What is the relationship between racism, immigration, and the privilege and practice of citizenship? Does our citizenship criteria promote or eliminate racial hierarchy? Are societies with strict immigration policies more racist?
Our guests are:
Michael Hanchard - Professor of Political Science at Johns Hopkins University
We start out our second hour with a conversation with Mai Iskander, the filmmaker of Garbage Dreams, which will be shown at the Maryland Film Festival next weekend.
Bill Ayers and Bernadine Dohrn were members of the group Weather Underground which took actions including bombings and rioting in order to protest the Vietnam War. They are coming to Baltimore in May and will speak at the Enoch Pratt Free Library.
What is the tie between violent crime and the economic crisis? How much does the economic crisis tie in to human anxiety and depression? How can we help ourselves and our communities deal with this health crisis?
Our second hour panel includes:
In our first hour, we take our weekly look at sustainability issues: in our city, our country, and the rest of the world. Today, we take our first deep look at the economy and its role in sustainability.
The second hour of today's show was separated into two segments.
In the first hour of today's show, Marc spoke with members of Baltimore's United Workers about the poverty-level wages of many of our city's workers, and how their working conditions could be improved.
Our in-studio panel included:
Marc speaks with Nobel Peace Prize Winner Wangari Maathai, whose latest book The Challenge for Africa examines some of the biggest obstacles that the continent faces, and Dr. Maathai's ideas about how to meet them.
Calling all cultural mavens! First, we heard about a production of Anton Chekov's The Cherry Orchard, currently at the Everyman Theatre. Marc was joined by:
In tonight's second hour, Dr. Andrés Alonso, CEO of the Baltimore City Public School System, joins Marc in studio. He talks about education, discipline, his recently unveiled restructuring program, and how to steer the school system through this time of economic crisis.
In the first part of the hour, we learned how to help rebuild the Playground at Stadium Place, which was tragically burned down last fall. Marc was joined by:
In the second hour of today's show, Marc spoke with guests about the future of food production and the ability to feed the world organically.
The panel included:
In the first segment of today's show, Marc spoke with Maryland's Lieutenant Governor Anthony Brown about what new legislation passed (or not) in Annapolis, as well as what progress has been made in the fight against domestic violence.
In the final segment of today's show, Marc spoke with guests about the differing economic policies that are reaching the forefront, as well as which policies may or may not work. The panel included:
In the first segment of today's show, Marc spoke with guests about their picks for the 2009 NCAA Final Four basketball tournament. The first panel consisted of:
