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JoAnn Wypijewski, Louisiana's Methadone, the Houma Nation and Amazon Empire
July 12, 2010
November elections are coming up and democrats around the country are starting to wonder if they can hold onto the House. Author and Nation contributor JoAnn Wypijewski joins us in the studio to describe her on the ground tour of the United States – talking to people, and figuring out the political fabric at stake. Even Louisiana’s greenest are against a moratorium on offshore drilling. This seems absurd considering the seemingly irreversible devastation that BP’s carelessness has inflicted on the land, but the Nation’s Environmental Correspondent Mark Hertsgaard claims that oil to Louisiana is heroin to an addict. Since its launch 15 years ago Amazon has grown to be, by some measure, the largest bookseller in the world. According to its founder Jeff Bezos, this ascent has been achieved by giving customers what they want: convenience, wide choice and low, low prices.
Colin Robinson: Amazon Books and Intellectual Compromise
July 12, 2010
Since its launch 15 years ago Amazon has grown to be, by some measure, the largest bookseller in the world. According to its founder Jeff Bezos, this ascent has been achieved by giving customers what they want: convenience, wide choice and low, low prices. Of course everyone likes the availability of two million books on the site. And who could complain about discounts of 50% or more on bestsellers? But look beneath the surface and a less rosy picture emerges. It turns out that the way Amazon does business can be seriously damaging for the health of publishers, authors and, yes, those beloved customers too.
Joy Harjo, Developing Haiti, and a Muted Media
May 21, 2010
Poet, musician, playwright, and artist Joy Harjo is a member of the Muscogee Nation, and her art has always served to reconnect her audiences with Native issues and themes. From the soybean plantations of Brazil to the tin mines of Bolivia, Latin America has experienced 500 years of several angles of exploitation and repression. Yet, Latin America is at a turning point where a series of socialist leaders have come to power. We continued our conversation with Ray Laforest concerning global redevelopment projects in Haiti. On Sunday, seven-year old Aiyana Jones was shot and killed during a failed murder investigation. What happens when the police accidently shoot and kill a seven-year old black girl and the media reaction is muted?
Dick Reavis: The Secret World Of Day Laborers
March 24, 2010
"I was a philosophy major, so I did day labor," jokes veteran journalist and professor Dick Reavis. But he didn't expect to have to go back to day labor at retirement age. But his pension didn't cover costs, so he went back to work, taking a reporter's skills and turning his experience into a book.
Back to Work, Jesse Jackson and Day Labor
March 23, 2010
Amidst all the hullabaloo over the health care bill in the past week, President Obama quietly signed the Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act, otherwise known as the HIRE Act or the jobs bill. But is the bill, mostly a collection of temporary corporate tax breaks, really going to put people to work--or will it bypass those most in need, often communities of color and urban residents?
Uprising in Iran, Comedy and News, and Gaza
January 4, 2010
The triumphant stories about how Twitter was going to save Iran may have died down a little, but the resistance in Iran is growing and swelling. Protest on the Shia festival day of Ashura, December 27, resulted in the most violent crackdown since June and the death of opposition presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi's nephew.
The F Word: Dubai's Tower of Debt
January 4, 2010
New year, new symbol? The Burj Dubai fits. The 1 billion-pound building unveiled in downtown Dubai this week is the world's new tallest tower. More than half a mile high, more than two Empire State buildings tall, the Dubai tower boasts 169 stories, the world's highest swimming pool, the world's highest place of worship, and the world's tallest mountain of denial.
Household Economics
June 11, 2008
For some, they are simply "the help." And while they are intimately in our lives, they are overlooked, exploited and sometimes even physically abused. Domestic workers fight for a labor bill of rights, a discussion with Marisa Franco, Senior Organizer with Domestic Workers United, Marilyn Alcindore, an elder caregiver and nanny who now serves on the steering committee of Domestic Workers United, Deirdre Schifeling, co-director of The Center for Working Families, and Dara Silverman director of Jews for Racial and Economic Justice.

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