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GUEST: Michael Steinberg, Radiation Oncologist at Daniel Freeman Hospital

After the high-profile closure of King-Harbor Hospital (formerly known as King-Drew) yet another hospital in South Los Angeles is being shut down. This time it’s Daniel Freeman hospital, part of the Centinela Freeman Health System. Freeman, which would be the third hospital to close 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 commentary is on Venezuela’s Economy.

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GUEST: Bruce Dixon, Managing Editor of the Black Agenda Report

Ahead of the primary elections, Senator Barack Obama and international television celebrity Oprah Winfrey toured three key states this past weekend. The two spoke before crowds of tens of thousands of Obama supporters in New Hampshire, Iowa, and South Carolina. In an unprecedented political …

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GUEST: Annie Smith, Executive Director of Families United for Prison Reform

California voters could face two ballot prison reform measures next Fall. The Sentencing and Parole Reform initiative includes provisions that would repeal the “Three Strikes” law. And the Prisoner Rights initiative would, among other things, amend California’s penal code to expand prisoners’ …

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GUEST: Margaret Huang, Director of the US Program, Global Rights

Coinciding with International Human Rights Day, a coalition of more than 250 social justice organizations released a shadow report on discrimination in the United States. Prepared by the activist umbrella group, U.S. Human Rights Network, the study is intended to be a rebuttal to a …

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GUEST: George Monbiot, columnist for the Guardian newspaper and author of Heat: How to Stop the Planet from Burning

About ten thousand delegates from more than 180 nations are meeting in Bali to attempt to extend the Kyoto Protocol Global Warming Pact beyond 2012. Opposition from the United States, Canada, and Japan is …

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GUEST: Jeremy Woodrum, Director of the US Campaign for Burma

A report issued today by the UN’s Human Rights Council on recent violence in Burma estimates 31 people were killed and 74 forcibly disappeared, with up to 4,000 arrested and 1,000 still detained. Earlier this year in September, images of soldiers in Burma …

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GUEST: Alexandra Russell, Program Director of Free Press

Last week, the Tribune Company media group filed in federal court to challenge a media ownership decision by the Federal Communications Commission. Tribune was granted a permanent waiver on cross-ownership restrictions by the FCC in Chicago, but received temporary waivers in other major cities. …

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… about Women’s Voting Rights in Wyoming

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