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GUEST: Solomon Rivera, Executive Director of Californians for Justice, Long Beach

Californians for Justice are leading a federal suit against the U.S. Government. The lawsuit argues that teachers are not being prepared to comply with the No Child Left Behind Act. Signed by Bush in January 2002, No Child Left Behind focused on standardized testing …

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… aboutThe 24th infantry in Houston, Texas.

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GUEST: Dr. Marcy Newman, Co-founder of the Nahr el Bared Relief Campaign and a Professor of English at Boise State University

This week marks three months since fighting began, fueled by U.S.-made weapons, at the Nahr al-Bared refugee camp in Northern Lebanon. Lebanon houses the largest number of Palestinian refugees as they make up over 10 …

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GUEST:Rick Perlstein, Senior Fellow at the Campaign for America’s Future

Efforts to find six coal miners in Utah were suspended indefinitely as officials cautioned that underground rescue efforts had become too dangerous. Three rescue workers were killed last Thursday when a tunnel they were digging caved in. Bob Murray, co-owner of the Crandall Canyon Mine, told relatives …

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GUESTS: Azibuke Akaba, Technical Consultant for Communities Dealing with Environmental Racism, Zoe Chafe, researcher with World Watch and co-author of the report, “Beyond Disasters:Creating Opportunities for Peace

Hurricane Dean hit landfall yesterday as a category five storm with winds upwards of 165 miles per hour. It has been measured as one of the top 10 Atlantic hurricanes …

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… about Huey P. Newton.

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GUEST: Arnoldo Garcia, Director of the Immigrant Justice and Rights Program at the National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights

Elvira Arellano, an undocumented Mexican woman who sought sanctuary in a Chicago church, was arrested and deported Sunday in Los Angeles. Accompanied by her eight year old US-born son Saul, Arellano had left Chicago to speak on …

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GUEST: Ted Lewis, Director of the Mexico Program for Global Exchange

NAFTA talks will conclude today in a resort 40 miles east of Ottowa, in the Canadian province of Quebec. The talks include the political leaders of Canada, Mexico, and the United States as well as representatives from 10 top corporations from each country. The two-day summit …

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GUESTS:Ra’ed Haddar, Shimon Katz, combatants for peace, Mohyie Hasson, translator

In Gaza, Palestinians are still suffering blackouts after the European Union suspended the financing of fuel deliveries for the impoverished territory’s only power plant. It was the latest blow to hit one of the world’s most overcrowded places as Gaza has been effectively sealed off by …

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… about George Jackson.

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