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Their growth. outpace other jobs in the economy. green jobs are good business. not saying -- we need to rethink about this, business and environmental justice can go hand in hand and u.s.its a win. >> the republican party has pretty actively said the epa kills jobs, so i think part of whats amazingç here, environmentalism could be bipartisan, big, broad umbrella, but it ends up feeling like -- >> its been so politicized. we need to reconnect it with job creation and the environment. then have ...

Im still here with ma jora carter, we are talking about working cho change public policy. joining us from san francisco is someone who made going green an individual effort, beth perry, the creator of my plastic free life.com, chicago was hanging out on this morning and author of "plastic free." thank you for joining us, beth. >> hi, melissa. hi, majora, im such a fan of yours. >> a lot of green love. i want to talk about your project. tell us about the plastic free life, what it is? >> five yea...

Issues, kind of across party lines and all of that, were wild life images, the images of the albatross or we just talked yesterday about the brown pelicans and the bp oil spill who have the oil on them. but i also wonder about how we then put like sort of a connection between the wild life piece and majora and raul, and the work around humans and particularly young folks. majora, weigh in a bit and i want to come back to you, beth, about how do we connect these dots? it shouldnt be separate. som...

secret, latinos, now 50 million strong in america, will be a deciding factor in this election. as president obamas campaign manager jim massena acknowledged, chicago is well aware that polls out this week show the president is faring well with latino voters, the nbc/wall street journal "poll shows barack obama with a strong lead, 62% to 22% of romney. for the president to hold onto this lead, he has to explain why the promises he made to latino voters have gone by the wayside. particul...

lead, 62% to 22% of romney. for the president to hold onto this lead, he has to explain why the promises he made to latino voters have gone by the wayside. particularly, under his leadership, there were a record 396, 906 people deported last year. the pro immigration supporters will be watching as the u.s. supreme court holds hearings over sb 1070. the arizona bill instructs law enforcement to establish proof of immigration status during any legitimate contact madeç by an official or...

confrontation and battle and entertainment, and less about the actual substance of what these decisions really mean in daily life. >> is political reporting getting better or worse? thats our question today on "the future of news." >> a government without a tough and vibrant media of all sorts is not an option for the united states of america. >> presidents have gotten better and better at stymieing an ability to get at whats really going on. >> were in the middle of a massive transfor...

present it more as confrontation and battle and entertainment, and less about the actual substance of what these decisions really mean in daily life. >> is political reporting getting better or worse? thats our question today on "the future of news." >> a government without a tough and vibrant media of all sorts is not an option for the united states of america. >> presidents have gotten better and better at stymieing an ability to get at whats really going on. >> were in the middle of...

confrontation and battle and entertainment, and less about the actual substance of what these decisions really mean in daily life. >> is political reporting getting better or worse? thats our question today on "the future of news." >> a government without a tough and vibrant media of all sorts is not an option for the united states of america. >> presidents have gotten better and better at stymieing an ability to get at whats really going on. >> were in the middle of a massive transfor...

present it more as confrontation and battle and entertainment, and less about the actual substance of what these decisions really mean in daily life. >> is political reporting getting better or worse? thats our question today on "the future of news." >> a government without a tough and vibrant media of all sorts is not an option for the united states of america. >> presidents have gotten better and better at stymieing an ability to get at whats really going on. >> were in the middle of...

these decisions really mean in daily life. >> is political reporting getting better or worse? thats our question today on "the future of news." >> a government without a tough and vibrant media of all sorts is not an option for the united states of america. >> presidents have gotten better and better at stymieing an ability to get at whats really going on. >> were in the middle of a massive transformation of journalism, and its just beginning now. >> this is "the future of news" from t...