at a luxury hotel in Kabul earlier this week, killing at least 2 people and wounding several others. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack and warned of more attacks targeting foreigners. Last week US Defense …

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GUEST: Lori Lipman Brown, Director of the Secular Coalition for America

Congress could consider a bill to institute American Religious History Week as early as next week. House resolution 888 was introduced by Representative J. Randy Forbes, the founder of the Congressional Prayer Caucus. According to Forbes, the annual week would be an important counter …

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GUESTS: Charles Burnett and Judith Scott, Directors, Joanne Morris, Writer and producer, Haaz Sleiman, actor

As we approach the Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday next Monday, a new stage project will commemorate the legacy of the legendary civil right leader. Directed by award-winning filmmaker Charles Burnett “Courage: The Content of Their Character,” is a multimedia trilogy …

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… about the first coffee shop opening up in Mexico

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