Amanda Knox's U.S. attorney comments on new guilty verdict

Amanda Knox's U.S. attorney comments on new guilty verdict

Guest:

Theodore Simon
Criminal defense attorney for Amanda Knox. 

Read more about how Amanda Knox's murder conviction was upheld on appeal in Italy on Thursday, via Al Jazeera English. 

Republican leaders unveil their ‘principles’ for immigration reform

Mark Krikorian @MarkSKrikorian 
Executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies.

Read more about the GOP's stance on immigration reform, via USA Today.

How is the "1 percent" responding to the recent debate on income inequality?

Ira Stoll @IraStoll 

Editor and founder of Future of Capitalism.com and the author of "JFK, Conservative."

Read more on the issue, via Politico.

Localities push back against marijuana legalization

Guest:

Rev. Rosetta Horne
A nondeminational minister seeking a ban on marijuana businesses in her community of Yakima, Wash.

Read more about these efforts, via The New York Times.

California faces extended severe drought

Guest:

Timothy Quinn
Executive Director of the Association of California Water Agencies.  

Learn more about the drought, via SFGate.com.  

Oscar-nominated documentary "CaveDigger" chronicles Ra Paulette's underground art

Guest:

Jeffrey Karoff

Director of "CaveDigger" (@CaveDiggermovie)

Read our Consider This blog post on the documentary.

Why did an Oscar-nominated song lose its nomination?

Guest:

Bill Wyman @hitsville 
Al Jazeera culture critic and former arts editor at NPR.

Learn more about the disqualification of the song "Alone Yet Not Alone" from the Best Original Song category, via The Huffington Post.

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