Behind the News

Behind the News – July 12, 2008

The horrid case of Faharad Hashmi, being held in a federal jail in solitary, facing classified evidence and a 70 year sentence, accused of transferring raingear to someone who gave it to a top Al Qaeda guy: with his lawyer, Sean Maher, his brother Faisal Hashmi, and a former prof at Brooklyn college of his, … Continued


Behind the News

Behind the News – June 7, 2008

David Hobden talks about "food insecurity" and its social and nutritional consequences in the USA. Adolph Reed, poli sci professor at the University of Pennsylvania and Progressive magazine columnist, talks about the political economy of New Orleans, being remade as a "homeowners’ republic." Economics from a Left Perspective with Doug Henwood.