Up Front, November 19, 2012 – November 19, 2012
Gaza; Gideon Levy, Columnist with Haretz Women and the Workplace; Lynn Povich, author of The Good Girls Revolt: How the Women of Newsweek Sued their Bosses and Changed the Workplace
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Up Front, November 12, 2012 – November 12, 2012
Egyptian Prime Minister Visits Gaza Amidst Isreali Strikes; Brian Edwards Tiekert Speaks with Muhammed Suliman college student in Gaza and blogger at msuliman.wordpress.com , Stephen Zunes, Professor of Politics, and chair of Middle Eastern Studies at The University of San Francisco, and Phyliss Beniss, Director of the new Internationalism Project at the Institute for Policy … Continued
Up Front, November 9, 2012 – November 9, 2012
Immigration Reform Brian Edwards Tiekert Speaks with Dolores Huerta, Labor Leader and Civil Rights Activist and Co-Founder of the National Farmworkers Association and David Bacon, Up Front Labor Correspondent, and author of Illegal People:How Globalization Creates Migration The Death Of Alan Blueford, and Police Brutality in Oakland Brian Edwards Tiekert speaks with Adam Blueford, Father … Continued
Up Front, November 8, 2012 – November 8, 2012
Gay Marriage what’s Next?; Kate Kendell, Executive Director of The National Center For Lesbian Rights Fiscal Cliffs and Grand Bargains ; Ethan Pollack, Senior Policy Analyst at the Economic Policy Institute Richmond Election Results ; Andres Soto of the Richmond Progressive Alliance Cracking the Codes Debuts in Oakland ; Shakti Butler, Filmaker, Talks about her … Continued
Up Front, November 7, 2012 – November 7, 2012
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
Up Front, November 6, 2012 – November 6, 2012
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
Up Front, November 5, 2012 – November 5, 2012
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
Up Front, November 2, 2012 – November 2, 2012
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
Up Front, November 1, 2012 – November 1, 2012
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.