Saturday, May 26, 2007

Air America/RadioNation Re-Launch

For the past two months, new management at the liberal talk radio network Air America Radio

has been working hard to re-launch a great idea -- talk radio for progressives that's informative, opinionated and entertaining.

Starting this week, the network has rolled out a new line-up, a redesigned website and a lively new blogger, Nancy Scola, who is posting many times each day. For this re-launch, Air America hosts have also interviewed some thirty leading political and public figures, including John Edwards, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Eliot Spitzer, Michael Bloomberg, Robert Redford, Paul Newman, Gloria Steinem and Ralph Nader.

Featured in the reinvigorated line-up are new weekday programs The Lionel Show, This is America with Jon Elliot and the Air Americans hosted by Mark Riley and featuring roving contributors Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Mike Papantonio, David Bender and RadioNation's Laura Flanders, among others. The weekend line-up will receive a dose of fresh voices with five new programs, including the new RadioNation with Laura Flanders.

A new weekly one-hour program broadcast each Sunday at 1:00 est, RadioNation with Laura Flanders features Nation writers, editors and authors discussing the most pressing political, social and cultural issues of our time. This Sunday tune in to hear conversations with Katrina vanden Heuvel on Iraq and Alberto Gonzalez, David Corn on the Democratic presidential contenders, Betsy Reed and Gabriel Thompson on the immigration debate and Liza Featherstone and Pete Montalbano on the efforts of Starbucks' workers to form a union.

Air America Radio is broadcast on 64 stations nationwide and on XM satellite and can be heard via live Internet streaming on www.airamericaradio.com.



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Socialism 2007

Join Amy Goodman, Jeremy Scahill, Dave Zirin, Laura Flanders, John Pilger and 1,200 others at Socialism 2007: Socialism for the 21st Century, a weekend of debate, discussion and entertainment, June 14 to 17, 2007, Chicago. Socialism 2007 will bring together socialists and activists who are involved in struggles across the country--from opposing the war to organizing against the death penalty--and share a vision of rebuilding the left.

Hear Counterpunch's Jeffrey St. Clair on "Hot climate, cold cash: Making a killing from global warming," campus activists on "You're not crazy: It's sexism," and debates on imperialism today and the immigrant rights struggle.



What's New at The Nation Online?

Dodd YouTubes Clinton, Obama on War Funding
John Nichols | Senator shakes up presidential race with YouTube challenge to frontrunners: He'll vote "no." Will they?

Russian Journalists Fight for Independent Media
Katrina vanden Heuvel | In these bleak times for free expression in Russia, what is heartening are signs of solidarity among the Russian press.

Blogging for Business
Ari Berman | More evidence of how Hillary Clinton's chief strategist, Mark Penn, continues to blur his corporate and political lives, using politics for profit.

More Trouble in Latte-Land
Liza Featherstone | Starbucks exudes a socially responsible vibe, but many baristas aren't feeling it.

Colorado Scores a Win for Voting Rights
Laura Flanders | Blue Grit Coloradans working for the reform of their voting system are fuelled by one, simple, radical notion that's proved a remarkable success.

Wolfowitz Out: The Spin Doesn't Matter
David Corn | The World Bank's board and Wolfowitz say he acted in good faith, but his resignation is the price he pays for abusing his power.


Nation Student Writing Contest, 2007
We're pleased to announce the second annual Nation Student Writing Contest. We're looking for original student voices to tell us what is the most important issue for young people in the 2008 presidential campaign. Essays should not exceed 800 words. Winner receives $1,000 and is published in The Nation and by our partners at CampusProgress and WireTap. We're currently taking entries. Click here for more info. Deadline is May 31.


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Peter Rothberg,
The Nation

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