Investigating California’s Crisis
This week on Al Jazeera's "Fault Lines," Avi Lewis investigates the political causes, the human impact and the global economic repercussions of California's budgetary crisis. Check out this great report, which features Truthdig's own Robert Scheer.This week on Al Jazeera’s “Fault Lines,” Avi Lewis investigates the political causes, the human impact and the global economic repercussions of California’s budgetary crisis. Check out this great report, which features Truthdig’s own Robert Scheer.
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