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GUEST: John Elder, teaches English and Environmental Studies at Middlebury College, contributer to Courage for the Earth

This year’s Earth Day, April 22nd, is the 100th birthday of Rachel Carson, the person who is credited with launching the modern environmental movement as we know it in the United States. Carson’s book, Silent Spring, first …

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GUESTS: Joaquin Cienfuegos, Copwatch LA and Revolutionary Autonomous Communities, Ramon Medina, former President of the Maywood Police Commission

The City of Maywood’s police department has come under increasing criticism in recent months. Community members and organizations, such as Padres Unidos de Maywood, have accused the department of corruption, brutality and abuse. A …

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GUEST: Michael Eric Dyson, author of “Debating Race”

According to Cornel West, author of Race Matters and Democracy Matters, “Michael Eric Dyson is the most courageous and visionary public intellectual on the scene today. He exemplifies a profound commitment to social justice and a genuine love of black people, especially poor black people. In short, he is a rare kind …

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… about Columbus and the Capitulations of Santa Fe .

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GUEST: Mark Weisbrot, Co-Director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research

Argentine president Nestor Kirchner recently had strong words of advice for International Monetary Fund Managing Director Rodrigo Rato in response to his criticisms of Argentina’s economic policies. During a campaign stop, President Kirchner told Rato, “Spend your time talking to others, because …

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GUEST: Richard Mollica, Director of the Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma at Massachusetts General Hospital, Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, author of “Healing Invisible Wounds: Paths to Hope and Recovery in a Violent World

Several Democratic presidential candidates met with a dozen retired generals and admirals this weekend in a closed-door debate …

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GUEST: Seth Kilbourn, Policy Director of Equality California

California Assembly man Mark Leno, a Democrat from San Francisco, is celebrating a victory these days. His attempt to legalize same-sex marriage cleared the Assembly Judiciary Committee last week. The bill will next be heard by the Appropriations committee, which is chaired by Leno. But the …

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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’s commentary is on Imus and the Politics of Racial Backlash

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… about MLK’s Letter from the Birmingham City Jail .

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