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ArchivesRalph Nader Joins the RaceBy Mike Arnold on Tuesday, February 24, 2004.Ralph Nader is throwing his hat into the Presidential race as an Independent candidate. He made the announcement over the weekend on Tim Russert's "Meet the Press". Nader campaigned in 2000 as the Green Party candidate. He nearly upset Bush in Florida and many view him as the spoiler that helped Al Gore lose the election. Mike's guest is Linda Fowler, Director of the Nelson A. Rockefeller Center at Dartmouth College. We'll also hear from Andy Smith, Director of the UNH Survey Center; Pam Walsh, Press Secretary for the New Hampshire Democratic Party, and Jayne Millerick, Chairperson for the New Hampshire Republican State Committee. listen:
 Buliding Better CommunitiesBy John Walters on Tuesday, February 24, 2004.Lew Feldstein is head of the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation and co-author of Better Together. The book describes 12 local projects across the country that met a need, solved a problem, and built community ties. Lew says stronger communities are vital to our social, political, and economic health. listen:
Parity In Question for Women InmatesBy Dan Gorenstein on Tuesday, February 24, 2004.New Hampshire's prison system has faced increased pressure this past year. Budget cuts have stripped away many of the prison's programs designed to treat inmates and help them move back into society. One commission has suggested the prisons be run privately, and the governor is reportedly looking into shipping prisoners to other facilities out of state. But in all the scrutiny of the department of corrections, one facility has escaped the spotlight...the women's prison in Goffstown. In 1992 a federal court ordered the state to provide female inmates with programs and services on parity with those of male inmates. But as New Hampshire public radio's Dan Gorenstein reports, more than a decade later, the state hasn't been living up to its responsibility. listen:
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