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Today on Flashpoints:
We’ll feature a breaking story on how the federal government has vetoed a crucial microtransmitter radio project for the Astrodome; we’ll hear the stories of two Bay Area survivors who were shot at by local police in New Orleans; we’ll speak with a young man who is doing what the feds should be doing, re-establishing infrastructure in parts of flooded New Orleans; plus, we’ll speak with Makani Themba-Nixon of the Praxis Project on her view on the federal breakdown and her call for a real investigation into the tragic abandonment of black people in this country; sounds from a protest today at UC Berkeley; and from exile, the Knight Report;

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5:01 PM PST
The Knight Report. Robert Knight

5:06 PM PST
Federal Government Denies Radio Project Access to Astrodome - Tish Stringer, Houston Indymedia Camp Katrina aftermath media project at the AstroDome.

5:14 PM PST
Update. Malik Rahim,

5:30 PM PST
New Orleans Report. Laurie Solinsky, retired respiration therapist.

5:43 PM PST
Another Case of Government for Some - Makani Themba-Nixon, thepraxisproject.

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