Archive - Sep 11, 2008

Political conventions are a little more than pomp and circumstance, a little. The parties unveil their policy goals for the next four years.  Dramatic differences do exist between the two parties.  Joining us to talk about the differences that affect women is Ms Magazine Executive Editor Kathy Spillar.

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Earlier this week, KPFK News Director Patrick Burke hosted an on-air discussion about Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin and how the conventions have shifted the debate.  Burke speaks with Democratic strategist Eli Attie by phone and Republican organizer Peter Bylsma in-studio.

• New York 9-11 Medics and Firefighters Want Memorial
• Windows on the World Workers Strive to Help Each Other Years After 9-11 Attack
• Sex, Drugs and Big Oil: Scandal at the Department of Interior
• Department of Interior Moving to Open Grand Canyon for Exploratory Uranium Drilling
• IRS Commissioner Grilled on Tax Dividends
• McCain Flip Flops on Gay Rights

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• US Troop Casualities in Afghanistan Hit New Record
• Pakistani Military and Civilian Leadership Condemn Deadly US Ground Assault
• Mandatory Evacuations from Parts of the Texas Coast
• Greenpeace Wins Case of Direct Action Against a Coal Fired Power Plant
• Bolivia Expels US Ambassador
• Chileans Commemorate 1973 Coup

While the attacks of September 11 were used to justify US action against Afghanistan, some New Yorkers found more constructive ways to focus their energy. Among these, restaurant workers from Windows on the World began to come together to help each other rebuild their lives with better working conditions. Zoe Sullivan reports.

An Inspector General report finds rampant ethics abuses and cronyism at
the Department of Interior. Sex, drugs, and unscrupulous contracts
permeated a third of government employees in charge of overseeing oil
and natural gas royalties. Our Washington Editor Leigh Ann Caldwell
reports that Democrats in Congress say this report proves the Bush
Administration's close ties to big oil.

IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman was in the hot seat today before the Investigations Subcommittee for Homeland Security for not doing more to stop offshore companies from dodging US dividend taxes. Shulman says the IRS is working on closing loopholes, but Chairman of the subcommittee Carl Levin says the IRS is not doing nearly enough.  FSRN's Karen Miller has more