Not only does slavery still exist across the globe today, the human trafficking industry is thriving. Many people mistakenly believe the problem is confined to Third World and underdeveloped countries, but it's happening in our own backyard.

Senator Max Baucus has a proposal for health care reform. The only problem: follow the money and you will quickly find that Baucus is deep in the pockets of the insurance industry. In fact, he has received more money from them than any other Senator. Mike Papantonio takes Baucus to task for his plan, and outlines the problems facing the change we've been expecting for the country.

Since 9/11, right wingers have stepped up their vitriolic attacks against anyone who doesn't agree with them--or doesn't look like them.

These professional hate mongers have opened the door to a new era of intolerance that has in turn sired an increasing number of politically and racially-based murders. Mike Papantonio of Air America's Ring of Fire talked about the new right wing hate with David Neiwert, author of the new book "The Eliminationists: How Hate Talk Radicalized the American Right."

The departure of Arlen Specter from the Republican Party had less to do with personal beliefs than it did with preserving his political career. But his departure wasn’t a decision that he freely made – Specter was basically forced to abandon his party. This is part of a larger plan by GOP faithfuls like Newt Gingrich and Grover Norquist to rid their party of any independent thinkers. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. of Air America's Ring of Fire talks about this issue with Tim Dickinson, political correspondent for Rolling Stone magazine.