Tue, 30 September 2008
Greg Palast has a new website with everything you need to know about guarding your right to vote. Download his guide here. Another website, Election Protection, is here.
Direct download: 093008_Greg_Palast_says_steal_your_vote_back.mp3
Category:Voting Rights -- posted at: 5:35pm EDT |
Tue, 30 September 2008
Assemblyman Michael Benjamin explains why a group of Bronx politicians are trying to depose Democratic Party chairman Jose Rivera -- and why a controversial vote now leaves the borough with two men claiming to be boss of the Bronx: Rivera and Assemblyman Carl Heastie.
Direct download: 093008_Michael_Benjamin_on_Bronx_power_struggle.mp3
Category:Bronx -- posted at: 1:44pm EDT |
Mon, 29 September 2008
Chicago Tribune and syndicated columnist Clarence Page joined us to talk about presidential politics and the Sarah Palin phenomenon.
Direct download: 092908_Clarence_Page_on_politics.mp3
Category:Election 2008 -- posted at: 11:51am EDT |
Mon, 29 September 2008
The world body is still in session, and Howard LaFranchi of the Christian Science Monitor walked us through the central question being debated there: what to do about world poverty.
Direct download: 092908_Howard_LaFranchi_on_the_UN.mp3
Category:United Nations -- posted at: 11:43am EDT |
Mon, 29 September 2008
On the day of a key congressional vote, we talked with David Arkush of Public Citizen's Congress Watch about the politics of the bailout.
Direct download: 092908_David_Arkush_on_financial_bailout.mp3
Category:economic crisis -- posted at: 11:34am EDT |
Sun, 28 September 2008
Miriam Pemberton, author of a "A Unified Security Budget for the United States, FY 2009" explained why we need to shift money from the military budget to other areas, such as diplomacy and direct humanitarian aid, that in the long run will make the nation safer.
Direct download: 092508_Miriam_Pemberton_on_national_security.mp3
Category:National Security -- posted at: 4:50am EDT |
Sun, 28 September 2008
Award-winning producer/director Roger Weisberg talked with us about his new film, Critical Condition, that tells the stories of four uninsured families dealing with grave health problems. The show will air next Tuesday at 9 pm on Channel 13 WNET/PBS.
Direct download: 092508_Roger_Weisberg_on_Critical_Condition.mp3
Category:Health Care -- posted at: 4:37am EDT |
Sun, 28 September 2008
My Thursday column in the Daily News is about the horrific gun violence at the Redfern Houses in Far Rockaway and the effort to save a community center scheduled to close next Tuesday. We talked with Eric Dennis, who works with young people at the center. |
Sun, 28 September 2008
Richard Wolffe, Senior White House Correspondent for Newsweek, talked about the bailout, Friday's presidential debate, and the fact the firm of McCain's campaign manager, lobbyist Rick Davis, was receiving $15,000 a month from Freddie Mac, the troubled mortgage agency, as recently as last month -- even though McCain said earlier this week that Davis had severed those ties years ago. Read more here.
Direct download: 092408_Richard_Wolffe_on_politics.mp3
Category:Election 2008 -- posted at: 3:52am EDT |
Sun, 28 September 2008
We spoke to Nomi Prins, Senior Fellow at the progressive public policy organization Demos, an ex-investment banker at Goldman Sachs, Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers. She has a short article about the bailout here and a great timeline of the crisis here.
Direct download: 092408_Nomi_Prins_on_Wall_Street_Bailout.mp3
Category:economic crisis -- posted at: 3:38am EDT |
Sun, 28 September 2008
We talked to David Fischer, Project Director for Workforce Development and Social Policy at the Center for an Urban Future about how federal cuts to job training programs have cost New York City $50 million since 2001. Download the report here.
Direct download: 092408_David_Fischer_on_Job_Training_Cuts.mp3
Category:Jobs -- posted at: 3:09am EDT |