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Whatever Happened to Empathy? Whatever happened to empathy? How did the world suddenly become inhabited by good, red-blooded Americans and a bunch of gooks, slopes, ragheads, hadjis and any other pejorative which makes them seem less than human? How did the world suddenly become us and them? How is it that no one's beliefs and concerns have validity except ours? How has it come about that the world is now divided between us, our few allies, and a world of terrorists?...
Posted: Thu, Mar 30, 2006 5:27pm PST
Confessions of an Economic Hitman (video/x-pn-realvideo 23.4MB) Book launch of the paperback edition of Perkins' 'Confessions...' (15th Jan 2006)...
Posted: Thu, Mar 30, 2006 3:34pm PST
3/30: Actions Need For Senate Immigration Bill, Call Your Senator! 1. Why the Senate's Proposed Immigrant Bill is Bad for the Immigrants. 2. Take Actions! Call Your Senator to Support Comprehensive Immigration Reform!...
Posted: Thu, Mar 30, 2006 1:15pm PST
Senate Debate Over Immigration Reform Heats Up in Washington The Senate begins debate today on legislation to overhaul the nation's immigration laws. The Senate Judiciary Committee approved a bill that includes enforcement measures, provisions for a guest-worker program, and a way for undocumented workers way to work toward citizenship. We speak with the Director of Immigration Policy Research at the National Council of La Raza....
Posted: Thu, Mar 30, 2006 10:01am PST
How Lobbyists Helped Secure Billions in Taxpayer Subsidies For Big Oil Companies .. A new report by Government Accountability Office estimates the oil and gas industry will be able to avoid paying between 20 and 80 billion dollars in royalties to the government. Industry lobbyists helped secure a provision passed by Congress 10 years ago subsidizing oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. We speak with Edmund Andrews, the New York Times reporter who exposed the story....
Posted: Thu, Mar 30, 2006 10:00am PST
Abramoff Sentenced to 70 Months in Prison The Senate has overwhelmingly approved imposing new rules governing the relations between lawmakers and lobbyists. The ninety to eight vote came just hours after former Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff was sentenced to nearly six years in jail. We speak with Chellie Pingree, president of Common Cause....
Posted: Thu, Mar 30, 2006 9:58am PST
White House chief of staff steps down The resignation of Andrew Card as White House chief of staff and his replacement by another long-time Bush aide, Joshua Bolten, is an expression both of the deepening crisis in the Bush administration and the inability of the White House to find any way out....
Posted: Wed, Mar 29, 2006 11:20pm PST
3,000,000 people demonstrate for immigrant rights this is a list of the recent immigrant justice demonstrations nationally....
Posted: Wed, Mar 29, 2006 9:50pm PST
Support Navajo Community: Stop Forced Relocation On Big Mountain, Black Mesa, Arizona! Support Targeted Navajo Communities
STOP FORCED RELOCATION ON BIG MOUNTAIN, BLACK MESA, ARIZONA!...
Posted: Wed, Mar 29, 2006 5:47pm PST
Support people of color/low income work in GULF Support grassroots groups lead by people of color/low income communities working on the destruction in the Gulf Coast Region....
Posted: Wed, Mar 29, 2006 4:36pm PST
2,000 Phoenix Students Defy "Closed" Campuses, Stage Walkout to Gather at AZ Capital Valley students again walk out, rally...
Posted: Wed, Mar 29, 2006 4:26pm PST
Dallas Schools on Lockdown After Student Walkouts and "Swarming" City Hall DISD Officials Cracking Down On Student Protests...
Posted: Wed, Mar 29, 2006 4:16pm PST
Hollister Students Protest Immigration Bill With School Walkout The event was apparently set in motion during the middle of the assembly when a female student stood up and declared in Spanish that no one would notice the students' disapproval of the immigration bill, HR 4437, while they were in the high school auditorium. And once the first ones crossed the street they got more momentum, more kids just kept joining them....
Posted: Wed, Mar 29, 2006 4:12pm PST
Racism Cause for Worry with Immigrants WASHINGTON D.C. — Legal immigrants are worried about a rising tide of racism in the United States and said the first sign is a proposed law in Congress that would make undocumented aliens criminals and have them deported....
Posted: Wed, Mar 29, 2006 3:55pm PST
Houston students take to streets again Protests draw critics, supporters — and efforts from schools to stop them...
Posted: Wed, Mar 29, 2006 3:52pm PST
Woman Gets $100 Ticket For "BUSHIT" Bumper Sticker A Georgia woman was pulled over while driving and issued a $100 ticket for her "BUSHIT" bumpersticker, despite the fact the statute she was cited under was struck down over 15 years ago as being unlawful. She plans to fight the ticket in court....
Posted: Wed, Mar 29, 2006 9:53am PST
A Debate on the Senate's Proposed Overhaul of Immigration Laws The Senate is debating an overhaul of the nation's immigration laws this week. We host a debate on various aspects of the bill with Aarti Shahani of Families for Freedom and Tamar Jacoby of the Manhattan Institute....
Posted: Wed, Mar 29, 2006 7:27am PST
As mass demonstrations continue, Republicans split over anti-immigration bill Demonstrations in defense of the rights of immigrants continued in cities from coast to coast Monday, as the Senate Judiciary Committee agreed to an immigration bill that would remove many of the most draconian provisions demanded by the Republican leadership in the House of Representatives....
Posted: Wed, Mar 29, 2006 7:25am PST
South Dakota Abortion Ban Draws Fiery Opposition from Native Americans Cecilia Fire Thunder, President of the Oglala Sioux Tribe in South Dakota, recently made waves when she said a clinic on the Pine Ridge reservation could provide abortions if South Dakota’s new abortion ban goes into effect. The ban is set to go into effect July 1st. It would prohibit all abortions except to save the life of the mother – with no exceptions for rape or incest....
Posted: Tue, Mar 28, 2006 9:02am PST
US home foreclosures on the rise Millions of Americans stand to face enormous financial strain or foreclosure when their adjustable-rate mortgages reset this year. The number of mortgage holders slipping behind in monthly payments rose steadily throughout the winter, according to major foreclosure tracking companies. As federal interest rates continue to increase, the number of borrowers defaulting on their mortgages is certain to grow....
Posted: Tue, Mar 28, 2006 8:55am PST
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