POVERTY

  • Democracy Now! June 12, 2003

    Hour 1:Road Map to Peace or Road Map to War? Just one week after President Bush met with the Israeli and Palestinian Prime ministers, 25 Israelis and Palestinians were killed in suicide bombings and Israeli military attacks in one of the bloodiest days in the region in years; Pentagon Advisor Richard Perle on North Korea:…

  • Democracy Now! June 23, 2003

    Protesting the War on Women and the War on Terror. As President Bush and Karl Rove launch the largest political fundraising campaign in history, women s rights advocates join forces with the peace movement to protest today s fundraiser in NYC; USDA opens $3 million dollar biotech conference in Sacramento; agriculture ministers from over 100…

  • Democracy Now! June 12, 2003

    Road Map to Peace or Road Map to War? Just one week after President Bush met with the Israeli and Palestinian Prime ministers, 25 Israelis and Palestinians were killed in suicide bombings and Israeli military attacks in one of the bloodiest days in the region in years; Pentagon Advisor Richard Perle on North Korea: “We…

  • Democracy Now! June 3, 2003

    Hour 1: Justice Department Report Finds Immigrants with no Ties to Terror Suffered Pattern of Physical and Verbal Abuse in Detention Facilities. The report does not recommend bringing criminal charges; Swiss Police Cut Rope Holding British Activist Hanging From Bridge, Sending Him Falling Dozens of Feet , and Raid the Independent Media Center, Beating Journalists;…

  • Democracy Now! June 3, 2003

    Justice Department Report Finds Immigrants with no Ties to Terror Suffered Pattern of Physical and Verbal Abuse in Detention Facilities. The report does not recommend bringing criminal charges; Swiss Police Cut Rope Holding British Activist Hanging From Bridge, Sending Him Falling Dozens of Feet , and Raid the Independent Media Center, Beating Journalists; Leaders of…

  • Democracy Now! February 27, 2002

    Crackdown on civil liberties continues with more than a thousand Arab and south-Asian nationals detained indefinitely without trial, charge, or legal rights : look at one of the disappeared: A Muslim religious leader who has been held in solitary confinement for more than two months : should the government play matchmaker? A day after Bush…

  • Democracy Now! November 21, 2001

    POWER/PEACE/PERIL: The Pacifica Report from Pacifica Network News |Power/Peace/Peril: Wednesday 11/21/01: The Pacifica Report from Pacifica Network News In Congress, peace solutions other than military victory over the Taliban are being initiated and across the US, poverty is on the rise as part of the aftermath of the Afghanistan War.

  • The New American Poverty / Michael Harrington

    THE NEW AMERICAN POVERTY / Michael Harrington [1928-1989]. David Rothenberg interviews Michael Harrington, author of the book, The New American Poverty. Harrington discusses the relationship between poverty and crime. His personal mission is to have the corporate rich participate in the war on poverty and crime. He suggests the poor should not be blamed for…