March 8 is International Women's Day, and has also been deemed "Feminist Coming Out Day" by a group of young activists. Lead organizer, Lena Chen, called us on The Morning AMp to talk about the politics of "Coming Out," why women need a special day, and why a new generation of young, diverse men and women are re-activating the movement.

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Dr. Lisa Masterson of the syndicated medical talk show, The Doctors joined Brian Babylon & Molly Adams on The Morning AMp. Dr. Lisa's work has centered around the mortality rates of mothers and infants in developing nations.  As an OB-GYN, she discussed young people's access to reproductive health care.

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01 Sugar -- Groks Science Show 2011-02-16.mp3

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Sugar may seem like a common household ingredient, however the tortuous history and science behind the establishment of sugar has had global effects. On this program, Marc Aronson and Marina Budhos discussed how sugar changed the world.

Anita Banerji works with the Illinois Caucus for Adolescent Health. She specializes in legislative affairs and one of their campaigns this year is to introduce legislation that will require elementary or secondary public schools currently offering sexual health education courses to adopt curriculum that is medically accurate, developmentally and age appropriate, and free of bias related to race, religion, gender, sexual orientation or gender identity.

It was announced by the Cook County Board President that there is too much over site within the current budget so she made various offices within the county cutback on staff. One is the office of Dorothy Brown the Clerk of the Circuit Court which is currently over burden with millions of foreclosure cases.

01 Space 2011 -- Groks Science Show 2011-02-09.mp3

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Space may be the final frontier, but exploring it will require plenty of ingenuity. What is in store for space exploration in 2011? On this program, Tariq Malik discussed the upcoming year in space exploration.  For more information, visit the website: www.groks.net