Letters and Politics – The War on Poverty & WWI
Stephen Pimpare, author of the book A People’s History of Poverty in America. Sean McMeekin, author of the new book July 1914: Countdown to War.
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Letters & Politics seeks to explore the history behind today’s major global and national news stories. Hosted by Mitch Jeserich.
Stephen Pimpare, author of the book A People’s History of Poverty in America. Sean McMeekin, author of the new book July 1914: Countdown to War.
Daniel Wagner, investigative financial reporter with The Center for Public Integrity. David Graeber.
Sabrina Saddiqui, Capitol Hill Correspondent for the Huffington Post. Ken Jacobs, Chair of UC Berkeley Labor Center. Josh Blackman, author of Unprecedented.
Frederick Taylor The Downfall of Money
Today we’ll be in conversation about all this with Oxford University Internet Ptofessor Viktor Mayer-Schonberger and the Economists’ Kenneth Cukier. They have co-written a book called Big Data. But first we’ll have reaction from President Obama’s adress from last night with Vijay Vijay Prashad <https://www.facebook.com/vijay.prashad.5?directed_target_id=0>, the Edward Said chair at American University in Beirut
Andrew Bacevich, author of “Breach of Trust: How Americans Failed Their Soldiers and Their Country.”
Muhammad Ali, Chaplain Intern, UCSF Medical Center, Resident Aalim, Islamic Center of Zahra, Pleasanton, CA. Hatem Bazian is a lecturer of near eastern studies at UC Berkeley & co-founder of Zaytuna College-the first 4 year liberal arts Muslim college.
House Foreign Affairs Hearing on the Authorization of Use of Military Force on Syria Resolution.
A gavel to gavel coverage of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations hearing on the Authorization of Use of Force on Syria.