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When Politics Get Personal
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"Vote" performed by Jerry McCain for the album "Struttin' My Stuff"
Finding Her Fight
Thursday, October 09 2008
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FINDING HER FIGHT
Galena Segal
After Galena Segal escaped the Soviet Union during the height of the Cold War, she found work as a hotel cook in Los Angeles. Galena and her fellow workers routinely stayed after hours, but they were never paid overtime. So when Galena was fired after asking for a raise, she decided it was time to take action. Galena talks to host Dick Gordon about what it meant to have the right to fight.
The Right to Vote
Tuesday, October 07 2008
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The Right to Vote
Heather Sticka
Heather Sticka voted for the first time in the 1996 presidential election. Then she fell in with the wrong crowd and ended up taking part in a bank robbery. After her conviction, she lost the right to vote.
Heather hasn't cast a ballot in twelve years. But her home state of Nebraska now allows felons who have completed their sentences to vote. As she tells Dick, her dream of finally feeling that she's a citizen again is about to come true.
Her Last Vote
Friday, October 03 2008
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Her Last Vote
Suzanne McDaniel Hayes
Suzanne McDaniel Hayes has always been a committed voter, but this year she is more determined than ever to vote. Suzanne is terminally ill with cancer, but she's hoping to live long enough to cast her ballot for the last time in her life. As she tells Dick, she's trying to set an example for her three children. She intends to go to the poll with her son, who will be voting for the first time.
STORY UPDATE:
On Wednesday, October 8, Suzanne was able to cast her vote, even though she'd lost the ability to speak. Suzanne passed away peacefully on Saturday, October 11.
- See photos of Suzanne with her children and casting her final vote with the help of her husband
Backroom Deal Breaker
Monday, September 29 2008
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Backroom Deal breaker
Kelly Hicks
Kelly Hicks left her real estate job to work on a campaign for a local politician - someone she thought would make her town a better place to live. She was shocked when she learned he was in the back pocket of developers. For years afterwards, she didn't vote. Kelly talks to Dick about the backroom meeting that crushed her political idealism, and how she later recovered her faith in politics.
You're Not Nixon
Friday, September 26 2008
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You're not Nixon!
George Akers - larger >>
At a time when many people are sorting out which candidate they identify with, George Akers remembers being regularly identified as a candidate by other people: he bears an uncanny resemblance to Richard Nixon. The resemblance was usually the stuff of harmless jokes. But in 1970, George was on a picnic with his university students in a park near Camp David. On a whim, the group drove to the gate at Camp David, and to their astonishment were let in. George tells Dick about his encounter there with Marines, Secret Service men, and black helicopters.
- See a photo of George in front of a poster of Nixon
Meeting Charisma
Wednesday, September 24 2008
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Meeting Charisma
Carolyn Maki
Carolyn Maki remembers the day she came face-to-face with charisma in the political scene. It happened when she was a high school student. And the politician? Let's just say it was someone her dad was not fond of. Carolyn talks to Dick about meeting Hubert Humphrey.
Voting at Home
Tuesday, September 09 2008
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Voting AT HOME
For Sue Leroux, voting brings back fond childhood memories. She grew up in Lancaster, Ohio, in a neighborhood where there were no public buildings. So Sue's parents agreed to have the neighborhood polling place in their cinderblock basement. Before each election day, her parents transformed the normally unkempt basement into a festive space, where blue-haired ladies snacked on coffee cake. Sue grew up thinking of voting as a sacred rite - a feeling that has stayed with her all her life.
- See a photo of Sue and her three brothers from 1955 standing in front of their house
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