An LGBT teen arrested+an Immigration Bill inches forward+a march against Monsanto

1.  Immigration Reform moves one step forward.

Yesterday, the immigration reform bill cleared the Senate judiciary committee, an important step before it hits the floor for a full senate vote.  But did the bill change?  Will those changes be good or bad?  Tune in as we talk to the Immigrant Legal Resource Center's Angie Junck, GetEqual's Felipe Sousa Rodriguez and and MALDEF's  Jose Magana-Salgado.  

2.  A gay teen is facing sex crime charges for a consensual relationship.

 

Kaitlyn Hunt of Indian River County is facing 15 years in prison after being charged with two felony counts of lewd and lascivious battery on a child 12 to 16 years old.   That "child" was her teenage girlfriend (Kaitlyn is 18, the child is 15).  Tune in as we talk to Equality Florida's Nadine Smith, lawyer and advocate Nicole Pittman and and Attorney Sabrina Puglisi about all that is wrong with this picture.

3.  Who is Monsanto and why are people marching against them?

Monsanto is a agricultural bio-tech company that is leading producer of genetically engineered seeds.  Find out why people all over the world are going to "March Against Monsanto" on May 25.  Guests include Consumers Union's Michael Hansen, Pamm Larry, GMO Free Florida and Millions against Monsanto's Trish Sheldon and Zen Honeycutt.

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BREAKING! RE:KIERA WILMOT+IRS misbehavior,a jailed dictator,an immigrant's fast & radicals vs. terrorists

Breaking News:  Charges dropped against Bartow, Fl teen Kiera Wilmot arrested for science experiment explosion.  Tune in tonight as we talk about it!

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1.  When the IRS behaves badly

The taxman is in the news this week for allegedly targeting nonprofit groups affiliated with the Tea Party for extra scrutiny.  But this isn't the first or the last time that the IRS has been used to target organizations because of their political opinion.  Tune in as we talk to Salon writer Alex Seitz-Wald and Brooklyn-based community activist Lumumba Bandele. 

2.  A Guatemalan ex-dictator goes to prison for war crimes

Efrain Rios Montt, the former US-government backed dictator was convicted of crimes against humanity last Friday, the first time a former head of state has been found guilty of genocide in his country’s own courts.  Tune in as we talk to the National Alliance of Latin American & Caribbean Communities' Edgar Ayala about what this will mean for Guatemala, the United States and human rights more broadly.

3.  When Immigrants and their friends stop eating for justice

Tune in tonight to find out why immigrant families in Homestead, Florida and around the country have stopped eating for a week.  Guests include Cynthia Morena and Guadalupe De La Cruz of We Count!

4.  Wait, terrorists aren't radicals?!?!?!?!

Not really, says terrorism expert John Horgan.  Find out what he is talking about tonight.

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EXCLUSIVE!: An Army Whistle-Blower,an Alleged Sexual Assault and its Aftermath

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1.  EXCLUSIVE!: An Army Reserve Captain speaks out about an alleged sexual assault and claims retaliation.

Army Reserve Captain Marcelo Lucero comes from a military family. Yet he is risking his entire military career and then some to speak out about an alleged sexual assault and subsequent alleged failure to investigate/cover-up by the Army.  On the week that the Pentagon reveals that there were 26,000 sexual assaults in the military last year, tune in as Captain Lucero tells us about 1 alleged incident and what he describes as a "concealment of sexual assault and the perpetuation of an atmosphere of sexual harassment at the 841st Engineer Battalion in Miami, Florida."

2.  Will the President Expand the FBI's Web Wiretapping Powers?

In the news today, we found out that the White House may try to make it easier for the FBI to wiretap people who use the Internet to connect with people.  You know, like half the country or so.  Tune in as we talk to our friends at the Bill of Rights Defense Committee about what this means for all of us.

3.  A private prison giant holds a shareholders meeting in South Florida, a bunch of Floridians object.

Just a few weeks ago a coalition of students and concerned Floridians successfully stopped the Florida Atlantic University from allowing private prison giant GEO from naming the college's sports stadium.  Yesterday, some of those same folks were protesting outside of the GEO groups shareholders meeting.  Tune in to find out why.

4.  The fight to fight student loan debt continues.

According to Campus Progress, student loan interest rates are set to double on July 1st if Congress doesn't act quickly (we won't hold our breath).  Tune in to find out why and what we can do about it.

From Bartow to Guantanamo to Bangladesh

1. A girl faces a felony for a science experiment gone wrong

Bartow, Florida's Kiera Wilmot is considered a great student from a good family.  Find out why this teenager faces jail-time and expulsion from school for a science experiment gone wrong.  Guests include Miami New Times writer Tim Elfrink, author Monique Morris and Southern Poverty Law Center's Tania Galloni. If you feel moved, sign the Change.org petition here.

2.  When Guantanamo hunger strikers were Haitian

As the news is focusing on the suspected (sort of)-but-never-charged-as-terrorists men on hunger strike in Guantanamo today we will talk about the other notorious chapter of Guantanamo Bay's history as we talk to Haitian Women for Haitian Refugee's Ninaj Raoul. 

3.  Why the factory collapse in Bangladesh matters to Americans.

As the toll from a garment factory collapse in Bangladesh surpasses 400, we check in with Professor Nusrat Chowdhury (Umass-Amherst) and Sweatfree's Liana Foxvog on what Americans should do when workers that make the clothes they wear are hurt and killed in the process.

4.  Can IPADs and other tablets help Autistic folks?

The folks sponsoring an "Ipads for Autism" drive say yes.  Tune in to Dr. Robin Parker and co-founder of Vitacare and Ipads for Autism Andy Travaglia and hear why they are collecting "Ipads for Autism."

America after Boston I: Our freedoms, relationships & policies

Family, because we are sure you haven't had enough news, information or opinion on the events in Boston, we wanted to dedicate a whole show to what America will or should look like after tragedy. 

1.  A Bostonian that knew both a perpetrator of the Boston bombing and a victim.

Call him Gee (that's what he told us to call him).  Gee doesn't feel good about the world this week.  In the past week, he found out that his close friend, 29 year-old Krystle Campbell, was killed when the Boston marathon was bombed.  That same week, he found out that one of the guys that trained at his gym, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, was the person that probably killed her.  Please don't miss this moving segment.

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2. They can't take away our FREEEEDOM!!!! Wait...can they?

It took only a few days after catching a suspect in the Boston bombing for one high profile politician to tell us that "our interpretation of the Constitution" has to change so that our cities can have "more cameras and that kind of stuff."  But is he right? Do we really have to just deal with our cities being flooded with more cameras and surveillance?  We talk to Miami-based photojournalist (Photography is Not a Crime) and ask if the freedom to film us will ever go both ways.

3.  Were the Feds too busy creating fake terror plots to stop a real one?

A bunch of politicians and talking heads have raised a fuss about Tamerlan Tsarnaev being on a government watch-list for years without ever being busted for anything that could have prevented the Boston bombings from taking place.  What those folks forget to mention is that federal law enforcement agencies did spend years hiring informants and cooking up fake terror plots to try to catch aspiring terrorists.  Florida Center for Investigative Reporting's Trevor Aaronson (author of the Terror Factory) tells us more tonight.

4.  Stopping Terrorism vs. Targeting Islam

Politicians and pundits can't seem to understand the difference between promoting policies that stop people from being killed and promoting policies that target Muslims (and those that "look" like them) for being themselves.  Tonight we talk this through with UC-Irvine Professor of Middle East studies, Mark Levine and community activist Zahra Billoo.

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