Letters to Washington
Letters to Washington – September 15, 2010
William Hartung, weapons expert with New America Foundation, on US Arms deal with Saudi Arabia. Bob Benenson of Congressional Quarterly on the primary elections. Philip Dray, author of There Is Power In A Union.
Letters to Washington – September 13, 2010
-Leigh Ann Caldwell of Free Speech Radio News takes a look at the week ahead on Capitol Hill. -David Lightman of the McCLatchy Newspapers on how the midterm election will effect the remaining work days in Congress and vice versa. -Miguel Tinker Salas, professor of Latin American history at Pomona College, talks about the drug … Continued
Letters to Washington – September 10, 2010
Excerpts from President Obama’s press conference and reaction.
Letters to Washington – September 9, 2010
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the government may sneak on to your property and place a GPS device on your car to conduct survellience without a warrant. The case could go to the Supreme Court as the country grapples with civil liberties and technology. Today we’ll be in conversation about it with … Continued
Letters to Washington – September 8, 2010
As President Obama continues stumping for his economic proposals announced this week, we’ll be in conversation with renown radical economist Richard Wolff, professor emeritus at the University of Massachusetts.. We’ll talk about the fight for the economy here at home and the fight in Europe as millions of people took to the streets in France … Continued
Letters to Washington – September 3, 2010
-Daniel Levy, former mid-east peace negotiator, recaps this week’s talks between Abbas and Netanyahu. -Labor Economist Sylvia Allegretto on the new unemployment data. -Journalist Aaron Glantz reflects on the end of Operation Iraqi Freedom.