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The Prison Crisis
August 11, 2009The United States has the highest incarceration rate of any industrialized nation. In the face of an unprecedented economic crisis, some states are beginning to consider reducing their prison populations. But other states are looking to do just the opposite in an effort to create jobs. Today,David Fathi Director of Human Rights Watch’s US Program, Glenn E.A Single Payer Possibility
August 6, 2009We've all heard the story about Medicare. That once upon a time, about 40 years ago, it was an idea that had very little support and that many said would never succeed. Well, it did and many are saying it should serve as a model for a single payer healthcare system.Summer Swiftboaters: The Healthcare Battle Heats Up
August 6, 2009U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders and political consultant Karen Finney discuss healthcare reform and Washington politics. As members of congress head home for the summer, are the astroturf tactics of the opposition working? And what can single payer advocates do to fight for healthcare reform in August? Finney says that this may be the single best opportunity for real reform and that what happens over the next month will be decisive.Four Years After Katrina: Housing Rights in New Orleans
August 5, 2009Post-Katrina New Orleans has seen a steep rise in its homeless population, the demolition of public housing, and one of the highest foreclosure rates in the country. Does New Orleans reflect what's happening in the rest of the country? Tiffany Gardner, Human Right to Housing Director at theNational Economic and Social Rights Initiative, Sam Jackson of Mayday New Orleans, and Leilani Farha, co-leader of the International Advisory Group on Forced Evictions on the housing crisis in New Orleans.A Media Blackout in Honduras
August 5, 2009News from Honduras has been in short supply even though the standoff between ousted leader Manuel Zelaya and Roberto Micheletti continues. July 30 marked one of the bloodiest days since the military coup and efforts to achieve some kind of power sharing agreement between the two parties and ensure Zelaya’s return have failed.Abortion Providers Face Uncertain Future
August 4, 2009Just one month after the death of Dr. George Tiller the Center for Reproductive Rights released a chilling report that shows abortion providers and their clinics are under siege. A four-month investigation in six states revealed that death threats, break ins, and assaults continue to impede women’s access to clinics. Rather than use Tiller’s death to make the case that doctors and their patients should be protected, the federal government hasWho Do The Blue Dogs Really Represent in the Healthcare Reform Debate?
July 30, 2009What stands in the way of reasonable, common sense healthcare reform? Rep. Maxine Waters says that liberal democrats who support single payer have already compromised by agreeing to a public option. But even that now seems in peril, thwarted by Blue Dog Democrats and Republicans who seem to be going to bat for the insurance industry.A Recipe For Disaster: Industrial Agriculture, Swine Flu, and Global Warming
July 29, 2009“A threat of unknown magnitude,” some have called it. The LA Times writes that it could kill hundreds over the next two years. What is it? Swine flu. How did we get here and what are the connections between industrial agriculture, global warming, and what many think could be a deadly flu epidemic?Henry Louis Gates's Arrest: A Teachable Moment?
July 28, 2009There’s been an endless cycle of commentary on the Henry Louis Gates affair since the Harvard Professor was arrested in his home and President Obama made the off script remark that the Cambridge police had “acted stupidly.” Both men are now saying it is time to move on and that what happened was a teachable moment.Hermetic Closure and Collective Punishment in Gaza
July 23, 2009Efforts to deliver aid and medical supplies to the people of Gaza have become increasingly difficult. On June 30, a vessel carrying humanitarian aid was turned away by Israeli gunships and the activists were arrested and held for seven days before being deported. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency has been on the ground providing aid to the people of Gaza for 60 years.
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