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Dueling protests in the streets of Egypt as the country barrels toward a referendum on a new constituion. Cairo-based journalist Ahmad Shokr joins us live. Then: Fracking comes to California. The Bureau of Land Management has just auctioned off drilling rights to 18,000 acres in the nation’s largest shale-oil formation. We talk to the agency … Continued
One of the most union-dense states in the country has signed into law so-called “right to work” legislation that make it harder for unions to collect dues. So, what happened? We talk to union activists in Michigan, and Jane Slaughter of Labor Notes. Then: a federal judge has just signed off on an agreement that will … Continued
With Host Brian Edwards Tiekert
Trans Pacific Partnership agreement; Ben Beachy,Research Director with Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch Have You Seen Marie? ; Sandra Cisneros , trail-blazing Chicana author who launched her career with The House on Mango Street has a new illustrated book out called Have you seen Marie?
