Radical LGBT activists see the fight for gay marriage as a distraction from the more important struggle for economic justice.  Joseph Nicholas DeFilippis is one such activist -- a writer for A New Queer Agenda.  Here he talks with the Old Mole's Denise Morris about how LGBT people are  affected by economic injustice.

Three budgets for the Federal Government are being proposed by Republicans and Democrats in Congress.  Ellen Frank, a University of Massachussetts economist who writes for Dollars and Sense, talks with the Old Mole's Bill Resnick about the values behind each of them and what their impact would be.  

Iven Hale reads this piece by Gyassi Ross from Indian Country Media Network about how rape impacts Native American women and political opposition to extending the Violence Against Women Act. 

Bill Resnick attended the rally on Sunday in support of the Postal Service workers and against cuts in service, including Saturday deliveries.  He recorded sound bites from speeches and interviews at the rally, plus a more extended defense of the Postal Service by Willie Goshell,  in the KBOO studios.  From it all, we learn more than we knew about what the Postal Service does  to bind communities together.