7:00 Tom DeLay indicted, steps aside as house leader. Larry Bensky, host of "Sunday Salon." 7:30 The Supreme Court. Jamin Raskin, Professor of constitutional law at American University and the author of Overruling Democracy; Bob Van Dyke, professor of political science at Pacific University 8:00 Howl goes golden — the 50th anniversary of the epic … Continued
7:00 The financial circumstances of hurricane survivors, especially in light of the new bankruptcy law. Jeremy Eisler, statewide director of litigation for Legal Services of Mississippi, lost his home near Gulfport and is helping to coordinate relief efforts, including bankruptcy advice, try (228)872-7004 (ask if call waiting), cell (228)697-0395, wife’s cell (228)669-4827. Stephen Elias, co-author … Continued
7:00 Israel and Iraq update. Joel Beinen, Prof. of Middle East History, Stanford University; ChrisToensing, editor of the Middle East Report, Middle East Research and Information Project, www.merip.org. 7:30 No Child Left Behind’s impact on the Bay Area. Ben Visnick, president of the Oakland Education Association oaklandea.org. David Herrera, assistant principal at the Ceasar Chavez … Continued
7:00 The upcoming election. Tim Redmond, Executive Editor of the San Francisco Bay Guardian. 7:30 Gutting the Endangered Species Act, Destroying Our National Parks. Bill Wade, chair of the Coalition of National Park Service Retirees, Brent Plater, staff attorney at the Center for Biological Diversity. 8:00 Film with Reyna Cowan. Arab film festival, particularly The … Continued
7:00 Elections in Afghanistan. Nelofer Pazira, journalist and author of A Bed of Red Flowers: In Search of My Afghanistan; Nazif Shahrani, chair of the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures at Indiana University, author of a number of books and articles about Afghanistan 7:30 Labor with David Bacon: Sutter forces a strike. Sal … Continued
7:00 Eva Golinger, author of The Chavez Code. 7:30 Housing Issues in the Wake of Hurricane Katrina. Bruce Katz, vice president of the Brookings Institution and director of its Metropolitan Policy Program; Sheila Crowley, president of the National Low Income Housing Coalition; John Relman, civil rights attorney specializing housing issues and housing discrimination; Drew Cameron, … Continued
7:00 Disaster un-preparedness. Allison Stein Wellner, author of Mother Jones article: No Exit (www.motherjones.com) [the article details how many people in major cities don’t have cars and how disaster plans often leave out motorless residents]; Dr. Frances Edwards, director of San Jose Office of Emergency Services (www.sanjoseca.gov). 7:30 Juvenile Justice Alternatives. John Hubner, author of … Continued
7:00 Censorship in disaster areas and the Astrodome. Renee Phelps, KPFT News Director; Hannah Sasaman, organizer at the Prometheus Radio Project; Greg Leslie, legal defense director for Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press. 7:30 Waking up to the tragedy of the Gulf Coast: a Buddhist perspective. Angel Kyodo Williams, head of the New Dharma … Continued
