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Thursday, October 07, 2004

Tomorrow is the “boycott for equality,” a day when gays and lesbians are being asked to stay home from work spend no money at all. The goal of the action is raise awareness of the gay and lesbian civil rights struggle by demonstrating homosexuals’ impact on the economy.

The Other Debate to Watch

Clyde Haberman, with a roundup of city issues including Senator Schumer's plans for a televised debate
» New York Times

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Greg David, Editor of Crains New York Business, shares his two cents
» Crains New York

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Heart of the Matter

Tara Parker-Pope, writes the healthjournal column for the Wall Street Journal and author, Cigarettes: Anatomy of an Industry from Seed to Smoke (the New Press, 2002), on defibrillators in the home

» Wall Street Journal

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Richard Hayes, Clinical Assistant ...

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30 Issues: Humanitarian Intervention

Andrew Apostolou, Vice-President for Research at The Foundation for the Defense of Democracies

» Defend Democracy

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Nancy Soderberg, Vice President and Director of the New York office of the International Crisis Group who served in the Clinton Administration ...

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Gays Stay Away

Dale Duncan, on a gay boycott for equal rights

» Boycott for Equality

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30 issues: science

Science is a campaign issue in 2004 in a way it hasn't been in years. Recently a group of scientists who are irate over Bush administration policy on stem cell research, climate change, and r & d funding, have banded together to form a 527 supporting the Kerry campaign,

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feedback: science

Isn't there a difference between budgeting for R&D and budgeting for
other scientific research? What about fields of science where there
isn't product development going on?

-JLE

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30 ISSUES: HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTION

Today's topic is "humanitarian intervention." When is it acceptable to take up arms to save lives? Does the war in Iraq qualify? What should the U.S. do in Darfur?

Our guests today are Nancy Soderberg who served as a foreign policy official in the Clinton administration and Vance Serchuk ...

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