November 19, 2010

Health Updates: energy drinks lead to alcohlol addiction; natural energy- NADH; cell phones, EMFs = cancer; Green Tea vs brain cancer; bad diet = fatty liver. S.510- Food Safety Bill Commentary: US education system, no Child Left Behind, “Waiting for Superman” Discussion of Amreica’s education system: Joan Almon: Chair of the U.S. Alliance for Childhood, a partnership of educators, physicians, parents, & others advocating for social change to improve children's overall health & well-being. A major focus of the Alliance is the restoration of play to childhood www.allianceforchildhood.org www.indefenseofchildhood.org. The U.S. Alliance is part of a coalition to end the commercialization of childhood. www.commercialfreechildhood.org. Glen Ford: Exec Editor, Black Agenda Report. The son of famed disc jockey Rudy “The Deuce” Rutherford, the first Black man to host a non-gospel television show in the Deep South. His first full-time broadcast news job was at James Brown’s Augusta, Ga radio station WRDW, where ‘The Godfather of Soul” shortened Glen’s surname to “Ford.” In 1977, Ford co-launched, produced & hosted “America’s Black Forum” (ABF), the first nationally syndicated Black news interview program on commercial television.