Too Touchy?; East Los Angeles Cityhood; The Endangered Species Trade; Aids In Africa
Too Touchy?
Guest host, Jon Beaupre, talks with our listeners about school policies concerning public displays of affection between students.
East Los Angeles Cityhood
A bid for cityhood for East Los Angeles is underway, with the Local Agency Formation Commission set to announce a nine month study to access the economic viability of establishing a city within the 7.5-square- mile area know as East Los Angeles. The entire process could take well over a year, with supporters needing to obtain around 10,000 signatures after the LAFCO study is complete. Jon Beaupre and guests Rick Orlov of The Los Angeles Daily News and Sandor Winger of LAFCO discuss the possible implications for the 150,000 residents of East L.A., if the cityhood bid is successful.
The Endangered Species Trade
The Hague is best known for the International Court of Justice, but this month that famous Dutch city saw calls for another form of justice: the preservation of endangered species. Naturalists and government officials from around the world attended the CITES conference (Convention on the International Trade in Endangered). They worked on strategies for combating the trade in rare animals and protecting wildlife for future generations. Guest-host Jon Beaupre discusses their efforts with Will Travers President of the Species Survival Network and other experts and policy makers.
Aids In Africa
Contrary to popular belief, Africans actually average FEWER sexual partners over a lifetime than do Westerners. But AIDS has spread more rapidly among Africans, author Helen Epstein argues, because they tend to have two or three concurrent, long-term relationships. Jon Beaupre talks with Epstein about her new book The Invisible Cure, which argues that only internal social reform, not Western intervention, can relieve the AIDS epidemic in Africa.