Archive - Jan 20, 2009

• Inauguration Day 2009
• D.C. residents celebrate first Black president
• Sounds of DC: Native American powwow
• Progressive presence at inauguration
• Fundraising for the inauguration
• Sounds of DC: Kirtan chanting
  
• Youth have their say on Obama
• International voices bring messages weigh in

• South Korean Protest Turns Violent
  
• Europe Gets Gas
  
• Gaza Update: Israel Denies Depleted Uranium Used

• Russian Protestors Call for Justice in Human Rights Lawyer Murder
• Rwandan Troops Enter Congo – Former Minister Get Life in 1994 Genocidal Slaughter
• Thai P.M. Pledges Investigation into Migrant Abuse
• Kenyan School Teachers on Strike

Many people with tickets did not get in to the cordoned off areas for a select 200,000 people. Pedestrian traffic patterns were confusing and lines so long, security was unable to screen every ticketed person before the inauguration began. But those without tickets stretched from the US Capital to the Washington monument, more than a mile away, and beyond.

The city hosting the historic inauguration: Washington, D.C., is nearly 60 percent African-American, and in the district's black communities, the swearing in of America's first black president has particular resonance.  Kat Aaron has more.

Through out today's newscast, we'll bring you sounds from events happening around the capital area in conjunction with the inauguration. Tanya Snyder brings us an audio postcard of sounds from a powwow held by American Indians from the Crow Nation of Montana, the Oneida Nation Wisconsin, and the Coeur-d'Alene and Nez Perce Tribes.

For many activists, their destination today was several blocks north of the White House – at McPherson Square.  FSRN's Sam Greenspan spent some time with various groups to get a sense of how the progressive movement is responding to the Inauguration.