Privatization of UW, Swine Flu Contingency Plansand Army Mom in Wartime
04/30/2009 at 12:00 p.m.
Madrona School Closes Over Swine Flu
Seattle's Madrona Elementary School cancels classes. One student may have been exposed to swine flu.
Privatization of the University of Washington?
Will cuts in state funding lead to the privatization of Washington's public universities? It's happened in other states.
Bill Helps Felons Regain Voting Rights
The Legislature recently passed a bill that helps felons get back their voting rights faster. We talk to the ACLU about what this means.What's Your Swine Flu Contingency Plan?
The World Health Organization is raising the swine flu pandemic alert from phase four to five and telling countries to activate their pandemic preparedness plans. What's your pandemic preparedness plan? What are you doing at your workplace or school or home, if anything?
Google Earth Helps Find a Plane Missing for Two Years
A Seattle man helps find a plane that's been missing for two-and-a-half years. His niece was on it.
Susan Galleymore, Army Mom at Wartime
Susan Galleymore talks about being the mother of a soldier in wartime, plus what it was like visiting her son in Iraq.
Guest(s)
Peter Sacks is a journalist and former economist. He is the author of "Tearing Down the Gates: Confronting the Class Divide in American Education."
Jennifer Shaw is deputy director of the ACLU of Washington. She previously lobbied in favor of the felony voting rights issue in Olympia's past legislative sessions.
Kelly Kasper is the Red Cross Workplace Preparedness Coordinator.
Michael Katze is a professor of microbiology and associate director and core staff scientist at the Washington National Primate Research Center. His lab studies viruses.
Bradley Andrews lost his niece when her plane went down two–and–a–half years ago. He used Google Earth to help track down the crash site. He lives in Lynnwood, Washington.
Susan Galleymore is the mother of a U.S. soldier. Her son served in Afghanistan and Iraq; she visited him in Iraq. She is the founder of MotherSpeak, a radio host for Raising Sand Radio and a counselor on the G.I. Rights Hotline. She is the author of "Long Time Passing: Mothers Speak About War and Terror."
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- World Health Organization
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- 'UW's Declaration of Independence?' Crosscut
- Katze Lab
- Missing Plane Site
- The Military Wire: Susan Galleymore
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