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GUEST: Timothy Karr, Campaign Director with Free Press

Last week, a Senate chairman had strong disagreements with the Federal Trade Commission over the ongoing issue of net neutrality. Democratic North Dakota Senator Byron Dorgan advocated for the continuance of net neutrality with his net-neutrality bill before the commerce committee, while the Federal Trade Commission chairwoman Deborah …

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GUEST: Nick Bicnanic, Director of Shadow Company

Yesterday, Iraq’s Interior Ministry announced that had canceled the license of Blackwater USA accusing the private security firm of killing eight civilians. The charge stems from a shooting incident this past Sunday in Baghdad involving a U.S. State Department motorcade protected by the controversial firm. Iraqi Interior Ministry spokesperson Abdul-Karim …

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GUEST: Alicia Kozameh, former Argentine political prisoner, author of “259 Leaps, the Last Immortal

A novel without chapters, “259 Leaps, the Last Immortal,” by Argentine author Alicia Kozameh, seeks to give voice to the experience of political exile. Through the fictionalized voice of Sara, the novel journeys through the labyrinth of the author’s political exile. Alicia Kozameh …

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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 Alan Greenspan.

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… about Booker T. Washington’s Atlanta Compromise.

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A Story of Struggle and Hope in Compton
GUEST: Sarah Sentilles, author of “Taught by America: A Story of Struggle and Hope in Compton”

We spend the hour today speaking with Sarah Sentilles, who wrote down her memoirs of two years in Compton, Southern California. She was teaching elementary school there. After graduating from Yale University, Sarah joined a program called Teach for America and was …

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… about The Treaty of Fort Pitt.

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GUESTS: Martha Ugarte, David Villalobos, Southern California organizers with TRIGA

On Monday of this week 158 immigrant advocacy groups launched a nationwide boycott against the Colorado-based Western Union. The boycott comes on the heels of a year long negotiation with the agency to lower their fees and reinvest in their immigrant communities. Key to this boycott is …

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GUEST: Anita Roddick courtesy of the Pacifica Radio Archives

Anita Roddick, founder of The Body Shop, died late Monday evening at the age of 64 after suffering a brain hemorrhage. Born as a daughter of working class immigrants in England, Roddick became well known as a pioneer of ethical and green consumerism. Opened as a single store …

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GUEST: Marisela Norte, exhibiting photographer and writer

“Sociedad Anonima,” or Anonymous Society, is a new exhibition featuring the writings and photographs of Marisela Norte. Conceptually curated by Diane Gamboa, the exhibit is based on Norte’s writings and photographs taken whil riding the number 18 bus from East Los Angeles to Downtown. Never seen publicly before, the pictures …

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