Gloria Contreras-Edin, executive director of Centro Legal, the immigrant rights group that filed the lawsuit. Centro Legal is a non-profit law firm that provides legal services to low income Latinos in the area of immigration law and family law.
The musical giant and political activist Fela Anikulapo-Kuti died this weekend at his home in Nigeria. His family said that Fela died of heart failure caused by AIDS. He was 58-years-old.
Guest:
• Diabel Faye, the producer of Radio Kankan, an African music program on Pacifica station WBAI in New York City.
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Daily News Digest
In a Senate hearing today, Pentagon officials claimed President Obama and future presidents have the power to send troops anywhere in the world to fight groups linked to al-Qaeda, based in part on the Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF), passed by Congress days after the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. [includes rush transcript]
