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Wake up and pay attention to the Immigration Emergency. This episode is about the legislation of intolerance and bigotry, and what you can do about it. First, Investigative Reporter Joe Richey reports on the Department of Homeland Security's existing funding, planning and execution of contracts (to KBR and other private security companies) to enable detection, detaining, and deportation of many immigrants. Some border states are already calling for the trigger: an official "Immigration Emergency". Then, an update on No More Deaths. Two humanitarian aid workers are readying for trial. They're accused of treason for providing water and medical aid to border-crossers. Preview a strong documentary making the festival circuit (and see it when it plays your town): "El Inmigrante" follows immigrants looking for a better life here in America, as they cross the border. And New America Media's Daffodil Alton takes us to LA high schools, where some of the most intelligently planned and peaceful demonstrations have been planned...by student activists. Then, if you're feeling like a song to rally by, open yr ears to musician Steve Taylor's rendition of activist Ralph Chaplin's "Mourn Not the Dead".

IN THEIR BOOTS is a compelling new magazine show about the dramatic impact the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are having on us - the people here at home. The show will feature our Iraq and Afghanistan service men and women, and their families, in stories that have universal appeal.

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BREAKING NEWS: Gov. John Baldacci of Maine has reversed himself and agreed to sign the bill passed by the legislature this week opening marriage to same-sex couples. He will be the first governor to sign same-sex marriage into law not under a court order to do so. We hope that New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch will also do so. Same-sex couples can now legally marry in the US in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Vermont, and Iowa. ALSO IN THE NEWS: The US House of Representatives passes a hate crimes bill The decision of the high court of California on Prop 8 is due by no later than June 3; to be a part of actions around the country in response to the decision, go to _www.dayofdecision.org_ An out lesbian lawyer is mentioned as a possible replacement for US Supreme Court Justice David Souter A big win for a transgendered woman rejected for a job from the Library of Congress for transitioning Lesbian activists in Moscow will apply for a marriage license Britain's new poet laureate, Carol Ann Duffy, is the first woman named to the post and the first out gay or lesbian person A new study says early treatment for HIV lengthens life Andy reviews a bunch of shows including Nathan Lane in "Waiting for Godot" Gay USA, a weekly news-hour, offers comprehensive news and analysis by and about the LGBTQ community. The program features lively repartee between hosts Ann Northrop and Andy Humm, as well as interviews with special guests. Produced at Manhattan Neighborhood Network, Gay USA airs several times a week on Free Speech TV. Each week s complete episode is streamed on www.freespeech.org and is available as an RSS feed.

The legendary cofounder and CEO of Rocky Mountain Institute, physicist Amory Lovins, is the most important figure in the history of the "alternative energy" movement, its most brilliant, inspiring visionary and advocate. He will offer us a realistic outline of how we can achieve a prosperous post-petroleum economy through cutting-edge design innovations, radically enhanced resource efficiency, and judicious use of biofuels and hydrogen. With business and civil society in the vanguard, we can get off oil attractively and profitably while revitalizing key industrial sectors and protecting the climate.

IN THE NEWS: BREAKING: US House passes hate crimes bill, NH legislature advances same-sex marriage bill IOWA: Same-sex marriage commences; we'll bring you video of the happy day NEW YORK: Marriage equality passes an Assembly committee MAINE: BIG hearing on same-sex marriage before 3,000 people SOULFORCE TAKES ON THE VATICAN at the Holy See's Mission to the UN in New York BARNEY FRANK says wait until next year for the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell LESBIAN PRIME MINISTER OF ICELAND wins election to full term HUNGARY passes domestic partners law DUBLIN is scene of 1,000 marching for same-sex marriage ANDY REVIEWS "Mary Stuart and "Next to Normal" on Broadway Gay USA, a weekly news-hour, offers comprehensive news and analysis by and about the LGBTQ community. The program features lively repartee between hosts Ann Northrop and Andy Humm, as well as interviews with special guests. Produced at Manhattan Neighborhood Network, Gay USA airs several times a week on Free Speech TV. Each week's complete episode is streamed on www.freespeech.org and is available as an RSS feed.

THIS WEEK'S GUEST: REV. MEL WHITE, author of "Stranger at the Gate: To Be Gay and Christian in America" and "Religion Gone Bad: The Hidden Dangers of the Christian Right" joins us to tell us about the SoulForce campaign protesting the Vatican's obstruction of the United Nations Statement on Human Rights, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity. The group that he founded is protesting at the Vatican Ambassador's office in New York at 25 E. 39th St. this morning and Thursday morning at 10 AM. For more information on the action, go to _www.soulforce.org/catholic-action_ Mel speaks passionately and candidly about how anti-gay bigotry is entrenched in most organized religion and offers his advice to LGBT people and those who support us on how to deal with being a person of faith today. Mel will also share his experiences with teaming up with his son, film director Mike White, on "The Amazing Race" this season. Rev. Mel White, founder of SoulForce photo by Bill Bahlman You can read more about Mel at _http://www.melwhite.org/_ IN THE NEWS: NEW YORK GOVERNOR DAVID PATERSON launches a campaign for a marriage equality bill and the polls immediately indicate increased support for it. You can see the entire press conference at: _http://pointers.audiovideoweb.com/stcasx/1c2win1559/GOV_04162009edit.wmv/play.asx_ WASHINGTON STATE passes a stronger domestic partners bill and the rightwing threatens a referendum--as same-sex marriages begin in IOWA OBAMA'S DEFENSE SECRETARY says that the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell may not happen--but the administration continues to make more high-level out gay and lesbian appointments More horrible news from IRAQ about anti-gay attacks and murders ANDY REVIEWS "Joe Turner's Come and Gone," "Norman Conquests," and "Rock of Ages" on Broadway Gay USA, a weekly news-hour, offers comprehensive news and analysis by and about the LGBTQ community. The program features lively repartee between hosts Ann Northrop and Andy Humm, as well as interviews with special guests. Produced at Manhattan Neighborhood Network, Gay USA airs several times a week on Free Speech TV. Each week s complete episode is streamed on www.freespeech.org and is available as an RSS feed.

IN THE NEWS: A STORM IS COMING! That's the message from a new $1.5 million ad campaign from the rightwing fighting same-sex marriage. We'll show you their first ad and their inadvertently hilarious audition tape for it. Iowa Republicans are working to undo the state high court decision opening marriage to gay couples with a state constitutional amendment, possibly through a state constitutional convention to be voted on next year. We'll show you a Democratic leader eloquently fighting back. The LA LGBT Center wants to see YOUR ad for same-sex marriage: (http://www.lagaycenter.org/site/PageServer?pagename=Project_Pushback) A Massachusetts boy, 11, commits suicide after being bullied with anti-gay slurs SoulForce plans a protest in New York April 21-23 against the Vaican ambassador to the UN. You can get involved and learn more at: (http://www.soulforce.org/catholic-action) Congressman Jared Polis and others protest the murders of gay men in Iraq Veteran AIDS activist Sean Strub is the new head of Cable Positive Gay USA, a weekly news-hour, offers comprehensive news and analysis by and about the LGBTQ community. The program features lively repartee between hosts Ann Northrop and Andy Humm, as well as interviews with special guests. Produced at Manhattan Neighborhood Network, Gay USA airs several times a week on Free Speech TV. Each week s complete episode is streamed on www.freespeech.org and is available as an RSS feed.

It's been seven years since the Wyoming Indian High School Chiefs have won a state championship in basketball. For most schools, this is a rather unremarkable statistic. But for the inhabitants of the Wind River Indian Reservation, who have experienced a century and a half of injustice, basketball is a form of empowerment, self-expression, and access to the world outside "the rez." By using basketball as a vehicle, the film explores what it means to grow up Native American at the turn of the 21st century.

It s been seven years since the Wyoming Indian High School Chiefs have won a state championship in basketball. For most schools, this is a rather unremarkable statistic. But for the inhabitants of the Wind River Indian Reservation, who have experienced a century and a half of injustice, basketball is a form of empowerment, self-expression, and access to the world outside the rez." By using basketball as a vehicle, the film explores what it means to grow up Native American at the turn of the 21st century.

It s been seven years since the Wyoming Indian High School Chiefs have won a state championship in basketball. For most schools, this is a rather unremarkable statistic. But for the inhabitants of the Wind River Indian Reservation, who have experienced a century and a half of injustice, basketball is a form of empowerment, self-expression, and access to the world outside the rez." By using basketball as a vehicle, the film explores what it means to grow up Native American at the turn of the 21st century.

Enviro Close-Up explores issues such as global warming, renewable energy, nuclear proliferation, & globalization.Michael Brune, executive director of Rainforest Action Network, tells of its work and its successes--most recently an agreement by the giant bank Citigroup that includes an end to its funding of exploitive industries in endangered ecosystems. Also, Brune reveals steps now being taken by a Congressional committee to subpeona records of his organization, an effort, he says, to stifle activism by RAN and others in the environmental movement.

Jeremy Alderson, director of the Homelessness Marathon, talks with Sergeant David Spring, Dorothy McClender, Nora Bogunin, and Greg Lane about their personal stories with homelessness. The 12th Annual Homelessness Marathon originates from Pass Christian, Mississippi, just a few miles from "the other Ground Zero," where Hurricane Katrina came ashore. The Homelessness Marathon is an annual 14-hour radio broadcast featuring the voices and stories of homeless people from around the United States The Homelessness Marathon features live call-ins all night long via a national toll-free number.

Interview with Jeremy Alderson, director of the Homelessness Marathon.Jeremy Alderson talks with Keith Burton, Editor of Gulf Coast News, Ray, Rev. Elijah Mitchell, and Ken Harris. The 12th Annual Homelessness Marathon originates from Pass Christian, Mississippi, just a few miles from "the other Ground Zero," where Hurricane Katrina came ashore. The Homelessness Marathon is an annual 14-hour radio broadcast featuring the voices and stories of homeless people from around the United States The Homelessness Marathon features live call-ins all night long via a national toll-free number.

Interview with Kathleen Johnson, Director of Katrina Relief (Waveland)Jeremy Alderson talks with Paul Joyce, Michael, Forrest Eubank, Phillip, and Mike. The 12th Annual Homelessness Marathon originates from Pass Christian, Mississippi, just a few miles from "the other Ground Zero," where Hurricane Katrina came ashore. The Homelessness Marathon is an annual 14-hour radio broadcast featuring the voices and stories of homeless people from around the United States The Homelessness Marathon features live call-ins all night long via a national toll-free number.

Interview with Jeremy Alderson, director of The Homlessness Marathon.Jeremy Alderson talks with Jeremy Rosen, Director of National Policy.The 12th Annual Homelessness Marathon originates from Pass Christian, Mississippi, just a few miles from "the other Ground Zero," where Hurricane Katrina came ashore. The Homelessness Marathon is an annual 14-hour radio broadcast featuring the voices and stories of homeless people from around the United States The Homelessness Marathon features live call-ins all night long via a national toll-free number.

Alternate Focus promotes an alternative view of Middle East issues not usually seen by American audiences.

Michael Parenti discusses Empire at the Center for Creative Change, Antioch University.

Jeremy Scahill speaks and answers questions about his book Blackwater: The Rise of the World s Most Powerful Mercenary Army

Greg Palast investigates corruption in US elections.