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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 Reverend Yearwood. Visit www.blackagendareport.com for more information. …

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… about The Battle of Liberty Place.

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GUESTS: Jordan Flaherty, editor of Left Turn Magazine, Reverend Brian Moran, Pastor at the Antioch Baptist Church

Earlier this week, Robert Bailey Jr. pleaded not guilty to reduced charges in the case of the “Jena Six.” Bailey was one of five teens originally charged as an adult with attempted murder following an alleged altercation with a white …

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GUEST: Chip Smith, anti-racist activist and author of “The Cost of Privilege: Taking on the System of White Supremacy and Racism”

“The Cost of Privilege: Taking on the System of White Supremacy and Racism,” is a new book from anti-racist activist Chip Smith. By examining the genesis of white supremacy in the United States, Smith analyses how …

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… about Margaret Chase Smith.

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GUEST: Sylvia Mendez, daughter of Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez, integrated a former “White School” in Orange County as a young girl

In the fall of 1944, Gonzalo Mendez and his sister Sally Vidaurri attempted to enroll their Latino children in Westminster Elementary School in Orange County. Gonzalo Mendez, who himself had attended Westminster as a young child, …

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GUEST: Norman Solomon, author of Made Love, Got War: Close Encounters with America’s Warfare State

Army Gen. David H. Petraeus with Ambassador Crocker told Congress yesterday that the deployment of 30,000 more troops to Iraq has made enough progress that the additional combat forces can be pulled out by next summer. Petraeus, however, cautioned against “rushing …

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GUEST: Dr. Nazir Khaja, Assistant Professor of Medicine, UCLA, Chairman, Islamic Information Service, USA,

Yesterday, former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif returned to his homeland only to be immediately charged with corruption and deported to Saudi Arabia. In exile since a 1999 coup by current President Pervez Musharraf ousted his elected government, Sharif returned in the hopes …

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GUEST: Eric Lotke, author of the report, “Chasing the Dream,” and research director at the Campaign for America’s Future.

As college students return to class this fall, the Senate recently approved a student aid bill aimed at financially assisting low-income and middle class students. Passed by an overwhelming majority in both the house and the Senate, the …

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… about The Mountain Meadows Massacre.

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