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  • Seaway Pipeline a Texas Style Disaster
    It snakes through North Texas, buried or in the process of being buried,
    drawing little attention for anyone other than the people who live and work
    near it.“People should be concerned about this …,” said Rita Beving, a
    member of the watchdog group, Public Citizen, and an opponent of the new
    Seaway pipeline being placed in parts of North Texas.he Seaway is 500 miles
    long, running from Cushing, Okla., to the Texas Gulf Coast..CBS DFW 11
    Surveillance and online privacy look to be one of the biggest topics of
    conversation at the 2014 SXSW Interactive Festival.On Monday, March 10 at
    11:00 am, join us for a conversation between Edward Snowden and
    Christopher Soghoian, the principal technologist of the American Civil
    Liberties Union. The conversation will be focused on the impact of the NSA's
    spying efforts on the technology community, and the ways in which
    technology can help to protect us from mass
    surveillance.http://sxsw.com/interactive/news/2014/monday-march-10-
    edward-snowden-speak-sxsw-interactive-videoconference
    Vigilancia y privacidad en línea parecen ser uno de los mayores temas deconversación en el 2014 SXSW Interactive Festival.On Lunes, 10 de marzo a las11:00 horas, únase a nosotros para una conversación entre Edward y Snowden Christopher Soghoian , el técnico principal de la American Civil Liberties Union . La conversación se centró en el impacto de la NSA esfuerzos de espionaje en la comunidad de la tecnología , y las formas en quela tecnología puede ayudar a protegernos de la masa surveillance.http :/ / sxsw.com/interactive/news/2014/monday-march-10-edward- snowden -speak - sxsw -interactive - videoconferencia
    43 min
  • Gentrification in Brooklyn
    Gentrification is defined by Merriam-Webster as "the process of renewal and rebuilding accompanying the influx of middle-class or affluent people into deteriorating areas that often displaces poorer residents." It derives from gentry, meaning "aristocracy," and ultimately from the Old French word for "noble" or "high-born." Spike Lee denounced the economic and cultural consequences of more and more white people moving into predominantly African American neighborhoods, such as Harlem.
    Opponents of the proposed Bedford Historic District agree that many of the buildings recommended for designation are exquisite. But, they wonder, are they all so handsome as to deserve being draped with an official mantle of protection?Kirsten John Foy, the president of the Brooklyn chapter of the National Action Network, that, as a result of foreclosures and other factors, “people are being forced out of their homes at still alarming rates. At a time when the community was beginning to reestablish itself,”“why would we encourage gentrification, predatory lenders, buyers and racketeers? Making homeownership more costly for existing residents will accelerate normal market and business cycles, drive up evictions, and create more gentrification, more displacement.”
    43 min
  • The Morning Quarterback 03 March 2014
    Morning Quarterback is a person who passes judgement on and criticizes something after the event (the Oxford Dictionary).
    We take a look at the Sunday talk shows and much more.
    Mañana Quarterback es una persona que juzga y critica algo después del evento (el Diccionario Oxford).
    Echamos un vistazo a los programas dominicales y mucho más.
    45 min
  • The Week that Was 01 March 2014
    The past week's political events that help shape the American  politics.
    Acontecimientos políticos de la semana pasada que ayudan a conformar el cuerpo político estadounidense.
    38 min
  • Friday Java 28 Febuary 2014
    The political magazine with a full cup of Coffee and a few polling numbers in between the refills.
    La revista política con una taza llena de café y algunos números de las encuestas entre las recargas.
    44 min
  • Mississippi Religious Freedom Restoration Act
    “What little bit I’ve heard about it — I’m depending on the legislative process, and I hate to comment on it at this point,” Bryant said. “I am sure attorneys in the House of Representatives will be looking at it. I’m just not prepared to say at this point whether that bill has that provision in it or not … I do support putting In God We Trust on the state seal.”Gov. Phil Bryant
    “As a minister, it’s clear that this extreme bill is about legalizing discrimination not protecting religious freedoms,” said the Rev. Jasmine Beach-Ferrara, director of Campaign for Southern Equality. “This proposed legislation is a step in the wrong direction as we move toward acceptance of LGBT people in all facets of life. That’s why we’re seeing bills like this fail across the country — they are extreme and out of touch with basic American values. Mississippi is home to a large, strong LGBT community who will be organizing day and night against this bill.”Clarion Ledger
    35 min
  • Harold Ramis actor, writer and director, dead at 69
    Harold Ramis the embodiment of the Windy City of Chicago,he was one of Hollywood’s most successful comedy filmmakers when he moved his family from Los Angeles back to the Chicago area in 1996. His career was still thriving, with "Groundhog Day" acquiring almost instant classic status upon its 1993 release and 1984's "Ghostbusters" ranking among the highest-grossing comedies of all time, but the writer-director wanted to return to the city where he’d launched his career as a Second City performer.
    Jerry Pippin a comedian ,writer and producer of comedy shows discuses the intersection of real life with the world of social drama and psychological machinations as Harold Ramis
    does in 2010 interview with WGN. And the longing for return to one's hometown as in a Tom Wolf story(You can not go home again).
    30 min
  • Professor Jack D. Forbes
    “The Manipulation of Race, Caste, and Identity,” “There is no denying but what the image of the ‘Great White Fornicator’ is a popular one, exalted (as it were) by a vast folklore and accepted as valid almost without seeking proof.” Dr, Jack D. Forbes
    "We should honour Dr Forbes for his enormous contributions to Native American Studies; however, honoring his contributions to African American Studies and his ability to bridge these two interdisciplinary fields is no less fitting nor does it diminish his contribution to the former"  Dr, Arica L. Coleman is a lecturer for the Center for Africana Studies at Johns Hopkins University. She is author of That the Blood Stays Pure: African Americans, Native Americans and the Predicament of Race and Identity in Virginia, Indiana University Press, 2013
    36 min

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