Obama's Ultimatum to the Auto Industry with William Gould, Professor of Law, Emeritus at Stanford University –former attorney for United Auto Workers. Then gets updated on a Spanish Prosecutor who may press charges against US Officials for torture with Michael Ratner, President of Center for Constitutional Rights. Next a conversation with Nicole Lee, Silence The … Continued
Morning Show looks at the California Special Election with Paul Hogarth, of Beyond Chron, then we discuss a rise Homelessness in the state, with Joan Burke, Director of Advocacy, Loaves & Fishes, then an edition of Poor News Network and Letters to Washington and a finally we speak with former Surgeon General, Jocelyn Elders.
The Morning Show looks at efforts by Assemblymember Sandre Swanson to strengthen the assault weapons ban in California. Then Supervisor David Chui, President of the SF Board of Supervisors will discuss the budget crisis in the city and plans for the use of stimulus funds. In the second hour Letters to Washington: The First 100 … Continued
The Morning Show examines a new report that states that the California Economy is in a major decline with Steve Levy, director of the Center for the Continuing Study of the California Economy. Then a conversation with Timothy Canova, professor of international economic law, at Chapman University School of Law in Orange, California. About Bailing … Continued
The Morning Show examines the Obama policies on the border with Mexico with Terry Nelson, a veteran law enforcement officer andBruce Mirken, communications director for the Marijuana Policy Project. Then David Bacon, labor correspondent for the Morning Show, talks with visiting Trade Unionists from China. In the second hour Letters to Washington: The First 100 … Continued
On Morning Show John Nichols, The Nation magazine's Washington corespondent assessing Obama's first 3 months in office then we'll speak to former Oakland City Council person Wilson Riles about the implications for the community of the Four Officers Killed on Duty this weekend. Then Letters to Washington: The First 100 Days with Mitch Jeserich, and … Continued
The Morning Show looks at Obama as he taps his on-line base to ask for a pledge of support, then Communications Professor Robert McChesney joins us to look at government funding as a solution to the dire state of journalism, Mitch Jeserich covers Obama and Iran in 'Letters to Washington' and we analyze Representative Ellen … Continued
The Morning Show talks with Martha L. Olney, professor of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley about the decision of the Federal Reserve to inject one trillion dollars into the economy. Then a look at Obama's decision to change the rules on Drug Enforcement for Marijuana. In the second hour another edition of Letters … Continued
The Morning Show acknowledges the 6th Anniversary of the War in Iraq with Protap Chatterjee. Then looks at the Retention Bonuses for Crooks at AIG with Marjorie Kelly, author of “The Devine Right of Capital: Dethroning the Corporate Aristocracy” and co-founder of Corporation 20 20 at the Tellus Institute. In the second hour another edition … Continued
The Morning Show looks into the overthrow of the President of Madagascar. Then a review of Pope Benedict XVI's trip to Africa and the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Then David Bacon on Labor goes to the picket line where workers are protesting UC Berkeley Lay Offs. In the second houranother edition of Letters to Washington: The First … Continued
