Sonia Gipson Rankin speaks as part of UNM’s Civil Rights Colloquium, “Significant Voices: Women on Equal Rights and Sexual Justice.” She is a UNM lecturer in Africana Studies, New Mexico Bar Association member, secretary of the New Mexico Black Lawyers Association, and trustee and vice-chair for the Ralph J. Brunche Academy.
Leah Sneider, doctoral student in UNM’s Department of English, speaks as part of UNM’s Civil Rights Colloquium, “Significant Voices: Women on Equal Rights and Sexual Justice.”
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Jenn Griggs, graduate student in UNM’s School of Architecture and Planning, speaks as part of UNM’s Civil Rights Colloquium, “Significant Voices: Women on Equal Rights and Sexual Justice.”
UNM’s Organizational Learning and Instructional Technology (OLIT) Program announces a distance learning agreement with the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya in Barcelona, Spain.
Commenting are:
UNM President David Schmidly
Susan Tiano, Latin American and Iberian Institute director
Deb La Pointe, assistant professor at the Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center and OLIT faculty
Imma Tubella, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya rectora
and others.
Rep. Daniel Lungren (R-Calif.) criticizes the Democratic budget and promises a Republican alternative next week that will spend less, tax less and borrow less.
Coffee Brown, University of New Mexico, Talk Radio News
Today at a discussion titled, “The Implications of the G-20 Summit for the Political Sovereignty and Economic Freedom of the United States,” Jeremy Rabkin, a Professor of law at George Mason University School of Law said that the G-20 group is science fiction. “The majority of these countries are poor and somewhat chaotic. The idea that your going to propose a elaborate system of global controls and China will say yeah good idea we really want people to come into our country and monitor how we do our regulation. I think its fantastical,” Rabkin said.
Today at a discussion titled, “The Implications of the G-20 Summit for the Political Sovereignty and Economic Freedom of the United States,” J.D. Foster, a senior fellow in the economics of fiscal policy at the Thomas Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies of the Heritage Foundation, spoke about the upcoming G-20 summit in April and how France’s President, Nicolas Sarkozy is suggesting that Europe take the lead of the country and the United States follow. Foster said that Barney Frank (D-Mass.) would not allow that to happen.
by Christina Lovato, University of New Mexico-Talk Radio News Service
“Still drawn to the change in my pocket, I started thinking about other coins, especially the quarter and the dollar. In this I was aided (abetted?) by my old friend Joe K. and by the U.S. Mint itself, which has an excellent website (http://www.usmint.gov). The mint’s facts and Joe’s opinions have kept me sputtering along since the last wonk.” A video blog by Jerry Shea, UNM professor emeritus. From the original blog at MacInstruct.com, Aug. 5, 2008.
Robert Zirkelbach of America’s Health Insurance Plans explains that it would be illegal to decline health insurance based on genetic screening, either of the applicant or of a relative.
Coffee Brown, University of New Mexico, Talk Radio News
Congressman Trent Franks (R-AZ) interview with Talk Radio News Correspondent, Candyce Torres on the topic of how President Obama’s Budget spends too much money.
By Candyce Torres, University of New Mexico-Talk Radio News Service
Former presidential candidate and long time consumer rights advocate Ralph Nader talked with Michael Ruhl to discuss the status of his lawsuit against the Democratic National Committee (DNC) immediately following the circuit court argument for Nader vs. DNC. Nader claims that he was harassed and burdened in 2004 presidential election by the DNC, in what he calls “an abuse of the legal process” and malicious prosecution. In this interview, Nader explained background of the case, and the case’s current status.
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