Focus 580 with David Inge
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Interview Archives: Public Policy
Friday February 13, 2004, 10:06 AM
The Consequences of Uninsurance
Shoshanna Sofaer, Professor of Health Care Policy, Baruch College, City University of New York
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Categories: Health • Health Policy • Public Policy
Friday February 27, 2004, 10:06 AM
Recent Changes in U. S. Immigration Law
Richard and Debbie Schell, co-authors of U. S. IMMIGRATION AND CITIZENSHIP Q & A, and practicing immigration attorneys
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Categories: Immigration • Law • Public Policy
Monday September 20, 2004, 11:06 AM
THE TRUTH ABOUT THE DRUG COMPANIES: HOW THEY DECEIVE US AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT
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Marcia Angell, M.D., Harvard Medical School’s Department of Social Medicine
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Categories: Health • Health Policy • Prescription Drugs • Politics • Public Policy
Wednesday September 22, 2004, 11:06 AM
A Secure America in a Secure World: Foreign PolicyIn Focus Task Force On Terrorism Report
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John Gershman, co-director of Foreign Policy In Focus for the Interhemispheric Resource Center
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Categories: International Affairs • Public Policy • Terrorism
Friday September 24, 2004, 10:06 AM
War Rhetoric’s Toll On Democracy
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Bruce Williams, Professor, Institute of Communications, University of Illinois (University YMCA Friday Forum Speaker)
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Categories: Communication • Media and journalism • Public Policy • Terrorism • War
Tuesday September 28, 2004, 10:06 AM
2004 Election Campaign: Medicare Issues
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Richard L. Kaplan, Professor of Law, University of Illinois College of Law
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Categories: Government • Elections • Health • Health Policy • Politics • Public Policy
Wednesday September 29, 2004, 11:06 AM
A+ Illinois: A Campaign To Provide Quality Education
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Linden A. Warfel, Vice Chairman, Illinois Community College Trustees Association; Dennis Vercler, Director of News and Communications of the Illinois Farm Bureau; and Gene Amberg, Superintendent of Urbana School District #116
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Categories: Education • Public Policy • Taxation
Wednesday October 13, 2004, 11:06 AM
The Working Poor Families Project Report (from The Annie E. Casey Foundation)
Brandon Roberts, Report Director
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Categories: Economics • Family • Labor/worker issues • Poverty • Public Policy
Friday October 15, 2004, 10:06 AM
At Large City Council Representation
Christopher Alix, Chairman of the Plus2Four Urbana Initiative and Urbana Planning Commission Member, Esther Patt, Urbana City Council Member
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Categories: Government • Elections • Public Policy
Tuesday February 01, 2005, 11:06 AM
Social Security Is Not In Danger
Mark Weisbrot, co-director Center for Economic and Policy Research, Washington D.C.
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Categories: Economics • Public Policy • Social Security
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