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The Solution Zone - 2/23/12
Guest: Ari Berman, Author, The Nation
Topic: 2012 The Year of the Big Donor
The hold the Super PACs have on this year’s election means that every major candidate needs his or her own billionaire to compete.
The Nation’s Ari Berman discusses outrageous campaign expenditures expected in 2012 and the influence these donors hope to buy in Washington DC.
Gary NullThe Solution Zone - 2/9/12
Guest: Jodi L. Jacobson, Editor in Chief RH Reality Check
In the backlash of their threat to defund Planned Parenthood, we examine corporate and religious influences behind the Susan G. Koman Foundation and why this 2 billion dollar charity choose to defund access for breast cancer screenings for low-income women, because of the issue of contraception.
The Solution Zone - 2/2/12
Guest: Alan Grayson
Topic: Elect a Congressman With Guts
Congressional candidate Alan Grayson spends the hour with us for a candid conversation, discussing the nation’s most pressing issues issues, including health care, the economy, war, the political climate in Washington DC insiders and the FED Audit he helped to move forward.
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The Solution Zone - 01/19/12
Guest #1: Josh Levy - Internet Campaign Director - Free Press.org
Thousands of Internet sites including Google and Wikipedia went dark yesterday in protest of (SOPA) The Stop Online Piracy Act in the House and (PIPA) the Protect IP Act in the Senate. With a vote on January 24th, the growing protest has already convinced 8 house members to backoff of the bills.
Topic: Citizen’s United - 2 Year Anniversary Sparks Nationwide Action
Guest #2- : Mark Hays – Director, Public Citizen’s Democracy Is For People Campaign
Two Years ago on January 21, 2010 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that blatant corporate spending to influence elections is A-OK in the US of A. Giving corporations have the same First Amendment rights as people, has sparked widespread criticism and a growing push for a constitutional amendment to overturn the law. Mark Hayes of Public Citizen joins us to discuss over 300 actions being planned for this Saturday.
The Solution Zone - 01/12/12
The Solution Zone - 01/05/12
Topic #1: Hollow Democracy – Why America’s Voting Rights Are in Jeopardy
Guest: Robert C. Koehler - Chicago-based journalist and nationally syndicated writer
The right to vote, keeping that right, and having it matter is the essence of Democracy.
Author and Journalist Bob Koehler discusses why every one of these rights is in jeopardy as 2012 opens and another presidential election season gets serious.
Topic #2: Witness Against Torture – Guantanamo on Trail
Guest: Professor Jeremy Varon, History, New School, New York, Activist, Witness Against Torture
Four Witness Against Torture activists on trial for standing in House of Representatives Gallery and petitioning lawmakers to not make funding for Guantanamo permanent, are using their court trial as an opportunity to speak out against Guantánamo and shine a spotlight on US detention, torture practices and the violation of constitutional rights.
The Solution Zone - 12/22/11
Topic: Suing to Give Americans Equal Access to American Jobs
Guest: James Otto - Civil Defense Attorney
Where have all the jobs gone?
The Shameful Truth is That They Are Still Here.
Behind American Backs, Corporations are betraying the American Dream by Hiring 2,000,000 Workers per Year from Foreign Countries – much of the hiring taking place on US soil.
Civil Defense Attorney James Otto has filed a lawsuit –Beasley v. Molina Healthcare, Inc, a company that has laid off American workers in order to offer jobs to less expensive foreign employees.
