Tune in to Texas Public Radio, KSTX 89.1 FM, on Friday, October 10, at noon, for a live debate over whether or not terms of office should be extended for San Antonio city council and mayoral positions. City of San Antonio Mayor, Phil Hardberger will be arguing in favor of term limit extensions against Bob Martin, president of the Homeowners Taxpayers Assn. of Bexar County.  Terry Gildea, KSTX “All Things Considered” host, will act as moderator of the program.

St. Mary’s University students will be proud to hear their very own Dr. Henry Flores, Professor of Political Science, will be joining the panel along with San Antonio Express News columnist, Jaime Castillo.

You can participate in the debate by submitting your questions and comments to termlimits@tpr.org.

Listen live, or tune in later in the evening at 7 PM for the re-broadcast.

On Wednesday, Horace Engdahl, the permanent secretary of the Nobel prize jury, told the Associated Press, "You can't get away from the fact that Europe still is the centre of the literary world ... not the United States." He argued that "the US is too isolated, too insular. They don't translate enough and don't really participate in the big dialogue of literature ...That ignorance is restraining."

PBS will be airing Latinos ’08, a documentary illustrating the growing political power of Latinos in the United States, tomorrow night, Wednesday, October 8, at 9 PM ET. 

According to Phillip Rodriguez, the award winning Los Angeles filmmaker, his documentary explores the increasing presence of Latinos on the American political scene through the wider lens of ethnic politics across U.S. history.  Henry Cisneros, former mayor of San Antonio and Clinton Administration cabinet member adds, “This is just the latest chapter of the American immigrant assimilation story.”

Along with Cisneros, several increasingly influential Latino political scholars, commentators, and leaders will be featured.  Check your local listings to tune in.
 

Introduce your friends to Student Voices by inviting them to join the new Facebook Group, Student Voices by MATT, for updates on news articles, blog posts, and videos. Encourage your friends to participate in the discussion of real world issues and use their voice to promote change. 

MySpace users can look forward to a new Student Voices MySpace group within the next couple of weeks.

VotoLatino, a group dedicated to empowering the community by promoting positive change, San Antonio radio station, 98.5 FM "The Beat," and Planeta Mexico Club are looking for volunteers to help register an estimated 1,000 potential voters, this Saturday, October 4, 2008 at Planeta Mexico Club, located at 3830 Parkdale St, in San Antonio, from 9 PM to midnight.

If you are interested in volunteering, please contact Steve Franco, with VotoLatino, at stevefranco@votolatino.com, for more details.  All volunteers must be deputized, a simple process conducted at your local elections office.

Remember, October 6 is the last day to register for the upcoming election, so stop by on Saturday, register to vote, and get the chance to win some great prizes.

Why this is happening, how it happened, where we are now, what we can do, and what this means for all of us.

After being dropped by the Discovery Channel for its "controversial" nature, Alex Gibney's Academy Award winning documentary, Taxi to the Dark Side, aired last night for the first time on television on HBO.

Business and community leaders across the country launched a new ad with MATT.org last week. 

View the ad here.

Check it out in the press.

Government bailouts are all over the news lately - and everyone seems to have something to say about it.  Here are a few different looks at the situation and where we go from here.

Basics:

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bailout

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bail_out_(finance)

http://calculatedrisk.blogspot.com/2008/09/bailout-proposal.html

Stories:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/03/14/fed-and-rival-bail-out-be_n_91557.html

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/PersonalFinance/story?id=5805783&page=1

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/17/business/17insure.html

Commentaries:

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/23/paul.bailout/index.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/16/opinion/16tue1.html?_r=2&th=&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&emc=th&adxnnlx=1222181492-L12g8m+dDiFdzCo+2DG0+A

Which of the following issues is most important to you?