Viernes 30 de Septiembre de 2005

LOS TITULARES DE HOY

• Judy Miller liberada luego de aceptar testificar
• Cien mil dólares por información que permita el arresto de funcionarios
• Roberts prestó juramento como Presidente de la Corte Suprema
• El tribunal de DeLay fija fecha
• Chávez critica severamente a Estados Unidos por Posadas
• Juez ordena publicar más fotos de Abu Ghraib
• Gobierno sabía que dique de Nueva Orleans era débil
• Policía de Nueva Orleans investigada por saqueos
• Bill Bennett: "Se podría abortar a todos los bebés negros del país, y el índice de delincuencia disminuiría"
• Seis de cada diez mujeres de la Guardia Nacional sufren acoso o abuso sexual
• Franklin se declarará culpable en escándalo de AIPAC
• Orden de arresto internacional contra dictador de Chad
• Más de 1.100 personas encarceladas en Birmania

EL RESTO DE LA HORA DE DEMOCRACY NOW!

• Longtime GOP Fundraiser and NPR Critic Elected to Head CPB

  
  

  Longtime Republican fundraiser Cheryl Halpern was elected the new chair of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting earlier this week. Halpern has overseen such government-funded media projects as Voice of America, Radio Marti in Cuba and Radio Free Iraq. She has also accused National Public Radio of anti-Israel bias. We speak with Celia Wexler of Common Cause. [includes rush transcript]

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• Local Public Access TV Under Attack From Trio of Congressional Bills

  
  

  Local public access television across the United States is being threatened by legislation introduced in both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. Critics say the bills could eliminate the only source of funding public access providers receive and would take away control from local governments. We speak with Anthony Riddle of the Alliance for Community Media and George Stoney, who many consider the father of public access. [includes rush transcript]

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• New Orleans Evacuees Blast Lack of Any Aid or Relief Weeks After Katrina

  
  

  A month after hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast, displaced New Orleans residents at the Radisson Hotel in New York City speak out about the lack of aid they have received and the continued difficulty of receiving any type of relief from the Red Cross. [includes rush transcript]

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• Head of Small Relief Agency Blasts Red Cross "Money Pit"

  
  

  We speak with Richard Walden, president and founder of Operation USA, a Los Angeles-based relief agency. In an Op-Ed in the Los Angeles Times this week titled "The Red Cross money pit," Walden writes that despite, "Giving so high a percentage of all donations to one agency (The Red Cross) that defines itself only as a first-responder and not a rebuilder is not the wisest choice." [includes rush transcript]

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