“Women’s issues” are magnified for undocumented women immigrants who often have little protection from domestic violence, employer exploitation and family dislocation. In part 15 of The Border immigration series, listeners voted for a look at the particular problems facing women who migrate. Also: it’s the Daily News versus the New York Post on the new Bravo series Tabloid Wars and an analysis of the military side of the Israel/Lebanon conflict.
Colonel Sam Gardiner, retired Air Force colonel who has taught strategy and military operations at the National War College
- provides military analysis of Israel's attack on Hezbollah in Lebanon.
Belisa Balaban, executive director of Tabloid Wars
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Ted Skillman, executive director of Tabloid Wars
- on the documentary "Tabloid Wars"
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Kerry Burke, city reporter for the New York Daily News
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on his work for a New York City tabloid
» Tabloid Wars on Bravo
Arlie Hochschild, professor of sociology at the University of California,
Berkeley, author and co-editor with Barbara Ehrenreich,
Global Woman: Nannies, Maids, and Sex Workers in the New Economy (Granta Books, 2003)
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Joanne Lin, senior staff attorney at Legal Momentum, a legal advocacy organization
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Aarti Shahani, co-director and organizer for Families for Freedom, an
advocacy organization for immigrants facing deportation
- on the particular issues facing women in the immigration debate
» The Border main page and Flickr photo project
» Professor Hochschild’s page at UC-Berkeley
» Joanne Lin’s bio
» Families For Freedom homepage
Bob Hennelly, WNYC reporter
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Sewell Chan, New York Times reporter
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Ashok Gupta, air and energy program director at the Natural Resources Defense Council
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on the latest on the Queens blackout and an update on the country's energy supply
» Con Ed Faced Critical Choice on Shutdown
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