Obama has passed ground breaking stimulus bills and health care reform in the past year and a half, but what is the perception of these compared to the reality? Executive Director of the Taxi Workers Alliance Bhairavi Desai joins us in studio to tell us how the economic atmosphere is for one of the most insecure fields in the private sector, the taxi business. Along with job insecurity, many taxi drivers are immigrants who face dangers ranging from their job duties to racism and hate crimes. In most instances, it is not wealth, but rather bigotry and ignorance that trickle from the top down.

One thousand American troops have been killed in Afghanistan, officially surpassing the death toll in Iraq. Perhaps these numbers are beginning to elucidate how this costly and bloody war is doing the opposite of securing American security. Brave New Films presents 1,000 Dead Americans to commemorate these losses in hope that this horrific sacrifice will inspire a change in public opinion.

America is the land of the free and the home of the brave that welcomes people of all creeds and colors and promotes family values, right? Nope. Think again. Ellen Bravo of the Multi State Working Families Consortium joins us in studio and Sylvia Herrera, organizer with Puente Arizona joins us via Skype from Arizona to discuss how just the atmosphere of SB1070 not only endorses racism and apartheid, but is tearing families of suspected illegal immigrants apart. Luckily, many of those who oppose the bill are using these dramatic aspects to gain momentum in the fight for justice.

Laura's F Word covered the corruption of the Catholic Church who seems to think it is legitimate to condemn abortion and ignore pedophilia.

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