I love Harper's Index.
For those of you not familiar with it, Harper's Index appears near the front
of every edition of Harper's magazine. It presents a sort of snapshot of
current affairs by way of assembling a bunch of seemingly obscure, but
ultimately telling, statistic...
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This month APA Compass will look at the impact of ethnic media with Abhay
Prasad from Trikone, Alex Sonbalee from Siam Chronicle and Sandip Roy from
New America Media. Also a talk with delegates from the Agent Orange Justice
Speaking Tour - Dang Hong Nhut, Tran Thi Hoan and...
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This month APA Compass examines the impact of language on Asian Pacific
American communities. Guests include Sarika Patel, Mary Li and Pam Pham.
Also another edition of the Angry APA Minute.
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On the Oct 23 Radio Beyond Borders the idea is to "Meet your Neighbors."
Miae Kim introduces us to a Russian refugee and a Nicaraguan immigrant.
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Recorded live in the KBOO studios on October 14th, 2008, Sarah Vowell, author
and This American Life contributor, joins host Rabia Yeaman to discuss her
latest book, The Wordy Shipmates.
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17 innoncent Uighurs refugees who have been imprisoned at Guantanamo are
scheduled for a Habeas hearing in federal court on Tuesday. They are among
the first prisoners to have the hearings, since the Supreme Court upheld
their right to them in a June decision. The Supreme C...
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Rolling Stone just put on an article on Sen McCain, which is as damning and
devastating as most any piece of journalism I can recall. St. John is
revealed as a short-tempered, misogynistic narcissist who differs from Dubya
primarily on the basis of his ambition. Oh yeah, D...
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This program has a current take on the financial bailout, a conversation
about the positive vision of Fair Trade, and a visit with local activists
campaigning against regressive anti-immigrant ballot measures. The whole
show is available by clicking on the arrow above (tho...
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Two regressive ballot measures will be voted on in November, measures
that target immigrants. The Rural Organizing Project is working to defeat
them. Marci Westerling talks with the Old Mole's Denise Morris. See their
website for all the details.
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Host Linda Olson-Osterlund interviews author Jean Phaelzer about her book
Driven Out: The Forgotten War Against Chinese Americans. From the Gold Rush
in the 1840's through the Civil War and into the early 1900's Chinese faced
brutal purges and roundups throughout the Pacif...
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