Civil Liberties

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Everyone's forgiven. Let's move on

April 21, 2009 Here's your White House Chief of Staff, speaking on ABC this past Sunday: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cvp-7YOtRI&feature=player_embedded According to Rahm, it is the president's position that everybody involved in torture gets a free pass. The officials who... Read more

The torture memos

April 21, 2009 A little light reading. There will be a quiz. -A   Read more

A little racism with your tea?

April 20, 2009 I was all set to write a brilliant psychosocial expose of the racist undercurrent of the April 15 Teabag Parties, and then I saw this video of Janean Garofalo and Kieth Olbermann hitting the nail on the head. (I'm going to figure out how to embed video, I swe... Read more

Jailhouse Lawyers: A review from OSP

Airs at: Sun, 04/19/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Ruth reads a review of Mumia's new book "Jailhouse Lawyers" as told by Damon Lee Petrie, a prisoner/writer at OSP.  There will be a Book Party on Friday, April 24th at 7 p.m. at the Bread and Roses Center. @ 819 N. Killingsworth St. Read more

Creating accountable immigration enforcement

Airs at: Wed, 04/15/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
Over 440,000 people will be detained by the U.S. government this year. Women, children, the elderly, asylum seekers, torture victims and even long-time permanent residents will be detained for months - in some cases years - awaiting a determination on their status. Many of ... Read more

The Incredible US Incarceration Rate, Tax Havens for Scoundrels, and Suspicious Debris from the Twin Towers

Airs at: Wed, 04/15/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Presswatch
Host Theresa Mitchell takes a look at how our prison cells are overcrowded, one of 4 of the world's prisoners is an American, and we lock up our children.  Totalitarianism? Also evasion of taxes through foreign tax havens, and politicians going easy on the bankers  -- bodes... Read more

Civil Liberties Watch: Obama DOJ claims "Sovereign Immunity"

Airs at: Wed, 04/08/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
The Obama Department of Justice has put forth a claim of “Sovereign Immunity” in a motion to dismiss in the domestic spying case of Jewell v. NSA. The lawsuit brought by the Electronic Frontier Foundation is suing the National Security Agency for spying on tens of thousands of... Read more

Tax the Filthy Rich!!! -plus- Dateline Havana: The Real Story of U.S. Policy and the Future of Cuba

Airs at: Tue, 04/14/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Locus Focus
  If the most affluent 400 Americans as of 2006 had paid as much of their incomes in taxes as the top 400 did in 1955, the federal treasury would have collected an additional $35.9 billion more in revenue in 2006 just from these 400 ultra-rich individuals. Guest Chuck Colli... Read more

Holocaust Art and Music - Interview with Cantor Ida Rae Cahana

Airs at: Sat, 04/11/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Portland Jewish Hour
April 19, 20, and 21 2009 are the dates for Portland's Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Day) Community Commemoration. This event is sponsored by the Jewish Federation of Portland, The Archdiocese of Portland, Ecumenical Ministries of Portland, University of Portland, and others.  For... Read more

Creatiing accountable immigratoin enforcement

Over 440,000 people will be detained by the U.S. government this year. Women, children, the elderly, asylum seekers, torture victims and even long-time permanent residents will be detained for months - in some cases years - awaiting a determination on their status. Many of ... Read more