-Key election today in Massachusetts for Ted Kennedy's seat that could derail the health care reform bill in Congress. We'll talk to Dennis Hale, Associate Professor Political Science Boston College and Leigh Ann Caldwell, Capitol Hill correspondent w/ FSRN. -Analysis of international rescue response with Haiti with Hilda Orapeza, Director of Community Partnerships and Michael … Continued
-Will reconstruction aid to Haiti be in the interests of Haitians ordonors? We'll speak to Melinda St Louis, Deputy Director of JubileeUSA Network. -While the Labor Department reported that last month the unemploymentrate remained steady at 10%. However, what was under reported wasthat for blacks and latinos the unemployment rate increased while itdropped for whites. … Continued
-Review of this week's first round of public hearing from theFinancial Crisis Inquiry Commission with Robert Johnson, former ChiefEconomist with the Senate Banking Committee. -Immigrant rights activists push the Obama administration to grantundocumented Haitian immigrants w/ Marjorie Valbrun of America'sVoice. -Tom Ammiano, CA state legislator, who made history this week when hisbill to legalize marijuana … Continued
-Pres Obama announces bank tax to repay TARP funds. We get analysisfrom Tyson Slocum of Public Citizen. -Debate on whether progressives should support progressive Democratsor leave the party with Rosa Clemente, former VP Candidate with theGreen Party, and Darcy Burner of The American Progressive CaucusPolicy Foundation. -The importance of Haitian history on the Western Hemisphere … Continued
-Democratic Representative Maxine Waters on the aftermath and US government response to the 7.0 earthquake in Haiti. -Special coverage of the 1st public hearing of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission. Guests: Jane Darista, Committee for Economists and Analysts for Finacial Reform. Lawrence Mitchell, author and Prof. of Business Law at George Washington University. Sarah Anderson … Continued
Former CIA Deputy Director John McLaughlin, who helped present the faulty evidence of Iraq's WMD's is named to investigate intelligence failures over the X-mas unsuccessful airline bombing attack. We speak to former CIA analyst Mel Goodman. We’ll get analysis of what the same gander marriage case in CA could mean for the meaning of the … Continued
Discussion on the political landscape 2010 with Bruce Cain, Heller Professor of Political Science at UC Berkeley and Director of the Institute of Governmental Studies & Carolyn Lochhead, San Francisco Chronicle Washington Correspondent. Conversation with former Palestinian Parliamentary member and Presidential candidate Mustafa Barghouti as we begin a new series that asks if there are … Continued
2 Perspectives on the Obama administration's response to security threats with Chris Calabrese of the ACLU and Kate Martin of the Center for National Security. Analysis of new unemployment numbers with labor economist Sylvia Allegretto of UC Berkeley. Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett: The Spirit Level: Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger.
-The state of the US intelligence community 2 weeks after the failed attack on an airliner with former CIA analyst Ray McGovern. -Special report on Mexico's drug wars with David Luhnow of the Wall St Journal and Jorge Casteneda, former Mexican Foreign Minister.
