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New Haven Advocate's "Best of New Haven 2001" -- Staff Picks -- Scott Harris, Best Radio News Reporter WPKN Radio, 89.5 FM ISSUES IN DEPTH
'A New Era of Responsibility'
"Push Obama to Follow Through on Peace Vows," by Amy Goodman, The Capital Times (Wisconsin), Jan. 22, 2009 "How to Push Obama," by John Nichols, The Nation, Jan. 12, 2009 "The Danger of Green Stimulus," Jesse Jenkins, Huffington Post, Jan. 5, 2009 "The First Hundred Days or the Last Hundred Days? Obama's Rendezvous with Destiny -- and Ours," by Ira Chernus, by TomDispatch.com, Dec. 10, 2008 "Who Will Seize the Moment?" Turning Crisis into Opportunity, by Ralph Nader, Counterpunch, Dec. 4, 2008 "Community Organizers Press Obama for Real Change," by CommonDreams.org, Dec. 3, 2008
Civil Liberties
"The effects of Obama's refusal to investigate Bush crimes," by Glen Greenwald, Salon.com, Jan. 20, 2009 "Binding U.S. law requires prosecutions for those who authorize torture, " by Glenn Greenwald, Salon, Jan. 18, 2009 "Obama Has to Hold Bush Accountable for the Laws He Broke," by Elizabeth Holtzman, The Nation, Jan. 16, 2009 "Obama Must Restore the Constitution: Prosecuting Bush and Cheney," by Dave Lindoff, Counterpunch.org, Jan. 16-19, 2009
A BETTER WORLD IS POSSIBLE: Human Rights Solutions
"Single-Payer Health Care Would Stimulate Economy," by John Nichols, The Nation, Jan. 15, 2009 "Fulfilling the Promise of Human Rights: The Universal Declaration at 60," audio recordings from a Connecticut conference marking the 60th anniversary of The Universal Declaration of Human Rights at Quinnipiac University, Hamden, Conn., Dec. 6, 2008 A BETTER WORLD IS POSSIBLE: Converting Fossil Fuel/War Economy to Green, Renewable Energy/Peace Economy
"Green Jobs Should Top Our Economic Recovery List," by Juleyka Lantigua, Jan. 6, 2009 "Obama Must Get Afghanistan Right,"by Katrina Van Heuvel, The Nation, Jan. 9, 2009 "Nine Steps to Peace for Obama in the New Year," by Deepak Chopra, Alternet, Jan. 1, 2009 "Electric Cars Put Hawaii on The Road to Independence," by Times Online/UK, Dec. 4, 2008 "Weapons Come Second: Can Obama Take on the Pentagon?" by Frida Berrigan, TomDispatch.com, Nov. 25, 2008 The FY 2009 Pentagon Spending Request - Global Military Spending, by the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Economic Crisis
"The Outcry Is Muted, But The Food Crisis Is Getting Worse," by Jayati Ghosh, The Guardian/UK, Jan. 9, 2009 "Ideas for Obama, "by Paul Krugman, by The New York Times, Jan. 12, 2009 "The Ponzi Scheme Presidency: Bush's Legacy of Destruction," by Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch.com, January/February, 2009 "Fiscal Therapy," by David Cay Johnston, Mother Jones, January/February, 2009 "A Look At Wall Street's Shadow Market: How Some Arcane Wall Street Financial Instruments Magnified Economic Crisis," 60 Minutes, Oct. 5, 2008 "Swapping Secrecy for Transparency," by Christopher Cox, SEC Chairman, The New York Times Op-Ed, Oct. 19, 2008 "The Bet That Blew Up Wall Street: Steve Kroft On Credit Default Swaps And Their Central Role In The Unfolding Economic Crisis," 60 Minutes, Oct. 26, 2008 Broken Government
"Broken Government: By The Numbers," 40 ways in which the federal government failed to perform under the administration of George W. Bush, 2001-2008 Class Warfare
"How the Rich Are Different From You and Me,"Places that went for Obama are richer and smarter than places that went for McCain, by Bill Bishop and Robert Cushing, Slate, Dec. 11, 2008 "Questions About the $700 Billion Emergency Economic Stabilization Funds, " First Report of the Congressional Oversight Panel for Economic Stabilization, Dec. 10, 2008 War And Profiteering
"This Is Change? Twenty Hawks, Clintonites and Neocons to Watch for in Obama's White House," by Jeremy Scahill,Alternet, Nov. 20, 2008 "Don't Let Barack Obama Break Your Heart," Why Americans Shouldn't Go Home, by Tom Engelhardt, Nov. 12, 2008 "The Future of Iraq: The Spoils of War," Blood and oil: How the West will profit from Iraq's most precious commodity, by Danny Fortson, Andrew Murray-Watson and Tim Webb, The Independent/UK, Jan. 7, 2007 "Noam Chomsky on Middle East Conflict and U.S. War Plan Against Iraq," Between The Lines interview with Noam Chomsky, conducted by Scott Harris, for the Week Ending May 3, 2002 The Iraq Crisis, a Global Policy Forum, U.N. Security Council section on the 13 years of sanctions and other background of the war, the humanitarian situation, the importance of Iraq's huge oil resources, and disputes over a post-war government and reconstruction plan "Pipeline Politics: Oil, The Taliban, and the Political Balance of Central Asia," World Press Review Special Report, November-December 2001 |
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Obama Budget Makes Clean Break
In unveiling his first proposed budget for fiscal year 2010, President Barack Obama has staked out new priorities for the nation, making a clean break with his predecessor's trickle down, "government is the enemy" philosophy. In justifying its change in direction, the White House attached a narrative to the budget titled, "Growing Imbalance: Accumulating Wealth and Closing Doors to the Middle Class," which presented a set of statistics illustrating growing wealth inequality and making the case that a change in the tax code was necessary to redress the imbalance that for 8 years has harmed America's middle class.
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Interview with Robert Borosage, co-director of Campaign for America's Future, conducted by Scott Harris  The 3.6 trillion dollar budget proposes an increase in taxes on couples earning more than $250,000 a year, by raising the top two marginal income tax rates to 39.6 percent and 36 percent, limiting itemized tax deductions and increasing taxes on capital gains to 20 percent from the current 15 percent. Taxes on Wall Street Financiers would also be raised. On the spending side, Obama wants to make major investments in energy independence, the environment, education and health care reform. The president's budget will undoubtedly be challenged by Republicans, many of whom have a fierce loyalty to policies favoring corporations and the wealthy, an ideology championed by Ronald Reagan. But, conservative Congressional Democrats maybe the most formidable obstacle in winning passage of Obama's key priorities. Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with Robert Borosage, co-director of Campaign for America's Future, who explains how Obama's budget moves the nation in a more progressive direction and the important political battles that lie ahead. Contact Campaign for America's Future at (202) 955-5665 or visit the group's website at ourfuture.org
Single-Payer Marginalized at
On March 5, President Obama invited over 100 health care experts to the White House to consider solutions for repairing the broken U.S. health insurance system. About 40 million Americans are currently uninsured, which is actually a drop of several million since federal coverage was recently extended to low-income children under the SCHIP bill, which had been vetoed twice by former President Bush. However, several million Americans remain under-insured.
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Interview with Dr. Oliver Fein, president of Physicians for a National Health Program, conducted by Melinda Tuhus 
Of all the experts invited, not one was a supporter of single-payer health care, also known as "Medicare for All." Labeled incorrectly by critics as "socialized medicine," single-payer has been targeted by health insurance companies who have an enormous financial interest in discouraging support among the American people. However, polls show a majority of Americans do support the concept of government-provided health insurance. After protests over the exclusion of single-payer advocates from the Obama health care summit, the guest list was expanded to include Michigan Rep. John Conyers, who has introduced single-payer legislation -- HR676, which now has almost 100 co-sponsors -- and Dr. Oliver Fein, president of Physicians for a National Health Program. Between The Lines' Melinda Tuhus spoke with Dr. Fein, a practicing internist at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City, about support for single-payer among consumers and health providers, and its chances of success in this year of economic free fall. For more information, call (312) 782-6006 or visit the group's website at www.pnhp.org Related links:
Global Activists To Protest
As the world's supply of fresh, potable water declines, multinational corporations around the world have moved to acquire and privatize municipal water supplies in the quest for profit. While big water companies like Bechtel, German energy conglomerate RWE and French-based Vivendi and Suez, argue that privately-owned water utilities lead to greater economic efficiency and stabilize rates, critics maintain that water privatization has been a disaster in terms of declining water quality and unaffordable rates which limit community access.
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Interview with Wenonah Hauter, executive director of Food and Water Watch, conducted by Scott Harris  In Cochabamba, Bolivia, skyrocketing rate hikes on water -- which followed the privatization of water resources by Bechtel -- led to a violent water rebellion in 2000 that forced the government to cancel the contract and turn over management of the water system back to the community. When the corporate-sponsored fifth World Water Forum convenes in Istanbul, Turkey from March 16 through 22, an international coalition of activists will be present to protest the Forum's stance on water privatization and defend access to water as a universal human right. Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with Wenonah Hauter, executive director of Food and Water Watch, part of the coalition of groups that will be present in Istanbul. Hauter talks about the failure of water privatization and the campaign to draft an international treaty that will limit the exploitation of water as a for-profit commodity. Contact Food and Water Watch at (202) 683-2500, or visit their website at www.foodandwaterwatch.org
Credits: Executive producer: Scott Harris Segment producers: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus Senior news editor: Bob Nixon Program narration: Denise Manzari News reader: Ruben Abreu Copy editor: Chris Ferrio Senior web editor/producer: Anna Manzo Web producer: Jeffrey P. Yates Web consultant: Gary Trujillo Newswire editor: Hank Hoffman Photo editor: Scott Harris Outreach coordinator: Anna Manzo Distribution: Anna Manzo and Jeffrey P. Yates Theme music: Written by Richard Hill and Jody Gray, and performed by Mikata
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