Host Francesca Rheannon interviews comix master Art Spiegelman. Also, investigative journalist Greg Palast talks about the comic book he produced with Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., STEAL BACK YOUR VOTE!.
Articles Tagged ‘ Election Season ’
DISPATCHES FROM THE RELIGIOUS LEFT
October 14th, 2008
We talk with Fred Clarkson, co-founder of Talk2Action, about the book he just edited: Dispatches from the Religious Left: The Future of Faith and Politics in America. We also talk with Chip Berlet about the essay he contributed to the book. And contributor and organizer Leo Maley tells us about how the religious Left organized [...]
Ron Suskind, THE WAY OF THE WORLD and ELIZABETH WINTHROP, COUNTING ON GRACE
October 4th, 2008
Francesca talks with Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Ron Suskind about . Also, Elizabeth Winthrop on , the story of an 11-year old girl working in the textile mills of Vermont at the turn of the twentieth century.
David Cay Johnston, FREE LUNCH
September 26th, 2008
Francesca interviews reporter David Cay Johnston about his investigation into how government policy is rigged to enrich the super wealthy. And Francine Prose talks about GOLDENGROVE, her new coming-of-age novel.
The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power
August 12th, 2008
Host Francesca Rheannon talks with journalist Jeff Sharlet about his bestselling new book, . It’s about the real “New World Order” of elite fundamentalism that threatens our democracy.
Margot Livesey, HOUSE ON FORTUNE STREET
June 23rd, 2008
We talk with Margot Livesey about THE HOUSE ON FORTUNE STREET, her stunning new novel about love, loss and the ambiguities of existence. Told from the point of view of four narrators, it explores how they try to make sense of their world when their lives are upended by the unexpected–and how their human frailties [...]
Call for Independent Exit Polling
October 31st, 2006
Writer’s Voice guest Steve Freeman (WAS THE 2004 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION STOLEN?) and co-author Steve Bleifuss have just published an excellent op ed in the South Florida Sun-Sentinal about how independent exit polling is a critical means of safeguarding the integrity of the vote.
The Vote Count Protection Project
October 23rd, 2006
Our guest Friday October 27 will be Steve Freeman, author of WAS THE 2004 ELECTION STOLEN. He’s also with Election Integrity, working to make sure that the election results tally the real exit polls. Read ahead this note about it from Stephanie Frank Singer, the director of the Vote Count Protection Project at Election Integrity
Web Extra: 9-11 Press for Truth video
October 9th, 2006
This excellent video explores the unanswered questions around 9-11: what the Bush Administration knew before the event and their possible cover-up. Watch it here.
URGENT: Stealth bill threatens democracy
September 19th, 2006
Stealth Voter Disenfranchisement Labeled as “Federal Election Integrity Act” Urgent action is needed to oppose H.R. 4844, the deceptively titled Federal Election Integrity Act of 2006. A vote is expected in the U.S. House tomorrow or Thursday. Please act now! Contact your Representative today to oppose H.R. 4844 or click here
Voting Problems?
September 14th, 2006
A new study shows major security problems with Diebold voting machines.
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