Wednesday, August 29, 2007

Your Call 083007 Can a video game ever truly alter reality?

On the next Your Call we’re discussing the rise of video games designed to transform the world outside your screen. Two new games -- ICED!, about immigration, and World Without Oil -- give gamers the opportunity to try out different strategies for solving complicated questions about race, war and the economy. But if winning at Monopoly won’t make you a real estate magnate, why would a game about peak oil transform you into an ecowarrior? It’s Your Call with Sandip Roy and you.


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Your Call 082907 Undocumented workers: Is going after employers the right thing to do?

Is going after employers a better way to enforce immigration laws? On the next Your Call we'll discuss the Bush administration plan to raise fines and increase focus on the companies that hire illegal immigrants. Progressives have long called for the focus of immigration enforcement to turn from the border to the board room. On Aug 11th, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agreed. Is this better for the American-born working class? Is it better for the 2 million undocumented workers in California? When immigration is the issue, is there a fair way to enforce the law? It's Your Call with Sandip Roy and you.

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