Bush Orders Federal Contractors To Verify Employees' Legal Status; Latinos And The Rise Of The New Right In Local Government; Vitamin D: Wonder Drug?; Scott McClellan's Testimony; The Rand Corporation And The Rise Of The American Empire
Bush Orders Federal Contractors To Verify Employees' Legal Status
President Bush has signed an executive order requiring contractors and others who do business with the federal government to make sure their employees can legally work in the U.S. The order says federal departments and agencies must require contractors to use an electronic system to verify that the workers are eligible. Larry talks with Mark Krikorian, Executive Director of the Center for Immigration Studies, Mike Aitken, Director of Government Affairs for the Society for Human Resource Management, Democratic representative Zoe Lofgren, John Trasvina, President and General Counsel for MALDEF, and Homeland Security spokeswoman Amy Kudwa.
Latinos And The Rise Of The New Right In Local Government
Costa Mesa became the epicenter of the immigration debate when it passed an ordinance to deputize units of the Costa Mesa Police department to enforce national immigration laws. They also made an agreement with Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency to have an ICE deputy work inside the Costa Mesa jail system. In his new book "Terror in the Latino Barrio," social activist and professor Humberto Caspa gives his account of how right-wing interest groups in Costa Mesa politicized local governments. He contends that a new breed of politicians and political activists is making every effort possible to stop the flow of immigrant Latinos and U.S.-Latinos into Costa Mesa. He joins Larry Mantle to talk about his book and the situation for Latinos in Costa Mesa.
Vitamin D: Wonder Drug?
A recent study indicates people who are deficient in vitamin D have a higher risk for all types of diseases including heart disease, cancer and diabetes. Larry talks about the studies findings, as well as several other studies that have had similar findings.
Scott McClellan's Testimony
Larry Mantle talks with local Democratic Congressman and member of the House Judiciary Committee, Brad Sherman, about Scott McClellan's June 20th testimony before the committee regarding Vice President Dick Cheney's involvement in the Valerie Plame CIA identity leak.
The Rand Corporation And The Rise Of The American Empire
Born in the wake of World War II as an idea factory to advise the air force on how to wage and win wars, the RAND Corporation quickly became the creator of America's anti-Soviet nuclear strategy. A magnet for the best and the brightest, its ranks included Cold War luminaries who arguably saved us from nuclear annihilation and unquestionably created Eisenhower's "military-industrial complex." Author Alex Abella joins Larry Mantle to talk about "Soldiers of Reason," the first-ever popular history of RAND. Written with full access to its archives, the book chronicles the rise of the secretive think tank that has been the driving force behind American government for sixty years.