Letters to Washington
Making Contact – Survivors of Solitary Confinement
President Obama recently declared that "we have banned torture without exception." However, some would take exception to this claim. The practice of isolating a person in solitary confinement for extended periods of time causes severe sensory deprivation and has been denounced as torture by the United Nations. But tens of thousands are locked up in … Continued
Letters from Washington: The First 100 Days – February 16, 2009
Pacifica Radio takes a hard look at how the Obama Administration responds to the economic crisis, global warming, wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, health care expansion, civil rights, and the so called "war on terrorism", with host Mitch Jeserich.
Letters from Washington: The first 100 Days – February 9, 2009
With the swearing of Barack Obama as the 44th President, and the beginning of the 111th Session of the US Congress, Pacifica Radio takes a hard look at how the new government responds to the economic crisis, global warming, wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, foreign policy decisions raging from Pakistan to Somalia and Russia to … Continued
Letters from Washington: The first 100 Days – February 2, 2009
With the swearing of Barack Obama as the 44th President, and the beginning of the 111th Session of the US Congress, Pacifica Radio takes a hard look at how the new government responds to the economic crisis, global warming, wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, foreign policy decisions raging from Pakistan to Somalia and Russia to … Continued