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The Taxi Link: Are drivers at National Harbor being pushed out? Should Alexandria drivers choose their own company?

Posted on May 19, 2013 by pete

The Taxi Link airs Sat. 7-8 pm on WUST 1120 AM. Listen here (imperfect audio in first minute):  Just over the District line at National Harbor, the upscale mini-city and resort on the Potomac River, Prince George’s County taxi drivers … Continue reading →

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The Taxi Link: AFL-CIO looks to organize DC drivers; credit card mandate passes; Philly driver killed; Jon Liss on NoVa’s taxi struggles

Posted on May 12, 2013 by pete

The Taxi Link airs Sat. 7-8 pm on WUST 1120 AM. Listen here:  Download mp3 The National Taxi Workers Alliance, which became the 57th national union of the AFL-CIO less than two years ago, is looking to work with The … Continue reading →

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The Taxi Link: Fairfax driver assaulted; Commissioner Stanley Tapscott; DC drivers accused of racism

Posted on May 6, 2013 by pete

Listen to The Taxi Link:  Download mp3 An aviation executive’s racist remarks and assault of a Fairfax taxi driver have caused an outcry. The driver, Mohamed Salim, recorded the conversation with his late-night passenger, Ed Dahlberg, president of Manassas-based Emerald … Continue reading →

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The Taxi Link: Alexandria drivers protest; D.C. drivers testify

Posted on April 28, 2013 by pete

Listen to the Taxi Link here: Download mp3 In Alexandria, taxicab drivers associated with Tenants and Workers United protested outside city hall this past week to call on the council to ensure drivers’ right to select their own credit card … Continue reading →

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The Taxi Link: Will smart meters end up in court, again?

Posted on April 21, 2013 by pete

Listen to The Taxi Link:
 Download mp3 The D.C. Taxicab Commission is moving full steam ahead with implementing a so-called “Modern Taxi System” (MTS). Yet in several areas MTS resembles the commission’s push last year to install one company’s credit card … Continue reading →

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Pacifica’s leadership crisis: Summer Reese shouldn’t hold both of the foundation’s top spots

Posted on April 18, 2013 by pete

Download mp3 The Pacifica Foundation is in trouble and the problem starts at the top. The listener-sponsored, progressive, anti-war radio network – which operates five stations in as many major markets and has more than 100 affiliates – is experiencing … Continue reading →

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WPFW needs a home, not scare tactics about a corporate takeover

Posted on March 27, 2013 by pete

“Clear Channel is not going to interfere with this station.” - Tony Norman Pacifica Radio’s WPFW 89.3 FM has called D.C.’s Adams Morgan neighborhood home for the past 15 years, but it’s not likely to much longer. The City Paper building, which houses … Continue reading →

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Voices of the 99% Radio examines local D.C. politics and news coverage

Posted on February 19, 2013 by pete

Listen to Bullet Points with Navid Nasr on Voices of 99%:  TheFightBack’s Pete Tucker joined Bullet Points with Navid Nasr on Voices of the 99% for a discussion on the Washington Post’s selective scrutinizing of politicians, as well as the paper’s education … Continue reading →

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The Post has favorites and Jim Graham isn’t one of them

Posted on February 18, 2013 by pete

The Washington Post has called for the resignation of yet another member of the D.C. Council. And who is the Post going after this time? Is it the longest serving member of the council, Ward 2 Councilmember Jack Evans, who chairs the … Continue reading →

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D.C. taxpayers get short end of West End deal

Posted on February 13, 2013 by pete

By Thomas Hedges – You can find Hedges’s reports at Truthdig. He works at The Center for Responsive Law, founded by Ralph Nader   The non-profit group D.C. Library Renaissance Project (DCLRP) worries that a deal between city officials and developer … Continue reading →

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