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The 14th Amendment

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A wide-ranging discussion on the history, understanding, and application of the 14th Amendment, which grants citizenship to “all persons born or naturalized in the United States.” In addition, it forbids states from denying any person “life, liberty or property, without due process of law” or to “deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection … Continued

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Presidential Time Machine: Rick Perlstein on the Rise of Reagan

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We spend the hour with Rick Perlstein, who has devoted three sweeping books to chronicling the rise of the right in American politics. The first, Before The Storm, covers Barry Goldwater, the insurgent Republican primary candidate who galvanized a generation of movement conservatives. The second, Nixonland, covers the president who looked like he would be … Continued

La Raza Chronicles

La Raza Chronicles – August 25, 2015

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Tonight we hear the thoughts, politics, and songs of San Francisco mayoral candidate, Francisco Herrera speaking about the “Francisco for Mayor” campaign; Salazar, of Chicanas for Third World Liberation Day, discusses the upcoming historic celebration of the Chicano Moratorium against the Vietnam War and how now, 44 years later, we are fighting a war at … Continued

Letters and Politics

China’s Economy

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With Robert Pollin, American economist, professor of economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and founding co-director of its Political Economy Research Institute. And Gerard Roland, Belgian economist, and a professor of economics and political science at the University of California, Berkeley, on China’s transition to state capitalism from communism.