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A People's History of Sports in the United States: 250 Years of Politics, Protest, People, and Play by Dave Zirin
Baseball and Billions: A Probing Look Inside the Business of Our National Pastime by Andrew Zimbalist
A People's History of the United States: 1492-Present by Howard Zinn
You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train: A Personal History of Our Times by Howard Zinn
Big-Box Swindle: The True Cost of Mega-Retailers and the Fight for America's Independent Businesses by Stacy Mitchell
Inside Obama's Brain by Sasha Abramsky
Cheap: The High Cost of Discount Culture by Ellen Ruppel Shell
It Takes Pillage: Behind the Bailouts, Bonuses, and Backroom Deals from Washington to Wall Street by Nomi Prins
The Death and Life of American Journalism by Robert W. McChesney and John Nichols
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03.10.10 Is the Clean Water Act Losing Ground?
Charles Duhigg, NY Times: Clean Water Laws are Neglected, At a Cost in Suffering
Adrienne Froelich Sponberg, AIBS Washington Watch, December 2006: Supreme Court Ruling Leaves Future of Clean Water Act Murky
Wenonah Hauter, Food and Water Watch: Congress Must Act Now to Protect America's Water
Marisa McNatt, Earth 911.com: Proposed Ammendment Could Clarify Clean Water Act
What is the Clean Water Act?
Mark Squillace on Nagivable Waters
EPA--Clean Water Act Enforcement
EPA--Clean Water Act Definition--"Waters of the United States"
EPA--History of the Clean Water Act
Wenonah Hauter, Food and Water Watch: Congress Must Act Now to Protect America's Water
Food and Water Watch--California Facts
Food and Water Watch--National Report
Food and Water Watch--SF's aging pipes infrastructure underfunded
Mike Lillis, The Washington Independent: Supreme Court Decimates Clean Water Act
Clean Water Action--Call to action on Clean Water act
Clean Water Action--Drinking Water and Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals
Clean Water Restoration Act 2009: Myths and Facts
**WORLD WATER DAY IS MARCH 22!!
03.09.10 Can Theater Improve Public Health?
Cultural Odyssey
UCSF News: UCSF/Rhodessa Jones performance showcases women of color with HIV
Jean Schiffman, Theater Bay Area: "Essential Public Good: The Medea Project"
Arts in the One World 2010 Conference at Brown University
Robert Hurwitt, SF Chronicle: "Rhodessa Jones' life a cultural odyssey"
03.08.10 What Can We Learn from Europe?
Steven Hill: "Europe's Promise"
Europe's Promise: Why the European Way Is the Best Hope in an Insecure Age by Steven Hill
The Economist blog, Free exchange--Nov 2009: What Can Americans Learn from Europe?
The Economist: Battling joblessness in Europe and America
Steven Hill (video), New America: What the US, Even California, Can Learn From Europe
Paul Krugman, NY Times: Learning from Europe
David Beasley, Global Atlanta: Former Mexican President: N. America Can Learn From Europe
The Economist: Now Comes the Pain (article about Greece)
The Economist: Let the Greeks Ruin Themselves
Ulrike Gurot, European Council on Foreign Relations: Re-wiring the US-EU relationship
Steven Hill, Providence Journal: Learning from Europe
Eric Reguly, The Globe and Mail: Beware Greeks bearing Goldman's Gifts
03.05.10 Media Roundtable
San Francisco Chronicle: Experts warn of medical industry cartels' power
Socialist Worker: A day of action journal
The Progressive: Obama's Reprehensible Rhetoric Against Single-Payer
Steven Lee Myers & Marc Santora, NY Times: "Deadly Attacks Mar Early Voting in Iraqi Elections"
Victoria Colliver, SF Chronicle: "Anthem Blue Cross Sued Over Rate Increases"
Victoria Colliver, SF Chronicle: "Health insurance hikes stun small businesses"
Martin Chulov, Guardian: "Nouri al-Maliki most popular candidate as Iraq general election looms"
Martin Chulov, Guardian: "My brush with death in Baghdad"
Dahr Jamail's Mideast Dispatches: "US Using Iraqi Political Discord to Justify Continuance of Occupation"
David Cay Johnston, NY Times: "Tax Law Was Cited in Software Engineer's Suicide Note"
David Cay Johnston, Huffington Post: "Tax Favors, IBM, and the Murder of Vernon Hun"
03.04.10 Who can Save California's Public Schools?
March 4th--Statewide List of Events
Robin Hindery, Associated Press: "Schwarzenegger meeting focuses on higher ed cuts"
Jill Tucker, SF Chronicle: "$113 million, 2-year, S.F. schools cut asked"
Steve Wiegand, Sacramento Bee: "In cash-strapped state, how will we pay for public higher education?"
Foothills Sun Gazette: "Educators to march forth against state cuts on March 4th"
Tom Abate, SF Chronicle: "Education cuts may lead to U.S. brain drain"
DeeDee Correll, LA Times: "In Utah, a plan to cut 12th grade"
AP: "UC San Diego reports a 3rd racist incident while 2 UC campuses hold rallies for tolerance"
03.03.10 What does Buddhism look like in America?
Robert Mackey, The Lede: Dalai Lama Now Knows Who Tiger Woods Is
David Nichtern, Huffington Post: Tiger Woods, Buddhism And Redemption
Transcript of Tiger Woods Apology
Jane Lampman, Christian Science Monitor: American Buddhism on the rise
Cathy Lynn Grossman, USA Today: Most religious groups in USA have lost ground, survey finds
Jun Stinson, Oakland North: Amid century of change, Oakland's Buddhist Church serves as point of continuity for Japanese-Americans
Stephen Colgan, SF Buddhist Examiner: Reverend Harry Gyoko Bridge of the Buddhist Church of Oakland (part 1); Part 2
Tricycle Magazine
Turning Wheel Magazine
03.02.10 Why Do So Many Americans Own Guns?
Bay Area Firearms
ABC: "More women carry guns to protect themselves"
Michael Doyle, McClatchy Newspapers: "Supreme Court case could limit local controls on firearms"
Carol E. Lee, Politico: "Gun control group fails Obama"
Greg Stohrm, BusinessWeek: "Local Gun-Control Laws Come Into Sights of U.S. Supreme Court"
NY Times: "Chicagoans Hope Stories Will Help Overturn Gun Ban"
03.01.10 What Will Long-Term Unemployment Look Like?
Don Peck, The Atlantic 2/23/10: How a New Jobless Era Will Transform America
Peter S. Goodman, New York Times 2/21/10: The New Poor
CA Govt Labor Market Statistics
CA Employment Development Department Statistics
Arthur Delaney, Huffington Post 2/26/10: Bunning Blocks Unemployment Benefits
Ilana E. Strauss, Axcess News 2/28/10: More Working Class People Seeking Food Assistance
Jim Stratton, Orlando Sentinel 2/27/10: Thousands Face loss of Jobless Benefits
Bureau of Labor Statistics: 2010 Employment Data
02.26.10 Media Roundtable
Raw Story: With no modification and little debate, Democrats send Patriot Act extension to Obama
MinnPost: The Afghan media may have grown since Taliban rule ended, but not so press freedoms
Just Foreign Policy: NYT Should Investigate Op-Ed's Push for Increased Use of Airpower in Afghanistan
Radio Free Europe: Civilians Who Remained Behind Endure Marjah Offensive
Ali Abunimah
Sunday, February 28
7:00pm
Anand Gopal: America's Secret Afghan Prisons
BBC: Q&A: Afghan journalist in Helmand
National Journal: Summit Attendees Heavily Funded By Health Lobby
The Nation: The Missing Voices at the Healthcare Summit
Sahil Kapur, Guardian: "Healthcare summit: Political theatre with tired script"
Greg Marx, CJR: "Competing Takes on Today's Summit"
The Electronic Intifada: "New York Times fails to disclose Jerusalem bureau chief's conflict of interest"
Anand Gopal, Christian Science Monitor: "Half of Afghanistan Taliban leadership arrested in Pakistan"
02.25.10 Are You Going Native in Your Garden?
California Native Plant Society
Xerces Society
UC Davis Arboretum
Santa Clara Chapter of Native Plant Society
Bringing back the native
CNPS: "Native Plants"
California Native Herbs
02.24.10 Who Needs the Filibuster?
Gregory Koger
Univ. of Miami Magazine: Gregory Koger, A History of Filibustering
Consumer Watchdog: Bust the filibuster, not health reform
02.23.10 Will Corporate Control of Politics Increase?
Public Campaign Action Fund
The California Clean Money Action Fund
Open Secrets
Eric Lipton & Eric Lichtblau, NY Times: "In Black Caucus, a Fund-Raising Powerhouse"
Kevin Drum, Mother Jones: "Money in Politics"
Bob Kerry, Huffington Post: "The Senator From Exxon-Mobil?"
02.22.10 Can Moving Your Money Make a Difference?
Move Your Money
New Rules Project
Jondi Gumz, Santa Cruz Sentinel: "Quarterly profit, year-end loss for Lighthouse Bank"
Santa Cruz, Jessica Lussenhop: "Santa Cruz County Investors Think Local"
Stacy Mitchell, Huffington Post: "Move Your Borrowing Along with Your Money"
02.19.10 Media Roundtable
David R. Baker, Chronicle: "PG&E soil tests to force Napa tenants to move"
ProPublica: "Eye on the Stimulus"
Robert Alvarez, Huffington Post: "Five Reasons NOT to Invest in Nuclear Power"
BBC: "Journalist deaths 'reach record level' in 2009"
Reuter: "Afghanistan says ready if thousands flee assault"
BBC: "New York Times chief explains Baradar news delay"
02.18.10 What Does It Take to be a Whistleblower?
Daniel Ellsberg's homepage
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
National Workplace Institute
African American Environmentalist Association: Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo & Carol Browner
National Whistleblowers Center
02.17.10 How Safe is it to Google?
The Googlization of Everything by Sida Vaidhyanathan
Scroogle Scraper, an alternative to Google
Salon.com: It's Google's world, we just live in it
Electronic Privacy Information Center: EPIC Urges Federal Trade Commission to Investigate Google Buzz
LA Times: Privacy watchdog files complaint with FTC over Google Buzz
Reuters: Google Buzz Privacy Issues Have Real Life Implications
Washington Post: Google to enlist NSA to help it ward off cyberattacks
SF Chronicle: Don't Google away your privacy rights
Network World: Google Ultrafast Broadband May Shake Up Fiber Market
PC World: Google's Big Fiber Play: What Gives?
Google Privacy Center
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PAST SHOWS |
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Is the Clean Water Act Losing Ground? [03.10.10]
Can Theater Improve Public Health? [03.09.10]
What Can We Learn from Europe? [03.08.10]
Media Roundtable [03.05.10]
Who can Save California's Public Schools? [03.04.10]
What does Buddhism look like in America? [03.03.10]
Why Do So Many Americans Own Guns? [03.02.10]
What Will Long-Term Unemployment Look Like? [03.01.10]
Media Roundtable [02.26.10]
Are You Going Native in Your Garden? [02.25.10]
Who Needs the Filibuster? [02.24.10]
Will Corporate Control of Politics Increase? [02.23.10]
Can Moving Your Money Make a Difference? [02.22.10]
Media Roundtable [02.19.10]
What Does It Take to be a Whistleblower? [02.18.10]
How Safe is it to Google? [02.17.10]
What are Your Rights in the Workplace? [02.16.10]
What Have We Learned from the Great Depression? [02.15.10]
Media Roundtable [02.12.10]
What's President Obama's Record on Civil Liberties?
[02.11.10]
What Will America Look Like in 2050? [02.10.10]
Have We Learned to Love the Taliban? [02.09.10]
Why aren't Pro Sports Treated like Every Other Business? [02.08.10]
Media Roundtable [02.05.10]
How Do We Use Black History Month to Bridge Racial Divides? [02.04.10]
How will You Respond to the School Budget Crisis? [02.03.10]
How Did Howard Zinn Change the History of the United States? [02.02.10]
Agenda for a New Economy: What will it Take to Boost Small Business? [02.01.10]
Media Roundtable [01.29.10]
What's the State of the Obama Coalition? [01.28.10]
How Can We Prevent Veteran Suicide? [01.27.10]
What's the True Price of Cheap? (not yet available) [01.26.10]
What Should Banks Do for Us? [01.25.10]
Media Roundtable [01.22.10]
Should America be Therapist to the World? [01.21.10]
How did Angel Island change America? [01.20.10]
Why is America's Justice System Failing? [01.19.10]
Media Roundtable [01.15.10]
What's the Power of Graphic Journalism? [01.14.10]
What Happens When the War on Terror Comes to You? [01.13.10]
What Can Polar Bears Tell Us? [01.12.10]
Should we Save or Spend? [01.11.10]
Media Roundtable [01.08.10]
Why is Ramparts Magazine So Important? [01.07.10]
When is Dissent Hip? [01.06.10]
How Do We Want to Live with Pot? [01.05.10]
Can Economics and Politics Promote the Things We Truly Value? [01.04.10]
How Does America Converse After Newspapers? [12.28.09]
What's Exciting on Stage Right Now? [12.23.09]
Do You Know Your Online Rights? [12.22.09]
What's Left of Health Care Reform? [12.21.09]
Media Roundtable [12.18.09]
Want to Give Nothing for the Holidays? [12.17.09]
Where are You Donating this Year? [12.16.09]
What's the State of the Opposition in Iran? [12.15.09]
Are Food Stamps Enough? [12.14.09]
Media Roundtable [12.11.09]
How does Climate Change Affect Food Security? [12.10.09]
What's your Biggest Worry About Climate Change? [12.09.09]
Has Climate Change Met its Match in California? [12.08.09]
Can We Afford to Stop Global Warming? [12.07.09]
Media Roundtable [12.04.09]
Do you Know Cornel West? [12.03.09]
Did Obama Make his Case? [12.02.09]
Who's Talking About AIDS? [12.01.09]
Does the State Budget Crisis Move You to Act? [11.30.09]
Media Roundtable [11.27.09]
Read a Good Book Lately? [11.25.09]
Has Your Past Determined Your Present? [11.24.09]
Agenda for a New Economy -- Who Wins the Credit Card Game? [11.23.09]
Media Roundtable [11.20.09]
What's your Wish List for China? [11.19.09]
Does our Economy Need to Crash? [11.18.09]
What Do Young People Say about the Richmond High Rape? [11.17.09]
Can Capitalism Redeem Itself? [11.16.09]
Media Roundtable [11.13.09]
Are Cars Going Extinct? [11.12.09]
Are U.S.-Israel Relations at a Turning Point? [11.11.09]
Can an Official Apology Right an Historic Wrong? [11.10.09]
Where is Health Care Reform in Washington Headed? [11.09.09]
Media Roundtable [11.06.09]
Does Breast Cancer Awareness Month Work? [11.05.09]
Can the U.S. Lead the Climate Conference in Copenhagen? [11.04.09]
What's Obama's Grade in Foreign Policy? [11.03.09]
How Does Unemployment Insurance Work? [11.02.09]
Media Roundtable [10.30.09]
What Makes Women Prisoners Different? [10.29.09]
What's the Best Path to Gay Rights? [10.28.09]
Has Obama Repaired our International Image? [10.27.09]
Manufactured in America? [10.26.09]
Media Roundtable [10.23.09]
Spreading the Atheist Gospel? [10.22.09]
Will Young People Save the Earth? [10.21.09]
What's the State of the Arts in the Arab World? [10.20.09]
Agenda for a New Economy: Does public housing have a future? [10.19.09]
Media Roundtable [10.16.09]
What does our food media say about who we are? [10.15.09]
What's the best way to break the cycle of gang violence? [10.14.09]
What Do You Want to Know About the Swine Flu Vaccine? [10.13.09]
Agenda for a New Economy--Income Gap Widens [10.12.09]
Media Roundtable [10.09.09]
What's a Blue-Dog Democrat anyway? [10.08.09]
The Commons--California's Water Crisis [10.07.09]
What's on the docket for the Supreme Court? [10.06.09]
Is cheaper always better? [10.05.09]
Media Roundtable [10.02.09]
Noam Chomsky [10.01.09]
What are we going to do with Afghanistan? [09.30.09]
What comes next for California's state parks? [09.29.09]
Agenda for a New Economy--Can global regulation create a more sane financial system? [09.28.09]
Media Roundtable [09.25.09]
Can the 30% tuition increases at UC be stopped? [09.24.09]
Is the best health care system in America the VA? [09.23.09]
What's in store for the future of biofuels? [09.22.09]
Is GDP a good method to measure economic progress? [09.21.09]
Why has the religious right remained so strong? [09.18.09]
Can the obesity crisis be solved by changing individual behavior? [09.17.09]
Consumer advocate Ralph Nader [09.17.09]
Why do disasters bring out the best in us? [09.16.09]
What do American fundamentalists want? [09.15.09]
Farm City author Novella Carpenter [09.14.09]
How does the military invade our everyday life? [09.14.09]
What can the world teach us about healthcare? [09.11.09]
Do you know where your money is? [09.10.09]
What's the way out of poverty? [09.09.09]
Does health care define the Democrats? [09.08.09]
Media Roundtable [09.04.09]
Why do some schools thrive? [09.03.09 Rebroadcast from 07.30.09]
How does gay marriage change society? [09.02.09]
What can we learn from the passage of Medicare? [09.01.09]
Hurricane Katrina Four Years Later--What's Changed? [08.31.09]
Media Roundtable [08.28.09]
What's the best response to hate speech in the media? [08.27.09]
Is there a new colonial rush on in Africa? [08.26.09]
How is the insurance industry spinning the health care debate? [08.25.09]
When the recovery comes, where will the jobs be? [08.24.09]
Media Roundtable [08.21.09]
Is the home mortgage crisis over? [08.20.09]
What's the state of student loans? [08.19.09]
What is on your summer reading list? [08.18.09]
What fills the hole where the abandoned Wal-Mart was? [08.17.09]
Media Roundtable [08.14.09]
How are we going to educate our kids? [08.13.09]
Would you vote for the Health Care Reform Bill? [08.12.09]
Can personal change save the planet? [08.11.09]
Agenda for a New Economy: Depression & the Depression [08.10.09]
Media Roundtable [08.07.09]
What does "cooperating" with the Police look like? [08.06.09]
Can a documentary save thousands of dolphins from slaughter? [08.05.09]
How can we best care for the ground beneath our feet? [08.04.09 rebroadcast from 06.11.09]
What role has the Fed played in the financial crisis? [08.03.09]
Media Roundtable [07.31.09]
Why do some schools thrive? [07.30.09]
What's the real impact of illegal immigration? [07.29.09]
Can satire put the powerful on the spot? [07.28.09]
What's the state of the Stimulus in California? [07.27.09]
Media Roundtable [07.24.09]
Are we ready for universal health coverage? [07.23.09]
What is the state of the protest in Iran? [07.22.09]
How transparent is the Obama administration? [07.21.09]
Is California in a depression? [07.20.09]
Media Roundtable [07.17.09]
Can we green the American Dream? [07.16.09]
What have women contributed to American labor? [07.15.09]
Who is Sonia Sotomayor? [07.14.09]
Who are California's newly unemployed? [07.13.09]
Media Roundtable [07.10.09]
Are bicyclists revolutionizing American cities? [07.09.09]
What happened in Honduras? [07.08.09]
Will non-profits survive state budget cuts? [07.07.09]
How do we declare our independence from consumerism? [07.06.09 - rebroadcast from 05.26.09]
Media Roundtable [07.03.09]
What changed in Iraq this week? [07.02.09]
What happens when rural and urban collide? [07.01.09]
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