This week’s topic we comparing our health care system with other
countries.

As Americans search for the cure to what ails our health-care system,
we’ve overlooked an invaluable source of ideas and solutions: the rest
of the world. All the other industrialized democracies have faced
problems like ours, yet they’ve found ways to cover everybody — and
still spend far less than we do.

Also provided a link for your review.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/21/AR2009082101778.html

This August, The Professors will discuss local education issues throughout the month.

Dr. John Hope Franklin nearly lived for a century and helped define it. A towering historian, he led the recognition that African-American history and American history are intertwined. He spent a lifetime building a future of inclusiveness, fairness and equality. We discuss the passing of an extraordinary American, his life and his legacy on this episode of the Professors.

Web Links

Tulsa Riots
http://www.exodusnews.com/HISTORY/History007.htm

Brown vs. Board of Education
http://brownvboard.org/summary/

John Hope Franklin
http://library.duke.edu/specialcollections/franklin/

http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A88747

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hope_Franklin

President Barack Obama recently lifted restrictions on federal funding of human embryonic stem cell research, angering abortion opponents but cheering those who believe the study could produce treatments for many diseases. We explore both sides of this controversial topic in this episode of The Professors.

For more information:

http://stemcells.nih.gov/info/basics

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Removing-Barriers-to-Responsible-Scientific-Research-Involving-Human-Stem-cells/

http://www.ilrnha.org

This week on the Professors we delve into the issue of equal rights for same-sex marriages. Proponents of same-sex marriage regard it as a human right to have the legal benefits of marriage regardless of sexual orientation. Those who oppose same-sex marriage often base their opposition on tradition, religious grounds and parenting concerns. We will examine federal and state laws and specifically with a focus on Illinois weigh in on this moral and political issue?

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The People’s Law Office
http://www.peopleslawoffice.com

Flint Taylor, Attorney
http://www.peopleslawoffice.com/bio/9

The Burge Case
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/21/jon-burge-indictment_n_136559.html

Fred Hampton- Black Panther
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Hampton

For 40 years, People’s Law Office has successfully represented victims
of the police and other government officials. We have fought for justice
for people who have been tortured or physically abused, wrongfully
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result of their political beliefs or organizing efforts on behalf of
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G. Flint Taylor, Jr. is a graduate of Brown University and Northwestern

University School of Law and a founding partner of the People’s Law

Office. Among the landmark cases that Mr. Taylor has litigated are the

Fred Hampton Black Panther case, the Greensboro, North Carolina case

against the Ku Klux Klan and Nazis, the Ford Heights Four case in which

four innocent men received a record $36 million settlement for their

wrongful conviction and imprisonment.

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