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National Election Results ; Brian Edwards Tiekert Speaks with Adele Stan, Washington Editor for Alternet.Org, as well as Bill Fletcher, Chairman of The Board of Directors for the International Labor Rights Forum , Executive Editor of The Black Commentator , and Founder of The Center for Labor Renewal , California Political Landscape Post Election ; … Continued
Voting Rights ; Brian Edwards Tiekert Speaks With Aura Bogado , and Brentin Mock Writers with Voting Rights Watch , A Collaboration between The Nation , and Colorlines.com California Races to Watch and Campaign Spending ; Phillip Ung , California Common Cause’s Advocate on $11 Million Dollar Mystery Donation Partially Unveiled Races to Watch- National … Continued
Dark Money rising but not identifying itself;Lisa Gilbert, Director of the Congress Watch Division at Public Citizen Massive influx of Republican money just before election; Paul Jorgensen , assistant professor of political science at University of Texas, Pan American and Non-Resident Fellow at the Edmond J. Safra Center at Harvard. Vote Suppression in Swing States; … Continued
New Unemployment Figures; Doug Henwood, editor of THe Left usiness Observer and host of “ Behind the News speaks with Brian Edwards Tiekert about unemployment, and how the numbers have changed. Private Equity: How it works, Who Gets Rich; Eileen Applebaum speaks with Brian Edwards Tiekert about Private Equity California Commision sues over anonymous donation; … Continued
Presidential Polling, How does it work what do they mean; Henry Brady , Dean and professor at the Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley speaks with Brian Edwards Tiekert about polling, what it is, and what it means.
Hurricane Sandy:Big Storms Need Big Government; Brian Edwards TIekert interviews Christian Parenti , Contributing editor at The Nation Debate on Proposition 35 ; Rosario Dowling , Northern California Director of California Against Slavery and Diana Block , California Coalition for Women Prisoners share their viewpoints on proposition 35 with Brian Edwards Tiekert Who Makes Money … Continued
Understanding “Frankenstorm”; A 14 ft Storm surge hit the East Coast shutting off power, flooding subway tunnels, and even beaching an oil tanker ship. Eugene Cordero , Professor of Meteorology, Climate Change, and Atmospheric Dynamics, at San Jose State University Speaks with Brian Edwards Tiekert about whether or not we can link this storm to … Continued
Supreme Court to Hear Arguments on Warrantless Surveillance ; Alex Albo , A staff attorney at the ACLU speaks with Brian Edwards Tiekert about the legality of wiretapping. Freddie Mac and The Resistance To Refinance Loans; Jessie Eisinger , Senior Reporter at ProPublica.Com Speaks with Brian Edwards Tiekert about his recent article Why Freddie Mac … Continued
Uneasy Ceasefire in Syria; Omar S. Dahi , professor of economics at Hampshire College East Bay Elections Rundown; Robert Gammon , co-editor, East Bay Express
Feds Bring Billion Dollar Fraud Suit Against Bank of America ; Brian Edwards Tiekert interviews William Black , associate professor of economics and law at the University of Missouri , Kansas City and the author of The Best Way to Rob a Bank is to Own One Women and the Election; Brian Edwards Tiekert interviews … Continued
