The Morning Show – March 14, 2006
Kenji Yoshino author of "Covering: The Hidden Assault on Our Civil Rights"
Kenji Yoshino author of "Covering: The Hidden Assault on Our Civil Rights"
The House lowers standards for food labeling, with the passage of the National Uniformity for Food Act -with Will Rostov, Senior Attorney with the Center for Food Safety, and Emily Clayton, Public Health Advocate for Cal Pirg, www.calpirg.org Liquor Store closings in Berkeley – Ed Kikumoto, Community Organizer with Berkeley’s Alcohol Policy Network – Ralph … Continued
Students win suit over UC fee hikes Danielle Lenard (Counsel for the Plaintiff) Tanya Schevitz (Chronicle Staff Writer) Mohammed Kashmiri (Student who initiated law suit at Boalt) Felice Yeskel co-author (with Chuck Collins) of "Economic Apartheid in America: A Primer on Economic Inequality and Insecurity" – workshop 3/11 & 12 10 AM 6 PM … Continued
Breaking Rank, Women of Color Soldiers Speak Out — International Women’s Day Event Aimee Alison, Gulf War I Veteran and running for Oakland City Council Tina Garnanez, Iraq War Veteran Christine Ahn, Director of Peace and International Solidarity Program for the Women of Color Resource Center EVENT: Wed 3/8 @ 6:30-9pm Unitarian Church of Oakland … Continued
How Feasible Is Impeachment? Matthew Rothchild, editor of the Progressive Magazine Nukes for India But Not Pakistan: Amit Pal, Managing Editor of the Progressive Magazine Dr. Arjun Makijani, President of the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research Kristen Henderson, author of "While They’re at War: The True Story of American Families on the Homefront" Anya … Continued
Removal of Declassified Documents from the National Archive Anna Nelson, Professor of History at American University The Patriot Act passes in the Senate Caroline Fredrickson, Director of the Washington Legislative office of the ACLU Nic Dunlop, author of "The Lost Executioner: A Journey to the Heart of the Killing Fields" WI-FI in San Francisco and … Continued
Jane Midgley author of "Women and the U.S. Budget: Where the Money Goes and Why" http://www.womenandtheusbudget.com The Internet a look back at its short/fast history Paulina Borsook, the author of "Cyberselfish"and the novella ‘love over the wires’, R.U. Sirius, Former Editor-in-chief of the first popular digital culture magazine, Mondo 2000 (in the early 90s). Author … Continued
7:08 Three Versions of Immigration Reform Up for Debate: Mariana Bustamante, Public Education Coordinator Of the National ACLU Immigrants’ Rights Project, Catherine Tactaquin, Director and one of the founders of the National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights 7:34 How and internal effort to ban the abuse and torture of detainees was thwarted and an … Continued
The Day After Fat Tuesday (Ash Wednesday) Malik Rahim, co-founder of Common Ground Collective Distribution Center www.commongroundrelief.org JUDITH BROWNE— The Advancement Project www.advancementproject.org/index.html David Bacon on Labor Benessoit Duclos, President of the General Union of Haitian Transportation Workers (CD) Criminal Justice in California – Abby Ginzberg, filmmaker of "Soul of Justice: Thelton Henderson’s American Journey" … Continued