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Podcast of My Recent News Stories

Here are podcasts some of my recent news stories that have been carried on WPFW, KBCS and KSER.

Some key facts are missing from Kony 2012 video...like Kony's not actually in Uganda and the war ended there in 2006...
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15-Mar-2012
An American college professor and a ugandan-american student discuss the Kony 2012 video.
(06:56 Minutes)
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Edward Lee Elmore released after 30 years in prison
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05-Mar-2012
Edward Lee Elmore, jailed since 1982 for a crime he didn't commit, got out of jail March 2 in a plea bargain. He had to confess to get out, but still maintains he didn't do the murder he was charged with. In a new book, author Raymond Bonner describes Elmore's ordeal in detail. I interviewed Bonner on the day of Elmore's release. In photo, Elmore with lead counsel Diana Holt, center, and previous counsel Marta Kahn.
(07:45 Minutes)
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One homeowner's ordeal with Bank of America
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28-Feb-2012
Bertina Jones of Bowie MD suffered through a years-long nightmare as she tried to stop Bank of America from foreclosing on her house. (broadcast on WPFW-FM, February 28, 2012).
(08:18 Minutes)
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Adjunct professors, the faculty field-hands of higher ed, turn to unions
23-Feb-2012
Adjunct professors at American University in DC won union representation last week in SEIU.
(05:13 Minutes)
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Students at Catholic Universities Demand Birth Control Access
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21-Feb-2012
Sandra Fluke, Georgetown University Law student was invited to testify at the Congressional hearing on birth control, but was denied the right to speak by Chair Darryl Issa. Only witnesses opposing birth control were allowed to speak.
(05:31 Minutes)
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Searching for Answers to Labor's Decline
07-Feb-2012
In a forum called "Labor in the Age of Austerity" sponsored by Dissent Magazine, panelists could find little to cheer about as they looked at the continuing decline of industrial jobs and industrial unions.
(06:02 Minutes)
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Occupy Pushes for DC Voting Rights
28-Jan-2012
Occupy DC Joined with DC Mayor Vincent Gray and other city officials to urge the New Hampshire legislature to endorse voting rights for DC Citizens.
(04:26 Minutes)
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New from Occupy: the 500 person conference call
03-Jan-2012
Occupy Wall Street knits itself together with new nationwide conference call technology including twinkling fingers.
(05:58 Minutes)
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Moving out of the tents: Occupy joins mortgage foreclosure fight
21-Dec-2011
In one of several moves embracing specific political and social issues, occupy DC is joining the fight against unjust mortgage foreclosures.
(05:05 Minutes)
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Thousands of Union Members Join Occupy for a week of Lobbying in Washington
15-Dec-2011
Union members from across the country set up tents on the National Mall, and trudged through the marble corridors of congressional office buildings to demand federal help for foreclosure victims and jobless workers.
(04:06 Minutes)
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Occupy DC Hunkers down for the winter
15-Nov-2011
Occupiers have built a bustling village in McPherson Square in downtown Washington DC including a local government system, library, restaurant and health care. Can they make it through the winter?
(07:16 Minutes)
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A Visit to Occupy DC, October 22, 2011
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28-Oct-2011
Interviews with members of Occupy DC encampment in McPherson Square in Downtown Washington DC October 22, 2011.
(05:01 Minutes)
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Ugandan Women sold as slaves in Iraq, Part II
21-Jun-2011
Continued from Part 1 uploaded 6/21. 150 Ugandan women were tricked with the promise of high paying jobs on American bases in Iraq. Instead they were sold into slavery as domestic servants. This is the story of Pross, one of 19 of the women who escaped.
(08:12 Minutes)
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Ugandan Women sold as slaves in Iraq, Part I
21-Jun-2011
150 Ugandan women were tricked with the promise of high paying jobs on American bases in Iraq. Instead they were sold into slavery as domestic servants. This is the story of Pross, one of 19 of the women who escaped.
(08:56 Minutes)
Download (3.58 MB)
Press Freedom under attack again in Uganda
20-Jun-2011
Journalists as well as opposition politicians are targeted by police as anti-government demonstrations develop.
(07:25 Minutes)
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Uganda's ongoing war on Gays and Lesbians
20-Jun-2011
Interviews with gay activists on Uganda fighting government and religious efforts to outlaw, punish and stigmatize homosexuality.
(09:54 Minutes)
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Child labor thrives when families can't put food on the table
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19-Jun-2011
We found children as young as 5 years old working in a rock quarry near Kampala, smashing rocks with tiny hand made hammers.
(06:38 Minutes)
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Recent Thoughts and Enthusiasms
Fighting Foreclosure

Bank of America lost Bertina Jones mortgage modification documents twice, then foreclosed on her house. The banks law... Continues...
No arrests or pepper spray at DC Nov. 17 Bridge March
The November 17 Occupy DC march to Key Bridge was remarkable for its peacefulness, while in the rest of the country,... Continues...
Occupation Art

I found some lively art work down at the occupy DC encampment in McPherson Square. DC artist Ray Voide did a nice job of... Continues...
Occupy DC a diverse bunch
I went down to visit the Occupy DC folks in McPherson Square a few days ago. Amongst the unwashed and the over-educated... Continues...
Nomad still roams, but stays close to home

Lawrence Kayinamura and his family only moved into a real house in 1995. Before that, they were nomads, herding cattle... Continues...