What’s the difference between drinking alcohol and smoking pot? Art Linkletter explains to Richard Nixon. Really: White House transcripts at TheNation.com HERE.
LISTEN ONLINE TO THIS SHOW – SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST Arizona’s anti-immigrant laws have sparked opposition in the world of sports. There’s a campaign to get Major League Baseball to move the All-Star game out of Phoenix. A lot of athletes have been great, but there’s one big exception: Lakers Coach Phil Jackson. DAVE ZIRIN will [...]
LISTEN ONLINE TO THIS SHOW – SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST Last night former Republican Arlen Spector was defeated in the Pennsylvania Democratic Senate primary by Joe Sestak; conservative Democrat Blanche Lincoln was forced into a runoff for the Arkansas Senate primary by progressive Bill Halter – HAROLD MEYERSON will explain everything; he’s editor at large of [...]
It was a dirty job, but somebody had to do it: defend the new Arizona law that bans ethnic studies in public schools. Fox News anchor Greta van Susteren took on the task, with predictable results. . . . continued at TheNation.com HERE
Homeboy Industries, the legendary L.A. anti-gang institution headed by Father Greg Boyle, laid off 300 people yesterday because of a financial crisis. The organization was founded in East L.A. in 1988 at a time when hundreds of gang members were killing each other annually; Father Greg’s slogan was “Nothing stops a bullet like a job.” . [...]
LISTEN ONLINE TO THIS SHOW – SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST The legendary FATHER GREG BOYLE, Jesuit pastor of Dolores Mission in Boyle Heights starting in 1986, has made it his mission to help gang members who want to quit. He founded Homeboy Industries in 1988. Now he has written a wonderful book: Tattoos on the Heart: [...]
LISTEN ONLINE TO THIS SHOW – SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST Are Arizona’s anti-immigrant laws going to help Barbara Boxer and Harry Reid win re-election? In 1994, when California Republicans passed the anti-immigrant Prop. 187, Latinos started voting Democratic in overwhelming numbers. JOHN NICHOLS will comment; he’s Washington Correspondent for The Nation, and writes “The Beat” blog [...]
The Arizona legislature has passed a bill that will end ethnic studies classes in the state, according to the state’s top education official. The bill bans classes that “promote resentment toward a race or class of people,” “are designed primarily for pupils of a particular ethnic group,” or “advocate ethnic solidarity instead of treating pupils [...]